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 9 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
9 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 449 404
Rank change year-on-year -55 -45 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 154 91 201
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.28% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.31% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 66 157
10th Percentile £325 £349 £350
25th Percentile £372 £370 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £588 £738 £622
UK excluding London median daily rate £433 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +4.85% -2.94% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile - £29.68 £35.45
25th Percentile - £36.69 £43.61
Median hourly rate £17.97 £38.85 £57.23
Median % change year-on-year -53.74% -32.12% -
75th Percentile £22.74 £41.00 £70.84
90th Percentile £25.59 - £79.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.97 £25.00 £57.23
% change year-on-year -28.12% -56.31% -

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 48,533 29,683 40,331
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 91.90% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,422 18,950 25,979
10th Percentile £325 £288 £286
25th Percentile £419 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,255 1,354 2,780
10th Percentile £15.93 £13.75 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.33 £16.65
Median hourly rate £43.50 £26.39 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.87% -29.64% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £55.87 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.10 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% +0.50%

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 9 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 9 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 -58 141 £450 +1.98% 12
UK excluding London -79 77 £433 +4.85% 12
London -37 67 £493 -10.45% 4
Work from Home -25 48 £440 +6.67% 6
North of England -63 24 £440 +6.67% 4
North West -25 21 £440 +10.00% 2
Midlands -52 18 £400 -3.03% 2
South East -51 14 £432 +11.35% 2
West Midlands -58 13 £400 -9.60% 1
East of England -15 10 £375 -6.25%
Scotland -6 6 £453 +6.47% 1
East Midlands -11 5 £325 -21.21% 1
South West -39 4 £470 +7.43% 2
Yorkshire -50 2 £519 +19.25% 1
North East -32 1 £350 -6.67% 1
Wales - 1 £325 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 154 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 130 (84.42%) Power BI
2 130 (84.42%) Power Platform
3 100 (64.94%) Data Modelling
4 85 (55.19%) SQL
5 79 (51.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 64 (41.56%) Analytics
7 55 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
8 54 (35.06%) Microsoft
9 52 (33.77%) Power Query
10 51 (33.12%) ETL
11 46 (29.87%) Azure
12 44 (28.57%) Visualisation
13 34 (22.08%) Decision-Making
14 30 (19.48%) Data Visualisation
15 26 (16.88%) Actionable Insight
15 26 (16.88%) Agile
16 24 (15.58%) Data Quality
16 24 (15.58%) Data Transformation
17 22 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 22 (14.29%) Star Schema
18 20 (12.99%) Data Pipeline
19 19 (12.34%) Dashboard Development
19 19 (12.34%) Security Cleared
20 18 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
20 18 (11.69%) User Experience
21 17 (11.04%) Python
22 16 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
22 16 (10.39%) Requirements Gathering
22 16 (10.39%) 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 (3.25%) Confluence
2 2 (1.30%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.90%) Sage X3
2 3 (1.95%) Aladdin
3 2 (1.30%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 130 (84.42%) Power Platform
2 46 (29.87%) Azure
3 13 (8.44%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (6.49%) Snowflake
5 8 (5.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 8 (5.19%) Power Automate
6 6 (3.90%) dbt
7 5 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.60%) GCP
8 4 (2.60%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.95%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (1.95%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (1.30%) AWS
10 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.65%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (84.42%) Power BI
2 55 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
3 52 (33.77%) Power Query
4 22 (14.29%) Star Schema
5 15 (9.74%) SQL Server
6 12 (7.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (5.19%) Data Lake
8 7 (4.55%) Relational Database
8 7 (4.55%) Tableau
9 6 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (3.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (3.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (3.90%) ZAP BI
10 5 (3.25%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (3.25%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (2.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 4 (2.60%) Looker
11 4 (2.60%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (1.95%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.95%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 5 (3.25%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) Git
2 1 (0.65%) Hudson
2 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (29.22%) Finance
2 35 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 30 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (11.69%) Banking
5 14 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.84%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.25%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.60%) Front Office
8 4 (2.60%) Publishing
9 3 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.30%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.30%) Police
10 2 (1.30%) Retail
11 1 (0.65%) Advertising
11 1 (0.65%) Back Office
11 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.65%) Legal
11 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.95%) HTML
2 2 (1.30%) .NET
2 2 (1.30%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.30%) HTML5
2 2 (1.30%) REST
3 1 (0.65%) ADO
3 1 (0.65%) CSS
3 1 (0.65%) Matplotlib
3 1 (0.65%) MDX
3 1 (0.65%) NumPy
3 1 (0.65%) Pandas
3 1 (0.65%) Seaborn
3 1 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 9 (5.84%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (1.95%) NHS
4 2 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.30%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.30%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.30%) FMCG
4 2 (1.30%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.30%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.30%) SCADA
5 1 (0.65%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.65%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.65%) Derivative
5 1 (0.65%) Equities
5 1 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.65%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.65%) Windows
1 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 100 (64.94%) Data Modelling
3 64 (41.56%) Analytics
4 51 (33.12%) ETL
5 44 (28.57%) Visualisation
6 34 (22.08%) Decision-Making
7 30 (19.48%) Data Visualisation
8 26 (16.88%) Actionable Insight
8 26 (16.88%) Agile
9 24 (15.58%) Data Transformation
10 22 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (12.99%) Data Pipeline
12 19 (12.34%) Dashboard Development
13 18 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (11.69%) User Experience
14 16 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (10.39%) Requirements Gathering
14 16 (10.39%) Translating Business Requirements
14 16 (10.39%) Validation
15 15 (9.74%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 85 (55.19%) SQL
2 79 (51.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 17 (11.04%) Python
4 7 (4.55%) T-SQL
5 6 (3.90%) VBA
6 4 (2.60%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.95%) C#
8 2 (1.30%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.30%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (12.34%) Security Cleared
2 14 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.14%) Degree
4 4 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.30%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (15.58%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.90%) GRC
3 4 (2.60%) GDPR
4 2 (1.30%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.30%) PMO
4 2 (1.30%) QA
5 1 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (1.30%) Control-M
Vendors
1 54 (35.06%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.14%) Databricks
3 10 (6.49%) Oracle
3 10 (6.49%) SAP
4 7 (4.55%) Sage
5 6 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.25%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.30%) Blue Prism
7 2 (1.30%) Cognos
8 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.65%) Remedy
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