SQL BI Developer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SQL Business Intelligence Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median SQL Business Intelligence Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £211, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 - 412
Rank change year-on-year - - +58
Contract jobs requiring a SQL BI Developer 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £211 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile - - £344
90th Percentile - - £378
UK median daily rate £306 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -41.81% +31.25% -11.11%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 17,532 12,683 19,441
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.48% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,690 7,529 12,322
10th Percentile £213 £210 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £479 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.84% -3.23% -1.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,811 665 1,807
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.52 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.75% -17.05% +26.67%
75th Percentile £61.18 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -10.96% +4.29%

SQL BI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SQL BI Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SQL BI Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SQL BI Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SQL BI Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL BI Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SQL BI 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 SQL BI Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
East of England - 1 £211 - 3
SQL BI Developer
UK

SQL BI Developer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, SQL BI Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SQL BI Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) SystmOne
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL

SQL BI Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SystmOne
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft