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 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 444 390
Rank change year-on-year -62 -54 +51
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 147 88 200
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.29% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.31% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 63 154
10th Percentile £328 £348 £350
25th Percentile £373 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £531 £573
90th Percentile £591 £695 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £435 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +5.45% -2.94% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £18.82 £29.68 £45.00
25th Percentile £20.10 £36.69 £67.50
Median hourly rate £22.49 £38.85 £82.23
Median % change year-on-year -42.12% -52.76% -
75th Percentile £25.12 £41.00 £84.45
90th Percentile £26.55 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.49 £25.00 £82.23
% change year-on-year -10.06% -69.60% -

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 47,423 28,164 40,143
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.05% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,738 18,025 25,769
10th Percentile £325 £288 £283
25th Percentile £415 £401 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,196 1,261 2,867
10th Percentile £15.61 £13.78 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.23 £17.33 £16.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £27.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.26% -28.00% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -

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 30 June 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 15 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 30 June 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 -52 136 £450 +2.86% 11
UK excluding London -68 72 £435 +5.45% 13
London -53 65 £480 -8.57% 2
Work from Home -27 45 £439 +6.42% 6
North of England -61 23 £440 +6.67% 6
North West -30 21 £440 +10.00% 5
Midlands -53 17 £400 -3.03% 2
West Midlands -49 13 £400 -9.60% 1
South East -63 13 £432 +11.35% 3
East of England -18 10 £375 -6.25%
Scotland -13 4 £538 +26.47% 1
East Midlands -15 4 £325 -21.21% 1
South West -34 4 £470 +7.43%
Yorkshire -52 2 £519 +19.25%
Wales - 1 £325 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 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
2 123 (83.67%) Power BI
2 123 (83.67%) Power Platform
3 93 (63.27%) Data Modelling
4 81 (55.10%) SQL
5 76 (51.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 60 (40.82%) Analytics
7 53 (36.05%) Data Warehouse
8 49 (33.33%) ETL
8 49 (33.33%) Microsoft
8 49 (33.33%) Power Query
9 43 (29.25%) Azure
10 42 (28.57%) Visualisation
11 31 (21.09%) Decision-Making
12 30 (20.41%) Data Visualisation
13 24 (16.33%) Agile
13 24 (16.33%) Data Transformation
14 23 (15.65%) Actionable Insight
14 23 (15.65%) Data Quality
15 21 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 20 (13.61%) Star Schema
17 18 (12.24%) Dashboard Development
17 18 (12.24%) Data Pipeline
17 18 (12.24%) User Experience
18 17 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
19 16 (10.88%) Python
20 15 (10.20%) Data Analysis
20 15 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
20 15 (10.20%) Requirements Gathering
20 15 (10.20%) Security Cleared

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 13 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
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
1 123 (83.67%) Power Platform
2 43 (29.25%) Azure
3 11 (7.48%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (6.12%) Snowflake
5 7 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 7 (4.76%) Power Automate
6 6 (4.08%) dbt
7 5 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.72%) GCP
9 3 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.04%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (2.04%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.04%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (1.36%) AWS
10 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.68%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (83.67%) Power BI
2 53 (36.05%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (33.33%) Power Query
4 20 (13.61%) Star Schema
5 15 (10.20%) SQL Server
6 12 (8.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (4.76%) Data Lake
7 7 (4.76%) Relational Database
7 7 (4.76%) Tableau
8 6 (4.08%) ZAP BI
9 5 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (3.40%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (3.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (3.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (2.72%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (2.72%) Looker
11 3 (2.04%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (2.04%) Big Data
11 3 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (2.04%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (3.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) ERwin
2 1 (0.68%) Git
2 1 (0.68%) Hudson
2 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (30.61%) Finance
2 36 (24.49%) Social Skills
3 25 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (13.61%) Banking
5 11 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.12%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.76%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.72%) Front Office
8 4 (2.72%) Publishing
9 3 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
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%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.68%) Legal
11 1 (0.68%) Police
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 10 (6.80%) Data Structures
2 8 (5.44%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.04%) NHS
4 2 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.36%) FMCG
4 2 (1.36%) SCADA
5 1 (0.68%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.68%) Derivative
5 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.68%) Equities
5 1 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.68%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.68%) Reinsurance
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 93 (63.27%) Data Modelling
3 60 (40.82%) Analytics
4 49 (33.33%) ETL
5 42 (28.57%) Visualisation
6 31 (21.09%) Decision-Making
7 30 (20.41%) Data Visualisation
8 24 (16.33%) Agile
8 24 (16.33%) Data Transformation
9 23 (15.65%) Actionable Insight
10 21 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (12.24%) Dashboard Development
11 18 (12.24%) Data Pipeline
11 18 (12.24%) User Experience
12 17 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (10.20%) Data Analysis
13 15 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (10.20%) Requirements Gathering
14 14 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
14 14 (9.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 81 (55.10%) SQL
2 76 (51.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 16 (10.88%) Python
4 7 (4.76%) T-SQL
5 6 (4.08%) VBA
6 4 (2.72%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.04%) C#
8 2 (1.36%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.36%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 15 (10.20%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.48%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.12%) Degree
4 4 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.65%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.08%) GRC
3 3 (2.04%) GDPR
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 49 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.80%) Databricks
3 8 (5.44%) Oracle
3 8 (5.44%) SAP
4 7 (4.76%) Sage
5 6 (4.08%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.40%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.36%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.36%) Cognos
8 1 (0.68%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.68%) Remedy