Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends in the South West

BI Developer
England > South West

The median BI Developer daily rate in the South West is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 119 142
Rank change year-on-year -9 +23 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 5 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.21% 0.33% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.35% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 9
10th Percentile £290 £385 £308
25th Percentile £350 £428 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £510 - £525
90th Percentile £546 £519 -
England median daily rate £450 £450 £482
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate - £30.00 £84.45
% change year-on-year - -64.48% +141.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 2,099 1,980 2,804
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 93.75% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,218 1,234 1,843
10th Percentile £230 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £644 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £714 £706
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 144 291
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.85 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.78 £51.13 £45.00
Median hourly rate £38.22 £65.00 £57.33
Median % change year-on-year -41.20% +13.38% -11.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.43 £74.83 £83.40
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in the South West

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the South West

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in the South West

Business Intelligence Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the South West

Business Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Bristol -3 2 £570 +35.71%
Devon +9 1 £250 -44.44%
Business Intelligence Developer
England

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Business Intelligence Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Power BI
2 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (60.00%) Migration
3 3 (60.00%) SAP
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) ABAP
4 2 (40.00%) Analytics
4 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
4 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
4 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (40.00%) ETL
4 2 (40.00%) ETL Development
4 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (40.00%) Python
4 2 (40.00%) SAP BW
4 2 (40.00%) SAP HANA
4 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (40.00%) Validation
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (20.00%) iTrent
5 1 (20.00%) Metadata
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (20.00%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (40.00%) SAP BW
2 2 (40.00%) SAP HANA
3 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (40.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Data Validation
3 2 (40.00%) ETL
3 2 (40.00%) ETL Development
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) ABAP
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft