Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends

BI Developer
UK

The median BI Developer daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 439 413
Rank change year-on-year -56 -26 +61
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 121 82 176
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.28% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.30% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 57 143
10th Percentile £329 £344 £350
25th Percentile £363 £364 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £563
90th Percentile £600 £638 £620
UK excluding London median daily rate £419 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -1.47% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £25.15 -
25th Percentile £26.50 £25.79 £80.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £38.85 £84.45
Median % change year-on-year -30.49% -54.00% +141.29%
75th Percentile £27.50 £41.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.00 £26.50 £84.45
% change year-on-year +1.89% -68.62% +141.29%

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 42,836 27,359 40,556
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 92.64% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,486 17,911 26,489
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,746 1,013 2,627
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.44 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -14.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £65.60 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.00 £28.88 £37.18
% change year-on-year +52.38% -22.34% -12.52%

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 April 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 23 April 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 -52 111 £425 -5.56% 25
London -27 56 £500 -3.85% 4
UK excluding London -88 55 £419 -1.47% 23
Work from Home -15 32 £425 -5.56% 7
Midlands -50 20 £425 +6.78% 12
West Midlands -50 18 £425 +6.78% 10
South East -46 13 £425 +21.43% 5
East of England - 9 £375 -
North West -34 7 £438 +2.94% 3
North of England -64 7 £438 +9.38% 6
Scotland -1 2 £538 +26.47%
Wales -8 2 £400 +53.85%
East Midlands -32 2 £413 - 2
South West -34 2 £470 +7.43%

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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.

1 121 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 98 (80.99%) Power BI
2 98 (80.99%) Power Platform
3 80 (66.12%) Data Modelling
4 79 (65.29%) SQL
5 59 (48.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 55 (45.45%) Analytics
7 48 (39.67%) ETL
8 47 (38.84%) Data Warehouse
9 41 (33.88%) Microsoft
9 41 (33.88%) Visualisation
10 38 (31.40%) Azure
11 37 (30.58%) Decision-Making
12 32 (26.45%) Power Query
13 21 (17.36%) Data Visualisation
14 20 (16.53%) Actionable Insight
15 19 (15.70%) Data Governance
15 19 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
16 18 (14.88%) Agile
16 18 (14.88%) Data Quality
17 17 (14.05%) Power Automate
17 17 (14.05%) Python
18 16 (13.22%) Data Pipeline
18 16 (13.22%) Data Transformation
19 15 (12.40%) Performance Tuning
19 15 (12.40%) SQL Server
20 14 (11.57%) Dashboard Development
20 14 (11.57%) Databricks
21 13 (10.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
21 13 (10.74%) Translating Business Requirements

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 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.31%) Confluence
3 3 (2.48%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.83%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.96%) Sage X3
2 2 (1.65%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.83%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 98 (80.99%) Power Platform
2 38 (31.40%) Azure
3 17 (14.05%) Power Automate
4 11 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 11 (9.09%) PowerApps
5 9 (7.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (4.13%) Copilot Studio
6 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (3.31%) GCP
8 3 (2.48%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.65%) AWS
9 2 (1.65%) GitHub
9 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.83%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.83%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (80.99%) Power BI
2 47 (38.84%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (26.45%) Power Query
4 15 (12.40%) SQL Server
5 13 (10.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 12 (9.92%) Star Schema
7 11 (9.09%) Data Lake
8 8 (6.61%) Oracle BI EE
8 8 (6.61%) Relational Database
8 8 (6.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (6.61%) Tableau
9 6 (4.96%) ZAP BI
10 5 (4.13%) Looker
10 5 (4.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (3.31%) Oracle ODI
12 3 (2.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (2.48%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (2.48%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (1.65%) BigQuery
13 2 (1.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (4.13%) Git
2 4 (3.31%) JIRA
3 1 (0.83%) ERwin
3 1 (0.83%) Hudson
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (38.02%) Finance
2 42 (34.71%) Social Skills
3 24 (19.83%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (15.70%) Banking
5 10 (8.26%) Public Sector
6 9 (7.44%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.79%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.31%) Back Office
8 4 (3.31%) Front Office
8 4 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.48%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.65%) Publishing
11 1 (0.83%) Law
11 1 (0.83%) Legal
11 1 (0.83%) Local Government
11 1 (0.83%) Retail
11 1 (0.83%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.48%) PySpark
2 1 (0.83%) HTML
2 1 (0.83%) Matplotlib
2 1 (0.83%) MDX
2 1 (0.83%) Middleware
2 1 (0.83%) NumPy
2 1 (0.83%) Pandas
2 1 (0.83%) Seaborn
2 1 (0.83%) Shiny
2 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 6 (4.96%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.48%) FMCG
4 3 (2.48%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.65%) Derivative
5 2 (1.65%) Equities
5 2 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.65%) SCADA
6 1 (0.83%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.83%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.83%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.83%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.83%) NHS
6 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.83%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.83%) Unix
1 1 (0.83%) Windows
1 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 80 (66.12%) Data Modelling
3 55 (45.45%) Analytics
4 48 (39.67%) ETL
5 41 (33.88%) Visualisation
6 37 (30.58%) Decision-Making
7 21 (17.36%) Data Visualisation
8 20 (16.53%) Actionable Insight
9 19 (15.70%) Data Governance
9 19 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (14.88%) Agile
11 16 (13.22%) Data Pipeline
11 16 (13.22%) Data Transformation
12 15 (12.40%) Performance Tuning
13 14 (11.57%) Dashboard Development
14 13 (10.74%) Translating Business Requirements
15 12 (9.92%) CI/CD
15 12 (9.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 11 (9.09%) Data Extraction
16 11 (9.09%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 79 (65.29%) SQL
2 59 (48.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 17 (14.05%) Python
4 8 (6.61%) T-SQL
5 6 (4.96%) R
5 6 (4.96%) VBA
6 4 (3.31%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.65%) Scala
8 1 (0.83%) Bicep
8 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (6.61%) Degree
2 5 (4.13%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.31%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.65%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.88%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.13%) GRC
3 4 (3.31%) QA
4 2 (1.65%) GDPR
4 2 (1.65%) PMO
5 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.83%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 41 (33.88%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.57%) Databricks
3 9 (7.44%) Sage
4 5 (4.13%) Oracle
4 5 (4.13%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.31%) Atlassian
5 4 (3.31%) SAP
6 2 (1.65%) Blue Prism
6 2 (1.65%) Cognos
7 1 (0.83%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.83%) Remedy