Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the South West

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 29 26
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 117 116 189
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 4.25% 6.47% 6.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.25% 7.23% 7.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 69 156
10th Percentile £317 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -7.08% +6.60%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £738 £775
England median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.20% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 7
10th Percentile £22.90 £19.18 -
25th Percentile £23.16 £22.42 £14.36
Median hourly rate £24.00 £26.50 £15.59
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +69.98% -43.31%
75th Percentile £24.50 £28.99 £18.77
90th Percentile £30.98 - £21.64
England median hourly rate £23.75 £28.00 £25.81
% change year-on-year -15.18% +8.49% -4.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,228 1,605 2,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 80.87% 89.51% 84.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,221 998 1,676
10th Percentile £300 £225 £275
25th Percentile £413 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.46%
75th Percentile £613 £631 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £716
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 102 339
10th Percentile £16.56 £22.75 £14.54
25th Percentile £23.12 £51.19 £31.60
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -20.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £67.20
90th Percentile £66.13 £70.00 £78.69
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.26% - -

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the South West

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the South West over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the South West

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in the South West over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the South West

Business Intelligence
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 February 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
Bristol -11 47 £500 -6.54% 17
Wiltshire +1 31 £625 +8.70% 8
Somerset -12 12 £525 -16.83% 10
Devon -1 8 £400 +23.08% 4
Cornwall -1 6 £158 -55.00%
Dorset +1 5 £400 -17.95% 6
Gloucestershire -16 1 - - 8
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (10.26%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.56%) Apache Superset
3 3 (2.56%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (1.71%) Apache
5 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.85%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 64 (54.70%) Power Platform
2 26 (22.22%) Azure
3 11 (9.40%) GCP
3 11 (9.40%) Power Automate
4 10 (8.55%) AWS
4 10 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (6.84%) PowerApps
6 7 (5.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (5.98%) Snowflake
7 5 (4.27%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.27%) SaaS
8 4 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.56%) GitHub
9 3 (2.56%) ShareGate
10 2 (1.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.85%) Collibra
11 1 (0.85%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.85%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.42%) Unified Communications
2 3 (2.56%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.85%) DHCP
3 1 (0.85%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.85%) LAN
3 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (53.85%) Power BI
2 12 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (6.84%) Metadata
3 8 (6.84%) Tableau
4 6 (5.13%) Big Data
4 6 (5.13%) BigQuery
4 6 (5.13%) Looker
5 5 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (4.27%) Power Query
6 4 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.42%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.56%) Oracle ODI
7 3 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (2.56%) Star Schema
8 2 (1.71%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.71%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.85%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 3 (2.56%) DBeaver
2 2 (1.71%) GitLab
3 1 (0.85%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.85%) Git
3 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.85%) JIRA
3 1 (0.85%) Maven
3 1 (0.85%) SonarQube
General
1 53 (45.30%) Finance
2 38 (32.48%) Public Sector
3 32 (27.35%) Manufacturing
3 32 (27.35%) Telecoms
4 30 (25.64%) Electronics
4 30 (25.64%) Marketing
5 18 (15.38%) Social Skills
6 14 (11.97%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (6.84%) Banking
7 8 (6.84%) General Ledger
8 5 (4.27%) Legal
8 5 (4.27%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.71%) Back Office
10 2 (1.71%) Law
10 2 (1.71%) Military
10 2 (1.71%) Police
11 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.85%) Billing
11 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (18.80%) Analyst
2 15 (12.82%) Data Engineer
3 11 (9.40%) Data Analyst
4 9 (7.69%) Migration Engineer
4 9 (7.69%) Senior
5 8 (6.84%) Business Analyst
5 8 (6.84%) Developer
5 8 (6.84%) IT Engineer
6 7 (5.98%) IT Support
6 7 (5.98%) Lead
7 6 (5.13%) Architect
7 6 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 6 (5.13%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (5.13%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.27%) Analytics Manager
8 5 (4.27%) Business Intelligence Manager
8 5 (4.27%) Business Intelligence Specialist
8 5 (4.27%) Data Architect
8 5 (4.27%) Senior Analytics Manager
8 5 (4.27%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.13%) HTML
2 4 (3.42%) CSS
3 3 (2.56%) HTML5
3 3 (2.56%) LDAP
3 3 (2.56%) OAuth
3 3 (2.56%) OpenID
3 3 (2.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 3 (2.56%) PySpark
3 3 (2.56%) SAML
4 2 (1.71%) Pandas
4 2 (1.71%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.71%) SVG
5 1 (0.85%) .NET
5 1 (0.85%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (0.85%) JAX-RS
5 1 (0.85%) JDO
5 1 (0.85%) LESS
5 1 (0.85%) Sass
5 1 (0.85%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.84%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.13%) Low-Code
3 4 (3.42%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.56%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.56%) Replication
5 2 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.71%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.71%) FMCG
5 2 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.85%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.85%) CMDB
6 1 (0.85%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.85%) DataPower
6 1 (0.85%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.85%) IoT
6 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.85%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.56%) Windows
2 2 (1.71%) Linux
2 2 (1.71%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (35.90%) Analytics
2 32 (27.35%) Programme Management
3 30 (25.64%) Digital Marketing
4 21 (17.95%) Data Modelling
4 21 (17.95%) Migration
5 19 (16.24%) ETL
6 17 (14.53%) Visualisation
7 16 (13.68%) Decision-Making
8 15 (12.82%) Actionable Insight
8 15 (12.82%) Agile
9 14 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (11.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (11.97%) Workflow
10 12 (10.26%) Change Management
10 12 (10.26%) Data Science
11 11 (9.40%) AI
11 11 (9.40%) Data Engineering
11 11 (9.40%) Data Pipeline
12 10 (8.55%) Data Governance
12 10 (8.55%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (33.33%) SQL
2 25 (21.37%) Python
3 8 (6.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 8 (6.84%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.27%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.42%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.56%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.71%) C#
7 2 (1.71%) VBA
8 1 (0.85%) Java
8 1 (0.85%) R
8 1 (0.85%) SAPscript
8 1 (0.85%) Scala
Qualifications
1 47 (40.17%) Security Cleared
2 40 (34.19%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.26%) Degree
3 12 (10.26%) DV Cleared
4 8 (6.84%) ACCA
4 8 (6.84%) CIMA
5 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.71%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (1.71%) CISSP
5 2 (1.71%) CLAS
5 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.71%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.53%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.84%) GDPR
3 5 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.27%) JSP 440
3 5 (4.27%) PMO
3 5 (4.27%) RMADS
4 3 (2.56%) NCSC
5 2 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.71%) NIST
5 2 (1.71%) QA
6 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.85%) PERC
6 1 (0.85%) SLA
6 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.85%) Docker
2 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.42%) SCCM
2 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.85%) Kibana
3 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (29.91%) SAP
2 30 (25.64%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.84%) Databricks
4 7 (5.98%) Google
5 5 (4.27%) Blue Prism
6 3 (2.56%) Cisco
6 3 (2.56%) Oracle
6 3 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.71%) Automation Anywhere
7 2 (1.71%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.71%) Intel
7 2 (1.71%) Micro Focus
7 2 (1.71%) NetIQ
7 2 (1.71%) Okta
7 2 (1.71%) UiPath
8 1 (0.85%) Amplitude
8 1 (0.85%) Facebook
8 1 (0.85%) Informatica
8 1 (0.85%) NetApp
8 1 (0.85%) Remedy