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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 37 27
Rank change year-on-year -9 -10 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 118 86 171
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 3.55% 5.09% 5.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 5.62% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 67 148
10th Percentile £369 £325 £333
25th Percentile £418 £366 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -16.28% +2.38%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £638
90th Percentile £675 £643 £775
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 2
10th Percentile - £20.24 £16.05
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.30 £16.29
Median hourly rate £21.66 £25.75 £17.45
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% +47.61% -36.56%
75th Percentile £24.49 £27.69 £19.35
90th Percentile - £28.47 £20.04
England median hourly rate £23.83 £28.60 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.70% +19.17% -4.00%

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 2,595 1,529 2,645
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 78.16% 90.42% 83.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,424 969 1,687
10th Percentile £317 £235 £220
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -1.73% -4.55%
75th Percentile £607 £623 £625
90th Percentile £715 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 151 335
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £13.86
25th Percentile £26.25 £18.87 £28.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -9.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%

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 6 May 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
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 6 May 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 -20 43 £475 +8.57% 20
Wiltshire -4 29 £450 -21.74% 6
Somerset -3 16 £475 +25.41% 20
Gloucestershire -6 6 £500 +22.25% 17
Devon -11 5 £450 +44.00% 12
Dorset -4 4 £400 -15.79% 9
Cornwall -4 3 - - 1
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 8 (6.78%) Apache Superset
2 4 (3.39%) Apache
3 3 (2.54%) IIS
4 2 (1.69%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.39%) iTrent
2 2 (1.69%) Primavera
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (59.32%) Power Platform
2 32 (27.12%) Azure
3 17 (14.41%) AWS
4 11 (9.32%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (6.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 8 (6.78%) GCP
6 6 (5.08%) Snowflake
7 5 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (4.24%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.24%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.39%) GitHub
9 3 (2.54%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.54%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.54%) Serverless
10 2 (1.69%) Matillion
10 2 (1.69%) SaaS
11 1 (0.85%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.85%) Google Tag Manager
11 1 (0.85%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.69%) 3GPP
1 2 (1.69%) 4G
1 2 (1.69%) 5G
1 2 (1.69%) 5G NR
1 2 (1.69%) Ethernet
1 2 (1.69%) LTE
1 2 (1.69%) Microwave Backhaul
1 2 (1.69%) MPLS
1 2 (1.69%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (1.69%) VoLTE
1 2 (1.69%) Wireshark
2 1 (0.85%) DHCP
2 1 (0.85%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (58.47%) Power BI
2 19 (16.10%) Tableau
3 13 (11.02%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (5.08%) Snowflake Schema
5 5 (4.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (4.24%) Metadata
5 5 (4.24%) Power Query
5 5 (4.24%) Semantic Layer
5 5 (4.24%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.39%) Data Mart
6 4 (3.39%) Looker
6 4 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.54%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (2.54%) Data Vault
7 3 (2.54%) Delta Lake
7 3 (2.54%) Oracle BI EE
7 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.69%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.69%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.54%) JIRA
General
1 34 (28.81%) Finance
2 16 (13.56%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.86%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.17%) General Ledger
5 11 (9.32%) Marketing
5 11 (9.32%) Telecoms
6 10 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (7.63%) Electronics
7 9 (7.63%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.24%) Banking
10 3 (2.54%) Legal
11 2 (1.69%) Back Office
11 2 (1.69%) Police
12 1 (0.85%) Billing
12 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.85%) Law
12 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (17.80%) Data Engineer
2 12 (10.17%) Analyst
2 12 (10.17%) Consultant
3 10 (8.47%) Lead
4 7 (5.93%) Data Consultant
4 7 (5.93%) Performance Engineer
5 6 (5.08%) Architect
5 6 (5.08%) Data Analyst
5 6 (5.08%) Data Architect
6 5 (4.24%) Data Modeller
7 4 (3.39%) Azure Data Engineer
7 4 (3.39%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (3.39%) Business Intelligence Specialist
7 4 (3.39%) Data Analytics Specialist
7 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Engineer
7 4 (3.39%) Platform Specialist
7 4 (3.39%) Power BI Engineer
7 4 (3.39%) Senior
8 3 (2.54%) Power BI Specialist
8 3 (2.54%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.54%) PySpark
2 2 (1.69%) HTML
2 2 (1.69%) HTML5
2 2 (1.69%) REST
2 2 (1.69%) SVG
3 1 (0.85%) ADO
3 1 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.85%) JDO
3 1 (0.85%) JSON
3 1 (0.85%) Pandas
3 1 (0.85%) React
3 1 (0.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.86%) Onboarding
2 10 (8.47%) Cloud Native
3 6 (5.08%) Data Structures
3 6 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.39%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.54%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.54%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.69%) FMCG
6 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.85%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.24%) Windows
1 5 (4.24%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (61.02%) Analytics
2 34 (28.81%) Data Modelling
3 25 (21.19%) Data Engineering
3 25 (21.19%) Decision-Making
4 23 (19.49%) Data Governance
5 22 (18.64%) Visualisation
6 19 (16.10%) Data Pipeline
7 18 (15.25%) ETL
8 16 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (11.02%) Budgeting
9 13 (11.02%) Data Science
10 12 (10.17%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 12 (10.17%) Data Transformation
10 12 (10.17%) Financial Modelling
10 12 (10.17%) Performance Analysis
11 11 (9.32%) Agile
11 11 (9.32%) Data Analytics
11 11 (9.32%) Workflow
12 10 (8.47%) Migration
12 10 (8.47%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (35.59%) SQL
2 29 (24.58%) Python
3 8 (6.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (5.08%) R
5 5 (4.24%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.54%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.69%) C
8 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.85%) Scala
8 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (27.12%) Security Cleared
2 24 (20.34%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.17%) ACCA
3 12 (10.17%) CIMA
4 9 (7.63%) Degree
5 6 (5.08%) DV Cleared
6 4 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.69%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.69%) CISSP
8 2 (1.69%) CLAS
8 2 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.41%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.08%) PMO
3 5 (4.24%) JSP 440
3 5 (4.24%) RMADS
4 4 (3.39%) GDPR
5 3 (2.54%) NCSC
5 3 (2.54%) QA
6 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.69%) NIST
7 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.85%) PERC
System Software
1 6 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (0.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.71%) SAP
3 11 (9.32%) Databricks
4 4 (3.39%) Oracle
5 3 (2.54%) VMware
6 2 (1.69%) Automation Anywhere
6 2 (1.69%) Blue Prism
6 2 (1.69%) Google
6 2 (1.69%) Intel
6 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.69%) UiPath
7 1 (0.85%) Amplitude
7 1 (0.85%) Braze
7 1 (0.85%) Facebook
7 1 (0.85%) Informatica
7 1 (0.85%) NetApp
7 1 (0.85%) Okta
7 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.85%) Workday