Business Intelligence Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

BI Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median BI Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 309 378
Rank change year-on-year +10 +69 -76
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 37 90 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.43% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.47% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 75 66
10th Percentile £317 £318 £266
25th Percentile £358 £363 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £415 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -2.35% -
75th Percentile £456 £484 £488
90th Percentile £475 £525 £525
UK median daily rate £444 £450 £463
% change year-on-year -1.39% -2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £25.05 - -
25th Percentile £25.13 £80.00 -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £84.45 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.62% +141.29% -19.23%
75th Percentile £28.07 - -
90th Percentile £28.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.85 £84.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year -54.00% +141.29% -19.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Business Intelligence Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence Developer in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Midlands +20 9 £398 +6.13% 12
West Midlands +12 8 £398 +6.13% 11
North of England -4 8 £400 -3.03% 13
South East +35 7 £350 -22.22% 15
Scotland +12 7 £425 -1.45% 6
South West +41 6 £406 -18.75% 4
North West +5 5 £425 +6.25% 8
Yorkshire -3 2 £394 -10.00% 5
North East 0 1 £375 -
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Business Intelligence Developer
UK

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Intelligence Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 35 (94.59%) Power BI
2 35 (94.59%) Power Platform
3 21 (56.76%) SQL
4 15 (40.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 14 (37.84%) Data Modelling
6 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
6 12 (32.43%) Visualisation
7 10 (27.03%) Azure
8 9 (24.32%) Data Visualisation
8 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
8 9 (24.32%) Power Query
9 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (18.92%) Analytics
10 7 (18.92%) ETL
10 7 (18.92%) SQL Server
10 7 (18.92%) Agile
11 6 (16.22%) Decision-Making
12 5 (13.51%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
13 4 (10.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (10.81%) AWS
13 4 (10.81%) User Experience
13 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
13 4 (10.81%) Dashboard Development
13 4 (10.81%) Databricks
14 3 (8.11%) Actionable Insight
14 3 (8.11%) PowerApps
14 3 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
14 3 (8.11%) Mentoring

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (94.59%) Power Platform
2 10 (27.03%) Azure
3 4 (10.81%) AWS
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (8.11%) PowerApps
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (5.41%) GCP
5 2 (5.41%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.70%) OCI
6 1 (2.70%) SaaS
6 1 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (94.59%) Power BI
2 9 (24.32%) Power Query
3 7 (18.92%) SQL Server
4 5 (13.51%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (10.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (8.11%) OLAP
6 3 (8.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (8.11%) Tableau
7 2 (5.41%) Data Mining
7 2 (5.41%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (5.41%) RDBMS
7 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
8 1 (2.70%) Big Data
8 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (2.70%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (2.70%) Hadoop
8 1 (2.70%) MySQL
8 1 (2.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (2.70%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.70%) Automotive
4 1 (2.70%) Finance
4 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) .NET
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (2.70%) FMCG
1 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.70%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (37.84%) Data Modelling
3 12 (32.43%) Visualisation
4 9 (24.32%) Data Visualisation
5 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (18.92%) Agile
6 7 (18.92%) Analytics
6 7 (18.92%) ETL
7 6 (16.22%) Decision-Making
8 4 (10.81%) Dashboard Development
8 4 (10.81%) User Experience
9 3 (8.11%) Actionable Insight
9 3 (8.11%) Data Analysis
9 3 (8.11%) Data Governance
9 3 (8.11%) Data Integration
9 3 (8.11%) Mentoring
9 3 (8.11%) Project Management
9 3 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (8.11%) UX Design
10 2 (5.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 21 (56.76%) SQL
2 15 (40.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (8.11%) Python
3 3 (8.11%) R
4 2 (5.41%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.70%) C#
5 1 (2.70%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.70%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
1 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.41%) GDPR
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) Databricks
3 2 (5.41%) Google
3 2 (5.41%) Oracle
3 2 (5.41%) Sage
3 2 (5.41%) SAP
4 1 (2.70%) Cognos