Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends

BI Developer
UK

The median BI Developer daily rate in the UK is £453, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 516 462 397
Rank change year-on-year -54 -65 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 149 96 179
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.29% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.32% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 70 140
10th Percentile £325 £347 £357
25th Percentile £400 £378 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £438 £459
Median % change year-on-year +3.54% -4.63% -3.42%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £588
90th Percentile £600 £778 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £437 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +2.71% -2.86% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
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 49,522 29,914 36,178
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 91.26% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,686 18,901 23,122
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,509 1,556 1,977
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.53 £17.30 £19.59
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% +2.38%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +14.67%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -62 139 £458 +4.63% 24
UK excluding London -72 74 £437 +2.71% 22
London -52 69 £493 -14.35% 10
Work from Home -51 46 £445 +4.71% 10
North of England -63 24 £440 +7.32% 4
North West -30 20 £440 +8.64% 4
Midlands -41 18 £400 -5.04% 5
South East -57 13 £438 +9.50% 7
West Midlands -45 11 £400 -18.99% 3
South West -51 8 £470 +7.43% 4
East Midlands -16 7 £350 -15.15% 2
East of England -11 5 £375 -6.25% 2
Scotland -18 5 £430 -1.71%
Yorkshire -41 3 £475 +11.76%
North East - 1 £350 -
Wales - 1 £325 -

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 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.

1 149 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 128 (85.91%) Power BI
2 128 (85.91%) Power Platform
3 92 (61.74%) Data Modelling
4 80 (53.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 77 (51.68%) SQL
6 55 (36.91%) Analytics
7 54 (36.24%) Microsoft
8 51 (34.23%) Data Warehouse
9 50 (33.56%) Azure
10 49 (32.89%) Power Query
11 43 (28.86%) ETL
12 36 (24.16%) Visualisation
13 35 (23.49%) Decision-Making
14 26 (17.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 24 (16.11%) Data Visualisation
16 23 (15.44%) Star Schema
17 22 (14.77%) Agile
18 21 (14.09%) Actionable Insight
18 21 (14.09%) Data Transformation
18 21 (14.09%) Dimensional Modelling
18 21 (14.09%) Python
18 21 (14.09%) Security Cleared
19 17 (11.41%) Azure Data Factory
19 17 (11.41%) CI/CD
19 17 (11.41%) Data Pipeline
19 17 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
19 17 (11.41%) SQL Server
19 17 (11.41%) Translating Business Requirements
20 16 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement

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 (3.36%) Confluence
1 5 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.34%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 12 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Aladdin
1 3 (2.01%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.67%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 128 (85.91%) Power Platform
2 50 (33.56%) Azure
3 17 (11.41%) Azure Data Factory
4 13 (8.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 12 (8.05%) Snowflake
6 11 (7.38%) Power Automate
7 9 (6.04%) PowerApps
8 7 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.70%) dbt
9 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.01%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (2.01%) GCP
10 3 (2.01%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 2 (1.34%) AWS
11 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.67%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (85.91%) Power BI
2 51 (34.23%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (32.89%) Power Query
4 23 (15.44%) Star Schema
5 17 (11.41%) SQL Server
6 10 (6.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (4.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (4.03%) Data Lake
9 5 (3.36%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (3.36%) Relational Database
9 5 (3.36%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (2.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.68%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (2.68%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (2.01%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (2.01%) Semantic Layer
11 3 (2.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (2.01%) Tableau
11 3 (2.01%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 5 (3.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Git
2 1 (0.67%) Hudson
2 1 (0.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (26.85%) Finance
2 29 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (19.46%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.40%) Banking
4 11 (7.38%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.36%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.36%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.36%) Retail
6 3 (2.01%) Front Office
6 3 (2.01%) Police
6 3 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.01%) Publishing
7 2 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.67%) Advertising
8 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.67%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.67%) Legal
8 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.36%) REST
2 3 (2.01%) HTML
3 2 (1.34%) .NET
3 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.34%) HTML5
4 1 (0.67%) ADO
4 1 (0.67%) CSS
4 1 (0.67%) Matplotlib
4 1 (0.67%) MDX
4 1 (0.67%) NumPy
4 1 (0.67%) Pandas
4 1 (0.67%) Seaborn
4 1 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.04%) Data Structures
2 7 (4.70%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.01%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.34%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.34%) FMCG
4 2 (1.34%) NHS
4 2 (1.34%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.67%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.67%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.67%) SCADA
5 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.67%) Linux
1 1 (0.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 92 (61.74%) Data Modelling
3 55 (36.91%) Analytics
4 43 (28.86%) ETL
5 36 (24.16%) Visualisation
6 35 (23.49%) Decision-Making
7 26 (17.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 24 (16.11%) Data Visualisation
9 22 (14.77%) Agile
10 21 (14.09%) Actionable Insight
10 21 (14.09%) Data Transformation
10 21 (14.09%) Dimensional Modelling
11 17 (11.41%) CI/CD
11 17 (11.41%) Data Pipeline
11 17 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (11.41%) Translating Business Requirements
12 16 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (10.74%) DevOps
13 15 (10.07%) Dashboard Development
14 14 (9.40%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 80 (53.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 77 (51.68%) SQL
3 21 (14.09%) Python
4 5 (3.36%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.36%) T-SQL
5 4 (2.68%) C#
5 4 (2.68%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.01%) VBA
7 1 (0.67%) Java
7 1 (0.67%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 21 (14.09%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.72%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.38%) Degree
4 5 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.34%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.67%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.67%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.74%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.36%) GRC
3 4 (2.68%) GDPR
4 2 (1.34%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.34%) PMO
4 2 (1.34%) QA
5 1 (0.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 3 (2.01%) Control-M
Vendors
1 54 (36.24%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.38%) Databricks
2 11 (7.38%) Oracle
2 11 (7.38%) SAP
3 5 (3.36%) Atlassian
3 5 (3.36%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.01%) Sage
5 2 (1.34%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.67%) MuleSoft