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 11 June 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 446 397
Rank change year-on-year -52 -49 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 142 80 197
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.27% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.30% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 54 154
10th Percentile £363 £348 £341
25th Percentile £389 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £486 £567
90th Percentile £600 £619 £618
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +3.03% -2.94% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 5
10th Percentile - £29.68 -
25th Percentile £26.50 £36.69 £80.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £38.85 £84.45
Median % change year-on-year -30.49% -54.00% -
75th Percentile £27.50 £41.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.00 £25.00 £84.45
% change year-on-year +8.00% -70.40% -

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 46,065 27,116 40,535
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.32% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,032 17,461 26,079
10th Percentile £325 £288 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% -4.76% -2.60%
75th Percentile £621 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,078 1,132 2,932
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.87 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.79 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.00 £27.70 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.23% -26.13% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £61.60
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -5.88%

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 11 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 14 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 11 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 -41 135 £450 +2.86% 17
London -31 70 £500 +4.17% 4
UK excluding London -75 63 £425 +3.03% 16
Work from Home -30 42 £435 +3.88% 11
North of England -65 19 £440 +10.00% 8
North West -30 18 £440 +10.00% 6
South East -54 15 £425 +9.68% 3
Midlands -64 12 £450 +9.09% 2
West Midlands -56 11 £425 -3.95% 2
East of England -15 10 £375 -
South West -26 4 £470 +7.43% 2
Scotland -14 3 £538 +26.47%
East Midlands -29 1 £475 +15.15%
Yorkshire -52 1 £563 +32.35% 1

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 142 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 115 (80.99%) Power BI
2 115 (80.99%) Power Platform
3 84 (59.15%) Data Modelling
4 82 (57.75%) SQL
5 67 (47.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 55 (38.73%) Analytics
7 54 (38.03%) Data Warehouse
7 54 (38.03%) ETL
8 45 (31.69%) Microsoft
9 42 (29.58%) Azure
10 41 (28.87%) Power Query
11 36 (25.35%) Visualisation
12 27 (19.01%) Decision-Making
13 24 (16.90%) Data Visualisation
14 23 (16.20%) Agile
15 22 (15.49%) Data Quality
15 22 (15.49%) Data Transformation
16 21 (14.79%) Actionable Insight
17 19 (13.38%) Data Pipeline
18 17 (11.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 16 (11.27%) Dashboard Development
20 15 (10.56%) Python
20 15 (10.56%) Star Schema
20 15 (10.56%) User Experience
21 14 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
21 14 (9.86%) Data Engineering
21 14 (9.86%) Data Governance
21 14 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
22 13 (9.15%) SQL Server Integration Services

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 (3.52%) Confluence
2 2 (1.41%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.23%) Sage X3
2 2 (1.41%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.70%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 115 (80.99%) Power Platform
2 42 (29.58%) Azure
3 9 (6.34%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (4.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 7 (4.93%) Power Automate
4 7 (4.93%) Snowflake
5 5 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.52%) GCP
5 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Copilot
6 4 (2.82%) dbt
7 3 (2.11%) AWS
7 3 (2.11%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (2.11%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.70%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.70%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (80.99%) Power BI
2 54 (38.03%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (28.87%) Power Query
4 15 (10.56%) Star Schema
5 13 (9.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 11 (7.75%) SQL Server
7 9 (6.34%) Tableau
8 8 (5.63%) Data Lake
8 8 (5.63%) Relational Database
9 6 (4.23%) Oracle BI EE
9 6 (4.23%) ZAP BI
10 5 (3.52%) Looker
10 5 (3.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (3.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (2.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (2.11%) Big Data
12 3 (2.11%) QlikView
12 3 (2.11%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 5 (3.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) ERwin
2 1 (0.70%) Git
2 1 (0.70%) Hudson
2 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (38.03%) Finance
2 35 (24.65%) Social Skills
3 26 (18.31%) Banking
4 19 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.75%) Financial Institution
6 10 (7.04%) Public Sector
7 8 (5.63%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.52%) Front Office
9 4 (2.82%) Back Office
9 4 (2.82%) Publishing
10 3 (2.11%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.41%) Retail
12 1 (0.70%) Advertising
12 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.70%) Legal
12 1 (0.70%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.11%) HTML
2 2 (1.41%) HTML5
2 2 (1.41%) REST
3 1 (0.70%) .NET
3 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.70%) Matplotlib
3 1 (0.70%) MDX
3 1 (0.70%) Middleware
3 1 (0.70%) NumPy
3 1 (0.70%) Pandas
3 1 (0.70%) Seaborn
3 1 (0.70%) Web Services
3 1 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.34%) Data Structures
2 6 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.11%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.41%) Derivative
4 2 (1.41%) Equities
4 2 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.41%) NHS
4 2 (1.41%) SCADA
5 1 (0.70%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.70%) FMCG
5 1 (0.70%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.70%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.70%) Unix
1 1 (0.70%) Windows
1 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 84 (59.15%) Data Modelling
3 55 (38.73%) Analytics
4 54 (38.03%) ETL
5 36 (25.35%) Visualisation
6 27 (19.01%) Decision-Making
7 24 (16.90%) Data Visualisation
8 23 (16.20%) Agile
9 22 (15.49%) Data Transformation
10 21 (14.79%) Actionable Insight
11 19 (13.38%) Data Pipeline
12 17 (11.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (11.27%) Dashboard Development
14 15 (10.56%) User Experience
15 14 (9.86%) Continuous Improvement
15 14 (9.86%) Data Engineering
15 14 (9.86%) Data Governance
15 14 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
16 13 (9.15%) Translating Business Requirements
16 13 (9.15%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 82 (57.75%) SQL
2 67 (47.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 15 (10.56%) Python
4 7 (4.93%) T-SQL
5 6 (4.23%) VBA
6 3 (2.11%) C#
6 3 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.41%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 9 (6.34%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.63%) Degree
2 8 (5.63%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.49%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.23%) GRC
3 3 (2.11%) GDPR
4 2 (1.41%) PMO
4 2 (1.41%) QA
5 1 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (1.41%) Control-M
Vendors
1 45 (31.69%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.45%) Databricks
3 7 (4.93%) Sage
4 6 (4.23%) SAP
4 6 (4.23%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.52%) Atlassian
5 5 (3.52%) Oracle
6 2 (1.41%) Blue Prism
6 2 (1.41%) Cognos
7 1 (0.70%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.70%) Remedy