Business Intelligence Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 40 43
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 660 870 1,087
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.84% 4.10% 4.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.35% 4.96% 5.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 587 782
10th Percentile £290 £258 £213
25th Percentile £386 £368 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £563 £575
90th Percentile £663 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 40 29
10th Percentile £17.58 £11.00 £12.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £13.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.40 £22.12 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.90% -11.54% +42.86%
75th Percentile £31.95 £30.98 £55.00
90th Percentile £35.13 £55.25 £76.44
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £24.26 £24.00
% change year-on-year +30.45% +1.06% +24.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,335 17,544 20,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.49% 82.74% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 10,293 13,900
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £366 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,015 2,178 1,270
10th Percentile £13.81 £12.50 £11.80
25th Percentile £16.88 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £24.59 £38.12 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% +17.65% +54.29%
75th Percentile £54.38 £61.90 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
South East +19 183 £525 +22.81% 468
North of England -16 145 £469 +4.17% 452
Midlands +3 115 £431 +1.41% 283
South West 0 101 £438 -17.84% 189
West Midlands +4 90 £431 -2.05% 165
North West -13 79 £500 +11.11% 229
Scotland -5 63 £450 -6.25% 95
Yorkshire -16 57 £446 -6.11% 185
East of England +9 37 £500 +53.85% 149
East Midlands -8 24 £413 +13.01% 110
Northern Ireland -6 13 £520 +41.02% 28
North East +4 11 £450 -47.06% 38
Wales +1 7 £338 -32.50% 55
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
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 69 (10.45%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.12%) Confluence
3 11 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.67%) Oracle Workflow
4 10 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.36%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 8 (1.21%) IBM Domino
7 6 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.91%) Office Communications Server
7 6 (0.91%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.91%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.76%) Apache
9 4 (0.61%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.45%) CMS
10 3 (0.45%) Oracle Application Server
10 3 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 114 (17.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.58%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.30%) Maple
8 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.15%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.15%) SPSS
8 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.21%) Oracle HRMS
3 6 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.76%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.45%) Oracle Payroll
5 3 (0.45%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.30%) Maximo
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.30%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 393 (59.55%) Power Platform
2 136 (20.61%) Azure
3 52 (7.88%) AWS
4 51 (7.73%) PowerApps
5 50 (7.58%) Power Automate
6 35 (5.30%) Dynamics 365
7 34 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (4.55%) GCP
9 29 (4.39%) Snowflake
10 25 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
12 23 (3.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 23 (3.48%) OCI
13 14 (2.12%) SaaS
14 10 (1.52%) dbt
14 10 (1.52%) GitHub
14 10 (1.52%) Serverless
15 8 (1.21%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (1.06%) Amazon S3
16 7 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.12%) VPN
2 13 (1.97%) Firewall
3 8 (1.21%) DNS
3 8 (1.21%) Internet
4 6 (0.91%) DDNS
4 6 (0.91%) DHCP
4 6 (0.91%) Network Security
4 6 (0.91%) SAN
5 3 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.15%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.15%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.15%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.15%) HTTP
6 1 (0.15%) Junos
6 1 (0.15%) LAN
6 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 393 (59.55%) Power BI
2 102 (15.45%) Data Warehouse
3 90 (13.64%) Tableau
4 42 (6.36%) SQL Server
5 32 (4.85%) Relational Database
6 30 (4.55%) Power Query
7 28 (4.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 27 (4.09%) Data Lake
8 27 (4.09%) Metadata
9 22 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 21 (3.18%) Oracle Reports
11 18 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
12 15 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (2.27%) Big Data
12 15 (2.27%) Looker
12 15 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (1.82%) BigQuery
14 11 (1.67%) NoSQL
15 9 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 25 (3.79%) JIRA
2 18 (2.73%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.67%) Liquibase
4 10 (1.52%) Gradle
4 10 (1.52%) JUnit
4 10 (1.52%) Mockito
5 9 (1.36%) ERwin
5 9 (1.36%) Git
6 8 (1.21%) GitLab
7 5 (0.76%) Selenium
8 4 (0.61%) PowerDesigner
8 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.45%) Hudson
9 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.30%) Postman
11 1 (0.15%) RStudio
11 1 (0.15%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.15%) WebDriver
General
1 234 (35.45%) Social Skills
2 217 (32.88%) Finance
3 153 (23.18%) Public Sector
4 149 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (17.42%) Marketing
6 114 (17.27%) Telecoms
7 112 (16.97%) Manufacturing
8 103 (15.61%) Electronics
9 25 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (3.64%) Banking
11 19 (2.88%) Local Government
12 15 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.27%) Retail
13 14 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.52%) Legal
15 7 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.06%) Law
16 4 (0.61%) Military
16 4 (0.61%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 163 (24.70%) Analyst
2 100 (15.15%) Developer
3 81 (12.27%) Data Analyst
4 67 (10.15%) Architect
5 44 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 43 (6.52%) Senior
7 42 (6.36%) Lead
8 41 (6.21%) Power BI Developer
9 40 (6.06%) Consultant
10 34 (5.15%) Data Engineer
11 30 (4.55%) Business Analyst
12 25 (3.79%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 23 (3.48%) Support Engineer
14 22 (3.33%) Data Architect
15 21 (3.18%) Active Directory Architect
16 17 (2.58%) Project Manager
17 15 (2.27%) Azure Engineer
17 15 (2.27%) Power BI Analyst
18 13 (1.97%) Solutions Architect
19 11 (1.67%) Oracle Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (3.64%) Kafka
2 23 (3.48%) .NET
3 19 (2.88%) Oracle Fusion
4 17 (2.58%) React
5 11 (1.67%) CSS
5 11 (1.67%) HTML
5 11 (1.67%) OpenAPI
5 11 (1.67%) Swagger
6 10 (1.52%) Spring
6 10 (1.52%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.36%) REST
7 9 (1.36%) SOAP
8 8 (1.21%) .NET Core
9 6 (0.91%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.91%) Middleware
9 6 (0.91%) PySpark
9 6 (0.91%) Web Services
10 5 (0.76%) ADO
10 5 (0.76%) Pandas
10 5 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.70%) Management Information System
2 17 (2.58%) Product Ownership
3 15 (2.27%) Cloud Native
3 15 (2.27%) NHS
3 15 (2.27%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.36%) Low-Code
5 9 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.21%) Data Structures
6 8 (1.21%) IoT
6 8 (1.21%) Replication
7 7 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (0.91%) Learning Management System
9 5 (0.76%) Data Centre
9 5 (0.76%) SCADA
9 5 (0.76%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.61%) FMCG
10 4 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 50 (7.58%) Windows
2 16 (2.42%) Linux
3 6 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (0.76%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.45%) Unix
6 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) AIX
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (24.85%) Analytics
2 153 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
3 143 (21.67%) Agile
4 130 (19.70%) Data Modelling
5 126 (19.09%) Visualisation
6 118 (17.88%) Data Analysis
7 105 (15.91%) Digital Marketing
8 104 (15.76%) Programme Management
9 93 (14.09%) ETL
10 91 (13.79%) Decision-Making
11 87 (13.18%) Data Visualisation
11 87 (13.18%) Migration
12 68 (10.30%) Data Governance
13 66 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 61 (9.24%) Actionable Insight
15 60 (9.09%) DevOps
16 54 (8.18%) CI/CD
17 49 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
17 49 (7.42%) Data Integration
17 49 (7.42%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 259 (39.24%) SQL
2 90 (13.64%) Python
3 48 (7.27%) PowerShell
4 45 (6.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 27 (4.09%) C#
6 26 (3.94%) Java
7 21 (3.18%) JavaScript
8 17 (2.58%) R
9 13 (1.97%) PL/SQL
9 13 (1.97%) T-SQL
10 12 (1.82%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.52%) Bash
12 7 (1.06%) Bicep
13 6 (0.91%) VBA
14 5 (0.76%) Scala
15 3 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.45%) VB
16 2 (0.30%) PHP
17 1 (0.15%) ABAP
17 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 120 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 75 (11.36%) SC Cleared
3 68 (10.30%) Degree
4 40 (6.06%) DV Cleared
5 23 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.27%) Azure Certification
7 10 (1.52%) CISSP
8 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.06%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.91%) CESG Certified Professional
11 5 (0.76%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.76%) CISM
11 5 (0.76%) CLAS
12 4 (0.61%) ACCA
12 4 (0.61%) CIMA
12 4 (0.61%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.45%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (0.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (11.82%) Data Quality
2 24 (3.64%) GDPR
3 17 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.58%) PMO
4 16 (2.42%) QA
5 13 (1.97%) NIST
6 9 (1.36%) Disclosure Scotland
7 8 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.21%) COBIT
7 8 (1.21%) SLA
8 7 (1.06%) JSP 440
9 6 (0.91%) RMADS
10 3 (0.45%) P3O
11 2 (0.30%) NCSC
12 1 (0.15%) Basel III
12 1 (0.15%) COSHH
12 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.15%) ITGC
12 1 (0.15%) MIL-STD-1553
12 1 (0.15%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.58%) Docker
3 6 (0.91%) Brightmail
3 6 (0.91%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (2.58%) Terraform
2 11 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.76%) Ansible
6 4 (0.61%) Grafana
6 4 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.61%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.45%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.30%) HP Data Protector
8 2 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.30%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
9 1 (0.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 161 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 139 (21.06%) SAP
3 68 (10.30%) Oracle
4 31 (4.70%) Databricks
5 23 (3.48%) Google
6 9 (1.36%) Cognos
6 9 (1.36%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.21%) Ariba
7 8 (1.21%) Informatica
7 8 (1.21%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.76%) Dell
8 5 (0.76%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.61%) Adobe
9 4 (0.61%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.61%) IBM
9 4 (0.61%) IFS
9 4 (0.61%) Virgin Media
9 4 (0.61%) VMware
9 4 (0.61%) Workday
10 3 (0.45%) Fortinet