Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the South East

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 28 47
Rank change year-on-year -13 +19 -4
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 228 208 200
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.64% 6.68% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.57% 7.32% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 135 127
10th Percentile £311 £248 £200
25th Percentile £403 £361 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £581 £597 £500
90th Percentile £650 £690 £638
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 6 11
10th Percentile £12.29 £21.98 £22.61
25th Percentile £20.50 £29.63 £37.48
Median hourly rate £36.71 £42.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.62% -32.54% +44.83%
75th Percentile £69.92 £59.48 £82.23
90th Percentile £82.70 £64.73 £84.45
England median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £25.38
% change year-on-year -13.36% +8.35% -5.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Business Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,090 2,842 4,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.30% 91.21% 87.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,688 1,767 2,918
10th Percentile £263 £250 £213
25th Percentile £402 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +0.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £610
90th Percentile £694 £675 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 123 373
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.05 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.09 £23.84 £18.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% - -
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £62.54
90th Percentile £85.38 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £28.55 £35.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year -18.43% +2.31% -2.92%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Intelligence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the South East

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the South East over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the South East

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in the South East over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the South East

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -6 127 £505 -6.48% 88
Berkshire -15 80 £556 +1.14% 59
Hampshire -3 66 £475 -17.39% 46
Buckinghamshire +15 40 £425 -15.84% 17
Surrey -22 18 £550 +22.22% 20
West Sussex -9 14 £433 +17.69% 10
Oxfordshire -10 7 £500 +17.65% 14
East Sussex +3 2 £375 - 10
Kent -14 2 - - 29
Home Counties - 1 - -
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 34 (14.91%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.07%) Confluence
3 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.88%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.44%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.44%) WebLogic
Applications
1 56 (24.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (9.65%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (3.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.88%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.44%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.44%) InDesign
6 1 (0.44%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.63%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (1.75%) Adobe Campaign
2 4 (1.75%) Oracle Assets
2 4 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.75%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.32%) Eloqua
3 3 (1.32%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (1.32%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (1.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle 11i
4 2 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.88%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.44%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.44%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 134 (58.77%) Power Platform
2 49 (21.49%) Azure
3 39 (17.11%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (9.21%) PowerApps
5 17 (7.46%) Power Automate
6 15 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (6.58%) SaaS
7 14 (6.14%) Microsoft Copilot
8 12 (5.26%) GCP
9 11 (4.82%) AWS
9 11 (4.82%) Copilot Studio
9 11 (4.82%) Entra ID
9 11 (4.82%) OCI
10 8 (3.51%) GitHub
11 7 (3.07%) OneDrive
12 5 (2.19%) Azure Functions
12 5 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (2.19%) Serverless
12 5 (2.19%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.75%) Firewall
1 4 (1.75%) VPN
2 3 (1.32%) BGP
2 3 (1.32%) Junos
2 3 (1.32%) OSPF
3 2 (0.88%) 2G
3 2 (0.88%) 5G
3 2 (0.88%) Intranet
3 2 (0.88%) LTE
3 2 (0.88%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (0.88%) VoIP
4 1 (0.44%) DHCP
4 1 (0.44%) DNS
4 1 (0.44%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (58.77%) Power BI
2 40 (17.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 34 (14.91%) Oracle Reports
4 19 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (7.89%) Tableau
6 13 (5.70%) SQL Server
7 10 (4.39%) Relational Database
8 8 (3.51%) Big Data
8 8 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (3.07%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 7 (3.07%) Metadata
9 7 (3.07%) Star Schema
10 5 (2.19%) Data Lake
10 5 (2.19%) Data Mining
10 5 (2.19%) Oracle BI EE
10 5 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.75%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (1.32%) MySQL
12 3 (1.32%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 30 (13.16%) JIRA
2 8 (3.51%) Git
3 3 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.32%) JUnit
3 3 (1.32%) Storybook
4 1 (0.44%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.44%) Postman
4 1 (0.44%) Toad
4 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 89 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 74 (32.46%) Finance
3 57 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (15.35%) Public Sector
5 28 (12.28%) Marketing
6 22 (9.65%) Telecoms
7 21 (9.21%) Manufacturing
8 19 (8.33%) Electronics
9 16 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (6.58%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (6.14%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (5.26%) Retail
13 4 (1.75%) Advertising
13 4 (1.75%) Banking
14 3 (1.32%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.44%) Military
15 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (26.75%) Analyst
2 39 (17.11%) Developer
3 33 (14.47%) Data Analyst
4 24 (10.53%) Oracle Developer
5 22 (9.65%) PMO Analyst
6 21 (9.21%) Architect
7 19 (8.33%) Consultant
8 18 (7.89%) Senior
9 15 (6.58%) Data Engineer
10 14 (6.14%) Report Developer
11 12 (5.26%) Lead
12 11 (4.82%) Platform Architect
12 11 (4.82%) Power Platform Architect
13 10 (4.39%) Business Analyst
14 9 (3.95%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 8 (3.51%) Oracle Consultant
16 7 (3.07%) Integration Manager
16 7 (3.07%) Project Manager
17 6 (2.63%) Administrator
17 6 (2.63%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (4.39%) REST
3 5 (2.19%) ADO
4 4 (1.75%) Web Services
5 3 (1.32%) CSS
5 3 (1.32%) HTML
5 3 (1.32%) PySpark
5 3 (1.32%) React
5 3 (1.32%) RESTful
5 3 (1.32%) SOAP
5 3 (1.32%) Spring
5 3 (1.32%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.32%) Vitest
5 3 (1.32%) XML
6 2 (0.88%) IDoc
6 2 (0.88%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 2 (0.88%) Plotly
6 2 (0.88%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.88%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
1 8 (3.51%) Data Structures
1 8 (3.51%) NHS
2 7 (3.07%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.07%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.19%) CMDB
5 4 (1.75%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.32%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (1.32%) PKI
6 3 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.88%) Clustering
7 2 (0.88%) IoT
7 2 (0.88%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.88%) Wiki
8 1 (0.44%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.44%) SCADA
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.51%) Windows
2 6 (2.63%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (21.49%) Data Modelling
3 47 (20.61%) Agile
4 44 (19.30%) Analytics
5 41 (17.98%) Data Analysis
6 39 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 32 (14.04%) Decision-Making
8 31 (13.60%) Visualisation
9 29 (12.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 27 (11.84%) DevOps
11 26 (11.40%) Data Governance
11 26 (11.40%) Waterfall
12 24 (10.53%) ETL
13 23 (10.09%) Migration
14 22 (9.65%) Data Visualisation
15 19 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
15 19 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
15 19 (8.33%) Programme Management
16 18 (7.89%) Workshop Facilitation
17 15 (6.58%) AI
Programming Languages
1 62 (27.19%) SQL
2 20 (8.77%) Python
3 16 (7.02%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.51%) R
5 7 (3.07%) PL/SQL
6 6 (2.63%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.19%) C#
8 4 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.75%) Java
9 3 (1.32%) Bicep
9 3 (1.32%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.32%) VBA
10 2 (0.88%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 50 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 35 (15.35%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.65%) Degree
4 7 (3.07%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.19%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.32%) JNCIA
6 3 (1.32%) JNCIP
6 3 (1.32%) JNCIS
6 3 (1.32%) PMP
6 3 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (12.72%) Data Quality
2 24 (10.53%) PMO
3 9 (3.95%) QA
4 7 (3.07%) GDPR
5 6 (2.63%) SLA
6 5 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.88%) COBIT
7 2 (0.88%) NIST
8 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 11 (4.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.44%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.32%) SCCM
3 2 (0.88%) Terraform
4 1 (0.44%) CEMLI
4 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 54 (23.68%) Oracle
3 34 (14.91%) SAP
4 11 (4.82%) Databricks
4 11 (4.82%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.95%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.63%) Adobe
7 3 (1.32%) BMC
7 3 (1.32%) Cisco
7 3 (1.32%) Cognos
7 3 (1.32%) Foundry
7 3 (1.32%) Juniper
7 3 (1.32%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.32%) Palantir
7 3 (1.32%) Remedy
7 3 (1.32%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.88%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.88%) IFS
8 2 (0.88%) Informatica
8 2 (0.88%) Talend