Business Intelligence Contracts in the South West

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Business Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 30 30
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -6
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 106 181 205
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.78% 5.55% 5.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.40% 6.69% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 152 180
10th Percentile £304 £363 £389
25th Percentile £355 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.44% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £638
90th Percentile £662 £775 £725
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £23.13 £16.37 £52.00
25th Percentile £25.19 £17.10 £53.13
Median hourly rate £26.95 £24.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -55.45% -
75th Percentile £28.40 £30.00 -
90th Percentile £53.03 - -
England median hourly rate £30.81 £24.43 £25.25
% change year-on-year +26.09% -3.25% +12.22%

All Process and 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 1,655 2,705 3,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.24% 82.87% 88.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 992 1,714 2,246
10th Percentile £220 £260 £319
25th Percentile £363 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £687 £700 £725
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 379 285
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.60 £29.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £28.10 £55.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.92% -10.57% +26.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £71.90
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £39.55
% change year-on-year -34.02% -3.62% +54.01%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the South West

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in the South West

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 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the South West

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence in the South West

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 6 July 2025.

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 6 July 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 47 £438 -5.41% 100
Wiltshire 0 27 £625 -7.41% 33
Gloucestershire +27 13 £409 -9.11% 64
Somerset -4 7 £170 -70.43% 68
Dorset - 7 £438 - 30
Devon -2 2 £350 -33.33% 34
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.77%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.94%) Confluence
3 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.94%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 14 (13.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (9.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 51 (48.11%) Power Platform
2 26 (24.53%) Azure
3 19 (17.92%) AWS
4 10 (9.43%) Snowflake
5 9 (8.49%) GCP
6 8 (7.55%) PowerApps
7 7 (6.60%) Power Automate
8 6 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.89%) dbt
10 2 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.94%) Azure Event Grid
11 1 (0.94%) Azure Functions
11 1 (0.94%) GitHub
11 1 (0.94%) Matillion
11 1 (0.94%) Serverless
11 1 (0.94%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.89%) Firewall
2 1 (0.94%) DNS
2 1 (0.94%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (48.11%) Power BI
2 11 (10.38%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (8.49%) SQL Server
4 7 (6.60%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.83%) Metadata
5 3 (2.83%) Oracle ODI
5 3 (2.83%) Power Query
5 3 (2.83%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.83%) Star Schema
5 3 (2.83%) Tableau
6 2 (1.89%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.89%) MySQL
6 2 (1.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (1.89%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.94%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.89%) DBeaver
1 2 (1.89%) JIRA
2 1 (0.94%) Git
2 1 (0.94%) GitLab
2 1 (0.94%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.94%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.94%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 53 (50.00%) Finance
2 43 (40.57%) Social Skills
3 41 (38.68%) Public Sector
4 40 (37.74%) Marketing
5 38 (35.85%) Manufacturing
6 37 (34.91%) Electronics
6 37 (34.91%) Telecoms
7 22 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (9.43%) Local Government
9 7 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.77%) Banking
10 4 (3.77%) Polish Language
11 3 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.89%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.94%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.94%) Law
13 1 (0.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (21.70%) Developer
2 19 (17.92%) Analyst
3 15 (14.15%) Data Analyst
4 12 (11.32%) Lead
5 11 (10.38%) Consultant
6 10 (9.43%) Azure Developer
6 10 (9.43%) C# Developer
7 9 (8.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 9 (8.49%) Power BI Developer
8 8 (7.55%) Architect
8 8 (7.55%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (7.55%) Data Engineer
8 8 (7.55%) Security Consultant
9 7 (6.60%) Applications Engineer
9 7 (6.60%) Applications Support
9 7 (6.60%) Applications Support Engineer
9 7 (6.60%) Support Engineer
10 6 (5.66%) Applications Developer
10 6 (5.66%) C# Application Developer
10 6 (5.66%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.32%) .NET
2 7 (6.60%) CSS
2 7 (6.60%) HTML
3 4 (3.77%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.89%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 2 (1.89%) REST
5 1 (0.94%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.94%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.94%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.94%) Swagger
5 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.49%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.72%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.89%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.89%) Replication
4 1 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.94%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.94%) Social Media
4 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.77%) Windows
2 1 (0.94%) Android
2 1 (0.94%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.94%) Linux
2 1 (0.94%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (35.85%) Programme Management
2 37 (34.91%) Digital Marketing
3 22 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (18.87%) Agile
5 16 (15.09%) Data Analysis
6 15 (14.15%) Visualisation
7 13 (12.26%) Analytics
8 12 (11.32%) CI/CD
8 12 (11.32%) Data Visualisation
8 12 (11.32%) ETL
9 11 (10.38%) Continuous Delivery
9 11 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (10.38%) Migration
9 11 (10.38%) TDD
10 10 (9.43%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (9.43%) Service Management
11 9 (8.49%) Decision-Making
11 9 (8.49%) Risk Management
11 9 (8.49%) Service Delivery
11 9 (8.49%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (25.47%) SQL
2 12 (11.32%) C#
3 9 (8.49%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.60%) Python
5 6 (5.66%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.89%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.94%) Bash
8 1 (0.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (23.58%) Security Cleared
2 19 (17.92%) SC Cleared
3 12 (11.32%) Degree
4 11 (10.38%) DV Cleared
5 9 (8.49%) Azure Certification
6 8 (7.55%) CESG Certified Professional
6 8 (7.55%) CISSP
6 8 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.72%) CLAS
8 3 (2.83%) CISM
8 3 (2.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.94%) ACCA
9 1 (0.94%) CIMA
9 1 (0.94%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.94%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.38%) Data Quality
2 9 (8.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (7.55%) RMADS
4 5 (4.72%) JSP 440
4 5 (4.72%) NIST
5 3 (2.83%) GDPR
5 3 (2.83%) NCSC
5 3 (2.83%) PMO
6 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (0.94%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.94%) Docker
1 1 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.66%) Terraform
2 1 (0.94%) Ansible
2 1 (0.94%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (0.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.94%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.94%) Puppet
Vendors
1 45 (42.45%) SAP
2 22 (20.75%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.60%) Ariba
3 7 (6.60%) Google
4 6 (5.66%) Oracle
5 3 (2.83%) Databricks
6 2 (1.89%) MobileIron
7 1 (0.94%) Apple
7 1 (0.94%) Citrix
7 1 (0.94%) IBM
7 1 (0.94%) Jaspersoft
7 1 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.94%) Splunk
7 1 (0.94%) VMware
7 1 (0.94%) Workday