Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends

BI Developer
UK

The median BI Developer daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 511 473 395
Rank change year-on-year -38 -78 +55
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 147 88 190
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.27% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.29% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 64 149
10th Percentile £319 £350 £350
25th Percentile £368 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £591 £753 £620
UK excluding London median daily rate £435 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +5.45% -2.94% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £36.69 -
Median hourly rate £17.97 £38.85 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.74% +29.48% -
75th Percentile £20.35 £41.00 -
90th Percentile £24.64 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.97 - £30.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 48,822 29,919 38,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 91.60% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,449 19,032 24,743
10th Percentile £325 £285 £298
25th Percentile £420 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.05%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £730 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,293 1,436 2,397
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.69 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +73.72% -37.63% -7.70%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% +6.78%

Business Intelligence Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Business Intelligence Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the UK

Business Intelligence Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Developer over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Developer in the UK

Business Intelligence Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Developer job vacancies in the UK

Business Intelligence Developer
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 July 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
England -55 136 £450 +2.86% 19
UK excluding London -59 77 £435 +5.45% 15
London -38 62 £485 -11.82% 6
Work from Home -41 44 £440 +6.67% 7
North of England -54 24 £440 +3.53% 3
North West -29 21 £440 +10.00% 2
Midlands -45 20 £400 -3.03% 2
West Midlands -53 13 £400 +11.11%
South East -64 12 £444 +12.76% 5
East of England -17 10 £375 -6.25%
East Midlands -9 7 £350 -15.15% 2
Scotland -2 6 £453 +6.47%
South West -42 4 £470 +7.43% 5
Yorkshire -49 2 £519 +19.25% 1
North East - 1 £350 -
Wales - 1 £325 -

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 July 2026, Business Intelligence 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 featuring Business Intelligence Developer in the job title.

1 147 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 126 (85.71%) Power BI
2 126 (85.71%) Power Platform
3 94 (63.95%) Data Modelling
4 79 (53.74%) SQL
5 77 (52.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 60 (40.82%) Analytics
7 54 (36.73%) Data Warehouse
8 53 (36.05%) Microsoft
9 50 (34.01%) Power Query
10 47 (31.97%) Azure
11 46 (31.29%) ETL
12 41 (27.89%) Visualisation
13 34 (23.13%) Decision-Making
14 27 (18.37%) Data Visualisation
15 26 (17.69%) Actionable Insight
15 26 (17.69%) Agile
16 23 (15.65%) Data Transformation
16 23 (15.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 22 (14.97%) Data Quality
18 20 (13.61%) Security Cleared
19 19 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
19 19 (12.93%) Data Pipeline
19 19 (12.93%) Star Schema
20 18 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
21 17 (11.56%) Dashboard Development
21 17 (11.56%) Dimensional Modelling
21 17 (11.56%) Python
21 17 (11.56%) User Experience
22 16 (10.88%) SQL Server

Business Intelligence Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.40%) Confluence
2 2 (1.36%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (1.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (4.08%) Sage X3
2 3 (2.04%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.36%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 126 (85.71%) Power Platform
2 47 (31.97%) Azure
3 14 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (7.48%) Snowflake
5 9 (6.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 8 (5.44%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.08%) dbt
8 5 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.72%) GCP
9 4 (2.72%) PowerApps
10 3 (2.04%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (2.04%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 2 (1.36%) AWS
11 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.68%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (85.71%) Power BI
2 54 (36.73%) Data Warehouse
3 50 (34.01%) Power Query
4 19 (12.93%) Star Schema
5 16 (10.88%) SQL Server
6 10 (6.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (5.44%) Data Lake
8 6 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (4.08%) Relational Database
8 6 (4.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (4.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (4.08%) ZAP BI
9 5 (3.40%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (3.40%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (2.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.72%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.72%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (2.72%) Tableau
11 3 (2.04%) Big Data
11 3 (2.04%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (3.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) Git
2 1 (0.68%) Hudson
2 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (29.25%) Finance
2 32 (21.77%) Social Skills
3 30 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.56%) Banking
5 12 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.12%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.40%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.72%) Front Office
8 4 (2.72%) Publishing
9 3 (2.04%) Police
9 3 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.36%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.36%) Retail
11 1 (0.68%) Advertising
11 1 (0.68%) Back Office
11 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Legal
11 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.04%) HTML
2 2 (1.36%) .NET
2 2 (1.36%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.36%) HTML5
2 2 (1.36%) REST
3 1 (0.68%) ADO
3 1 (0.68%) CSS
3 1 (0.68%) Matplotlib
3 1 (0.68%) MDX
3 1 (0.68%) NumPy
3 1 (0.68%) Pandas
3 1 (0.68%) Seaborn
3 1 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.16%) Data Structures
2 8 (5.44%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.04%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.04%) NHS
4 2 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.36%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.36%) FMCG
4 2 (1.36%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.36%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.36%) SCADA
5 1 (0.68%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.68%) Derivative
5 1 (0.68%) Equities
5 1 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.68%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.68%) Windows
1 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 94 (63.95%) Data Modelling
3 60 (40.82%) Analytics
4 46 (31.29%) ETL
5 41 (27.89%) Visualisation
6 34 (23.13%) Decision-Making
7 27 (18.37%) Data Visualisation
8 26 (17.69%) Actionable Insight
8 26 (17.69%) Agile
9 23 (15.65%) Data Transformation
9 23 (15.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 19 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (12.93%) Data Pipeline
11 18 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (11.56%) Dashboard Development
12 17 (11.56%) Dimensional Modelling
12 17 (11.56%) User Experience
13 15 (10.20%) Data Engineering
13 15 (10.20%) Data Governance
13 15 (10.20%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 79 (53.74%) SQL
2 77 (52.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 17 (11.56%) Python
4 6 (4.08%) T-SQL
4 6 (4.08%) VBA
5 4 (2.72%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.04%) C#
7 2 (1.36%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 20 (13.61%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.84%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.16%) Degree
4 5 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.36%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.97%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.40%) GRC
3 4 (2.72%) GDPR
4 2 (1.36%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.36%) PMO
4 2 (1.36%) QA
5 1 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (1.36%) Control-M
Vendors
1 53 (36.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.48%) Oracle
2 11 (7.48%) SAP
3 8 (5.44%) Databricks
4 7 (4.76%) Sage
5 6 (4.08%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.40%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.36%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.68%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.68%) Remedy