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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 44 33
Rank change year-on-year -12 -11 +17
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 254 155 230
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 3.85% 4.32% 5.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.73% 4.87% 6.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 107 138
10th Percentile £281 £222 £241
25th Percentile £383 £388 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +0.98% +4.35%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £650
90th Percentile £627 £650 £729
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 7
10th Percentile £31.08 - £33.05
25th Percentile £38.25 £81.50 £41.25
Median hourly rate £58.31 £83.00 £58.38
Median % change year-on-year -29.75% +42.18% +112.27%
75th Percentile £84.84 £84.50 £64.73
90th Percentile £91.38 - -
England median hourly rate £29.96 £24.00 £31.55
% change year-on-year +24.83% -23.92% +5.47%

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 5,365 3,181 3,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 81.31% 88.76% 83.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,099 1,991 2,144
10th Percentile £275 £213 £255
25th Percentile £419 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £622 £588 £625
90th Percentile £713 £650 £688
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 697 328 181
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.38 £16.17 £30.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £21.02 £58.49
Median % change year-on-year +125.98% -64.06% +7.58%
75th Percentile £70.00 £42.93 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.30 £69.65 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -25 103 £500 -6.63% 105
Berkshire -22 58 £565 -5.83% 68
West Sussex +1 46 £380 +78.82% 18
Hampshire -32 46 £525 -4.55% 38
Buckinghamshire -3 34 £475 +11.76% 21
Surrey -1 33 £500 +25.00% 52
Oxfordshire -18 11 £375 +66.67% 18
Middlesex - 7 - -
East Sussex - 7 £616 - 9
Kent - 6 £473 - 9
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 12 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.33%) Confluence
3 3 (1.18%) Apache
3 3 (1.18%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.79%) Apache Superset
4 2 (0.79%) SAS
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 47 (18.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.54%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.76%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.76%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.57%) iTrent
3 3 (1.18%) Maximo
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.79%) Primavera
4 2 (0.79%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.79%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.39%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 196 (77.17%) Power Platform
2 60 (23.62%) Azure
3 18 (7.09%) Power Automate
4 16 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.91%) AWS
6 12 (4.72%) Serverless
7 11 (4.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (4.33%) PowerApps
8 10 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (3.54%) dbt
10 8 (3.15%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (3.15%) Snowflake
11 7 (2.76%) Azure Functions
11 7 (2.76%) GCP
11 7 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (2.36%) SaaS
12 6 (2.36%) Smartsheet
13 5 (1.97%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.97%) Azure Databricks
13 5 (1.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.76%) Broadband
2 2 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.39%) Mobile Backhaul
3 1 (0.39%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.39%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (75.98%) Power BI
2 24 (9.45%) Tableau
3 22 (8.66%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (6.30%) Data Lake
5 11 (4.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 11 (4.33%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.94%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (3.15%) Power Query
8 7 (2.76%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (2.76%) Metadata
9 6 (2.36%) Qlik Sense
9 6 (2.36%) Relational Database
9 6 (2.36%) SAP Data Services
10 4 (1.57%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.57%) Couchbase
10 4 (1.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.57%) GIS
10 4 (1.57%) MySQL
10 4 (1.57%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (1.18%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 21 (8.27%) JIRA
2 9 (3.54%) Git
3 4 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.57%) JUnit
4 2 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.79%) Postman
5 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.39%) ERwin
5 1 (0.39%) GitLab
5 1 (0.39%) JMeter
5 1 (0.39%) RStudio
5 1 (0.39%) Selenium
5 1 (0.39%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.39%) TestRail
5 1 (0.39%) Toad
General
1 86 (33.86%) Social Skills
2 58 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (21.65%) Finance
4 19 (7.48%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.51%) Retail
6 13 (5.12%) Aerospace
7 11 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.94%) Marketing
9 9 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.54%) Legal
10 6 (2.36%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.97%) Banking
12 4 (1.57%) Publishing
13 3 (1.18%) Aviation
13 3 (1.18%) Billing
13 3 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.18%) Local Government
13 3 (1.18%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (25.98%) Analyst
2 37 (14.57%) Data Analyst
2 37 (14.57%) Senior
3 31 (12.20%) Developer
4 17 (6.69%) Architect
4 17 (6.69%) Business Analyst
4 17 (6.69%) Lead
5 14 (5.51%) Consultant
5 14 (5.51%) Data Engineer
5 14 (5.51%) Project Manager
6 12 (4.72%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 11 (4.33%) Microsoft Engineer
8 9 (3.54%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (3.15%) Senior Manager
10 7 (2.76%) Data Business Analyst
11 6 (2.36%) Data Architect
11 6 (2.36%) Oracle Consultant
11 6 (2.36%) Systems Analyst
12 5 (1.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 5 (1.97%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.51%) REST
2 10 (3.94%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (2.76%) Middleware
4 6 (2.36%) EDI
5 5 (1.97%) .NET
5 5 (1.97%) SOAP
5 5 (1.97%) Terraform
6 4 (1.57%) CSS
6 4 (1.57%) Hibernate
6 4 (1.57%) HTML
6 4 (1.57%) JPA
6 4 (1.57%) jQuery
6 4 (1.57%) PySpark
6 4 (1.57%) Spring
6 4 (1.57%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.57%) Spring MVC
7 3 (1.18%) JSON
7 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (0.79%) React
8 2 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.51%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.72%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.33%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.54%) Clustering
4 9 (3.54%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.76%) PKI
5 7 (2.76%) Social Media
6 5 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.57%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.57%) FMCG
7 4 (1.57%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.18%) NHS
8 3 (1.18%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.18%) PMI
8 3 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.79%) Autonomous Agent
9 2 (0.79%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.79%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.79%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.15%) Windows
2 7 (2.76%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.57%) Unix
4 3 (1.18%) Linux
5 1 (0.39%) Android
5 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (33.07%) Analytics
2 75 (29.53%) Data Modelling
3 69 (27.17%) Decision-Making
3 69 (27.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 55 (21.65%) Agile
5 45 (17.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 44 (17.32%) ETL
7 43 (16.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 40 (15.75%) AI
8 40 (15.75%) Visualisation
9 38 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (14.17%) Actionable Insight
11 33 (12.99%) Data Governance
12 32 (12.60%) Data Analysis
13 30 (11.81%) Data Engineering
14 28 (11.02%) Dashboard Development
14 28 (11.02%) Migration
15 27 (10.63%) Data Pipeline
16 26 (10.24%) CI/CD
16 26 (10.24%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 116 (45.67%) SQL
2 28 (11.02%) Python
3 19 (7.48%) JavaScript
4 14 (5.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 12 (4.72%) T-SQL
6 10 (3.94%) PL/SQL
6 10 (3.94%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.36%) Java
8 5 (1.97%) C#
9 4 (1.57%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.18%) X++
11 2 (0.79%) C
11 2 (0.79%) R
11 2 (0.79%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.79%) VBA
12 1 (0.39%) Gremlin
12 1 (0.39%) Groovy
12 1 (0.39%) JCL
12 1 (0.39%) LookML
Qualifications
1 61 (24.02%) Security Cleared
2 33 (12.99%) SC Cleared
3 21 (8.27%) Degree
4 16 (6.30%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.15%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.36%) PMP
8 5 (1.97%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.18%) ACCA
10 3 (1.18%) CIMA
10 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.18%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.79%) CAPM
11 2 (0.79%) CISSP
11 2 (0.79%) Tableau Certification
12 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (20.08%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.69%) PMO
3 15 (5.91%) QA
4 9 (3.54%) GDPR
5 8 (3.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.18%) GMP
6 3 (1.18%) IFRS
6 3 (1.18%) SLA
7 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.39%) GRC
8 1 (0.39%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 7 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.97%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.18%) Grafana
3 2 (0.79%) Ansible
4 1 (0.39%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 93 (36.61%) Microsoft
2 42 (16.54%) SAP
3 38 (14.96%) Oracle
4 29 (11.42%) Databricks
5 15 (5.91%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.54%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.15%) Google
8 7 (2.76%) BMC
8 7 (2.76%) Remedy
9 6 (2.36%) Baan
9 6 (2.36%) Informatica
10 5 (1.97%) Workday
11 4 (1.57%) Ariba
11 4 (1.57%) IBM
12 3 (1.18%) ESRI
12 3 (1.18%) IFS
12 3 (1.18%) Teradata
13 2 (0.79%) Adobe
13 2 (0.79%) OpenAI
13 2 (0.79%) Splunk