Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends

BI Developer
UK

The median BI Developer daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 465 388
Rank change year-on-year -75 -77 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 146 92 175
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.28% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.31% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 67 134
10th Percentile £341 £346 £350
25th Percentile £424 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £588
90th Percentile £600 £785 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £413 £438
% change year-on-year +6.18% -5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Median hourly rate £17.97 £38.85 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.74% +29.48% -
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 50,223 30,015 35,830
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 91.09% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,737 18,953 22,040
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £626 £623 £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 3,829 1,585 1,681
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.30 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.84 £52.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.86%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -49 134 £475 +8.57% 75
UK excluding London -83 70 £438 +6.18% 49
London -42 68 £500 -28.57% 38
Work from Home -44 48 £445 -1.11% 25
North of England -53 24 £440 +5.39% 8
North West -37 20 £440 +8.64% 4
Midlands -40 15 £400 -5.04% 14
South East -54 13 £444 +11.00% 12
South West -37 9 £470 +7.43% 3
West Midlands -40 8 £425 -13.92% 6
East Midlands -13 7 £350 -15.15% 8
Scotland -19 5 £430 -14.00% 6
East of England -28 3 £275 -31.25% 4
Yorkshire -39 3 £475 +9.20% 4
Wales -13 1 £325 +5.69% 1
North East - 1 £350 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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.

1 146 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 126 (86.30%) Power BI
2 126 (86.30%) Power Platform
3 82 (56.16%) Data Modelling
4 79 (54.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 76 (52.05%) SQL
6 55 (37.67%) Microsoft
7 53 (36.30%) Power Query
8 48 (32.88%) Analytics
8 48 (32.88%) Azure
9 45 (30.82%) Data Warehouse
10 39 (26.71%) ETL
11 35 (23.97%) Visualisation
12 31 (21.23%) Decision-Making
13 30 (20.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 28 (19.18%) Star Schema
15 25 (17.12%) Data Visualisation
16 22 (15.07%) Agile
16 22 (15.07%) CI/CD
16 22 (15.07%) Security Cleared
17 21 (14.38%) Dimensional Modelling
18 20 (13.70%) Python
19 19 (13.01%) Data Transformation
19 19 (13.01%) DevOps
20 18 (12.33%) Actionable Insight
20 18 (12.33%) Translating Business Requirements
21 17 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
21 17 (11.64%) SQL Server
22 16 (10.96%) Azure Data Factory
22 16 (10.96%) Dashboard Development

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 6 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.42%) Confluence
3 2 (1.37%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 126 (86.30%) Power Platform
2 48 (32.88%) Azure
3 16 (10.96%) Azure Data Factory
4 14 (9.59%) Power Automate
5 13 (8.90%) PowerApps
6 11 (7.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 11 (7.53%) Snowflake
7 9 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (5.48%) dbt
9 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (2.05%) AWS
11 3 (2.05%) Copilot Studio
11 3 (2.05%) GCP
11 3 (2.05%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 2 (1.37%) Azure Databricks
13 1 (0.68%) Amazon S3
13 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.68%) SaaS
13 1 (0.68%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (86.30%) Power BI
2 53 (36.30%) Power Query
3 45 (30.82%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (19.18%) Star Schema
5 17 (11.64%) SQL Server
6 10 (6.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (3.42%) BusinessObjects
7 5 (3.42%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (3.42%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.42%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (2.74%) Data Lake
8 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.05%) SAP Data Services
9 3 (2.05%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.37%) Oracle ODI
10 2 (1.37%) QlikView
10 2 (1.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.42%) JIRA
2 3 (2.05%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) Hudson
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (31.51%) Finance
2 32 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (17.81%) Social Skills
4 13 (8.90%) Public Sector
5 12 (8.22%) Banking
6 6 (4.11%) Retail
7 5 (3.42%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.74%) Front Office
8 4 (2.74%) Police
9 3 (2.05%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.05%) Publishing
10 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.37%) Legal
10 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Advertising
11 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.68%) Military
11 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.79%) REST
2 3 (2.05%) HTML
3 2 (1.37%) .NET
3 2 (1.37%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.37%) HTML5
3 2 (1.37%) PySpark
4 1 (0.68%) ADO
4 1 (0.68%) CSS
4 1 (0.68%) Great Expectations
4 1 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.85%) Data Structures
2 5 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.05%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.05%) NHS
4 2 (1.37%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.37%) FMCG
5 1 (0.68%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.68%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.68%) Linux
1 1 (0.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 82 (56.16%) Data Modelling
3 48 (32.88%) Analytics
4 39 (26.71%) ETL
5 35 (23.97%) Visualisation
6 31 (21.23%) Decision-Making
7 30 (20.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (17.12%) Data Visualisation
9 22 (15.07%) Agile
9 22 (15.07%) CI/CD
10 21 (14.38%) Dimensional Modelling
11 19 (13.01%) Data Transformation
11 19 (13.01%) DevOps
12 18 (12.33%) Actionable Insight
12 18 (12.33%) Translating Business Requirements
13 17 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (10.96%) Dashboard Development
15 14 (9.59%) Data Engineering
15 14 (9.59%) Data Governance
15 14 (9.59%) Lakehouse
Programming Languages
1 79 (54.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 76 (52.05%) SQL
3 20 (13.70%) Python
4 7 (4.79%) PowerShell
5 6 (4.11%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.74%) C#
6 4 (2.74%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.68%) Java
7 1 (0.68%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 22 (15.07%) Security Cleared
2 14 (9.59%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.42%) Degree
4 3 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.59%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.42%) GRC
3 4 (2.74%) GDPR
4 3 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.05%) QA
5 1 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 3 (2.05%) Control-M
Vendors
1 55 (37.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.90%) Oracle
3 12 (8.22%) Databricks
4 11 (7.53%) SAP
5 5 (3.42%) Atlassian
5 5 (3.42%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.68%) Salesforce