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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 27 30
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 85 169 219
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.11% 5.33% 6.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.64% 6.41% 6.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 146 193
10th Percentile £325 £341 £325
25th Percentile £363 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £556 £638 £638
90th Percentile £638 £775 £745
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.05 £31.25
25th Percentile £23.30 £16.29 £38.75
Median hourly rate £25.75 £17.45 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.61% -66.77% -
75th Percentile £27.58 £19.35 £54.38
90th Percentile £28.16 £20.04 £54.75
England median hourly rate £28.84 £24.22 £25.25
% change year-on-year +19.08% -4.10% -15.83%

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 1,506 2,635 3,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.56% 83.10% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 941 1,680 2,333
10th Percentile £230 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 341 324
10th Percentile £18.26 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £29.75 £15.36
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +23.08%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.07
England median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £37.34
% change year-on-year -20.55% -2.25% +49.36%

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 14 May 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
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 14 May 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 -1 42 £444 -11.25% 67
Wiltshire -1 14 £575 -14.81% 21
Gloucestershire +18 12 £409 -9.11% 44
Dorset - 4 £425 - 16
Somerset -4 3 £388 -32.61% 31
Devon +14 2 £313 -51.92% 23
Cornwall - 1 £350 - 2
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 (14.12%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.53%) Confluence
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.18%) MS Project Server
4 1 (1.18%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.18%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.18%) Misys Midas
2 1 (1.18%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 38 (44.71%) Power Platform
2 28 (32.94%) Azure
3 17 (20.00%) AWS
4 10 (11.76%) GCP
5 7 (8.24%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (8.24%) Power Automate
5 7 (8.24%) PowerApps
5 7 (8.24%) Snowflake
6 4 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (2.35%) dbt
7 2 (2.35%) SaaS
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.18%) Matillion
8 1 (1.18%) OCI
8 1 (1.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.53%) Firewall
2 2 (2.35%) VPN
3 1 (1.18%) DNS
3 1 (1.18%) LAN
3 1 (1.18%) Network Security
3 1 (1.18%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.18%) WAN
3 1 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (44.71%) Power BI
2 8 (9.41%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (7.06%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.53%) Metadata
4 3 (3.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 3 (3.53%) Power Query
4 3 (3.53%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.53%) Tableau
5 2 (2.35%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.35%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.18%) MySQL
6 1 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.18%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.18%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (4.71%) JIRA
2 2 (2.35%) Git
2 2 (2.35%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.35%) NUnit
3 1 (1.18%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.18%) GitLab
3 1 (1.18%) Postman
3 1 (1.18%) Selenium
3 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 48 (56.47%) Finance
2 37 (43.53%) Marketing
2 37 (43.53%) Public Sector
2 37 (43.53%) Social Skills
3 34 (40.00%) Electronics
3 34 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 34 (40.00%) Telecoms
4 17 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.41%) Local Government
6 4 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.18%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.18%) Law
8 1 (1.18%) Legal
8 1 (1.18%) Military
8 1 (1.18%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 21 (24.71%) Developer
2 18 (21.18%) Analyst
3 12 (14.12%) Data Analyst
4 9 (10.59%) Azure Developer
4 9 (10.59%) Azure Engineer
4 9 (10.59%) C# Developer
4 9 (10.59%) Lead
4 9 (10.59%) Senior
5 8 (9.41%) Support Engineer
6 7 (8.24%) Applications Engineer
6 7 (8.24%) Applications Support
6 7 (8.24%) Applications Support Engineer
6 7 (8.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 7 (8.24%) Power BI Developer
7 6 (7.06%) Applications Developer
7 6 (7.06%) C# Application Developer
7 6 (7.06%) Data Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) SAP Analyst
8 5 (5.88%) SAP Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.29%) .NET
2 7 (8.24%) CSS
2 7 (8.24%) HTML
3 3 (3.53%) .NET Core
3 3 (3.53%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (2.35%) Playwright
4 2 (2.35%) REST
5 1 (1.18%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.18%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.18%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.18%) OpenAPI
5 1 (1.18%) SOAP
5 1 (1.18%) Swagger
5 1 (1.18%) Web Services
5 1 (1.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.24%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.35%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.18%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.18%) NHS
4 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.18%) PKI
4 1 (1.18%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.18%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.06%) Windows
2 2 (2.35%) Linux
3 1 (1.18%) Android
3 1 (1.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (41.18%) Programme Management
2 34 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
3 22 (25.88%) Agile
4 19 (22.35%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (15.29%) CI/CD
6 12 (14.12%) Data Analysis
6 12 (14.12%) TDD
7 11 (12.94%) Continuous Delivery
7 11 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (12.94%) DevOps
7 11 (12.94%) Service Management
7 11 (12.94%) Software Delivery
7 11 (12.94%) Test Automation
7 11 (12.94%) Visualisation
8 10 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
8 10 (11.76%) Data Modelling
8 10 (11.76%) ETL
8 10 (11.76%) Software Engineering
9 9 (10.59%) Data Management
9 9 (10.59%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (31.76%) SQL
2 12 (14.12%) C#
3 9 (10.59%) JavaScript
4 7 (8.24%) PowerShell
5 4 (4.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (4.71%) Python
6 3 (3.53%) PL/SQL
7 2 (2.35%) Bash
7 2 (2.35%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.18%) X++
Qualifications
1 17 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.12%) Degree
2 12 (14.12%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.59%) Azure Certification
4 8 (9.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.18%) ACCA
6 1 (1.18%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.18%) CIMA
6 1 (1.18%) CISSP
6 1 (1.18%) CLAS
6 1 (1.18%) Dell Certification
6 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.18%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.18%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.18%) NIST
3 1 (1.18%) PMO
3 1 (1.18%) RMADS
System Software
1 4 (4.71%) Docker
2 1 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.88%) Terraform
2 2 (2.35%) Ansible
2 2 (2.35%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.35%) Puppet
3 1 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 42 (49.41%) SAP
2 16 (18.82%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.24%) Ariba
3 7 (8.24%) Google
4 4 (4.71%) Oracle
5 3 (3.53%) Databricks
6 1 (1.18%) Apple
6 1 (1.18%) Citrix
6 1 (1.18%) Dell
6 1 (1.18%) Foundry
6 1 (1.18%) HP
6 1 (1.18%) Jaspersoft
6 1 (1.18%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.18%) Palantir
6 1 (1.18%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.18%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.18%) Splunk
6 1 (1.18%) VMware
6 1 (1.18%) Workday