Business Intelligence Developer Contract Job Trends

BI Developer
UK

The median BI Developer daily rate in the UK is £440, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 455 395
Rank change year-on-year -49 -60 +74
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Developer 126 71 187
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.24% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.26% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 47 150
10th Percentile £328 £344 £349
25th Percentile £363 £363 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £538 £478 £563
90th Percentile £600 £553 £621
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £425
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 44,544 26,886 39,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 92.37% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,258 17,494 25,719
10th Percentile £325 £293 £280
25th Percentile £413 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -3.23%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,901 1,057 2,674
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.99 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.50% -23.32% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £26.34 £40.00
% change year-on-year +70.88% -34.16% -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 21 May 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 13 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 21 May 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 -43 117 £438 +2.94% 16
London -18 61 £480 +1.05% 5
UK excluding London -88 53 £425 - 17
Work from Home -28 38 £425 - 6
Midlands -48 17 £425 -3.95% 1
West Midlands -48 16 £425 -3.95% 1
South East -50 14 £425 +10.39% 5
North West -33 10 £440 +10.00% 4
North of England -67 10 £440 +13.55% 6
East of England - 9 £375 -
Scotland -5 2 £538 +26.47% 2
East Midlands -27 1 £475 -
South West -39 1 £470 +7.43% 2

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 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.

1 126 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 104 (82.54%) Power BI
2 104 (82.54%) Power Platform
3 83 (65.87%) Data Modelling
4 76 (60.32%) SQL
5 65 (51.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 56 (44.44%) Analytics
7 49 (38.89%) ETL
8 46 (36.51%) Microsoft
9 45 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
10 41 (32.54%) Azure
11 38 (30.16%) Power Query
12 37 (29.37%) Decision-Making
13 36 (28.57%) Visualisation
14 24 (19.05%) Agile
14 24 (19.05%) Data Quality
15 22 (17.46%) Data Visualisation
16 21 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
17 18 (14.29%) Data Transformation
18 17 (13.49%) Data Governance
18 17 (13.49%) Data Pipeline
18 17 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
18 17 (13.49%) Python
19 16 (12.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 15 (11.90%) Databricks
20 15 (11.90%) Power Automate
21 14 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
21 14 (11.11%) Star Schema
22 13 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
22 13 (10.32%) 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 4 (3.17%) Confluence
2 3 (2.38%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.79%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Sage X3
2 2 (1.59%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.79%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 104 (82.54%) Power Platform
2 41 (32.54%) Azure
3 15 (11.90%) Power Automate
4 10 (7.94%) PowerApps
5 8 (6.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 7 (5.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (3.97%) Copilot Studio
7 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (3.17%) GCP
8 4 (3.17%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.59%) AWS
9 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.79%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (82.54%) Power BI
2 45 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (30.16%) Power Query
4 14 (11.11%) Star Schema
5 13 (10.32%) SQL Server
6 12 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (7.14%) Tableau
8 8 (6.35%) Data Lake
8 8 (6.35%) Oracle BI EE
8 8 (6.35%) Relational Database
9 7 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (4.76%) ZAP BI
11 5 (3.97%) Looker
11 5 (3.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (3.17%) Oracle ODI
13 3 (2.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 3 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (1.59%) Big Data
14 2 (1.59%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Git
2 4 (3.17%) JIRA
3 1 (0.79%) ERwin
3 1 (0.79%) Hudson
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
General
1 48 (38.10%) Finance
2 38 (30.16%) Social Skills
3 23 (18.25%) Banking
4 22 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.94%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.35%) Financial Institution
7 7 (5.56%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.17%) Back Office
8 4 (3.17%) Front Office
8 4 (3.17%) Publishing
9 3 (2.38%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.79%) Law
11 1 (0.79%) Legal
11 1 (0.79%) Local Government
11 1 (0.79%) Retail
11 1 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.38%) HTML
2 2 (1.59%) HTML5
2 2 (1.59%) REST
3 1 (0.79%) Matplotlib
3 1 (0.79%) MDX
3 1 (0.79%) Middleware
3 1 (0.79%) NumPy
3 1 (0.79%) Pandas
3 1 (0.79%) PySpark
3 1 (0.79%) Seaborn
3 1 (0.79%) Shiny
3 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.59%) Derivative
5 2 (1.59%) Equities
5 2 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.59%) SCADA
6 1 (0.79%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.79%) FMCG
6 1 (0.79%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.79%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.79%) NHS
6 1 (0.79%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.79%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.79%) Unix
1 1 (0.79%) Windows
1 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
1 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 83 (65.87%) Data Modelling
3 56 (44.44%) Analytics
4 49 (38.89%) ETL
5 37 (29.37%) Decision-Making
6 36 (28.57%) Visualisation
7 24 (19.05%) Agile
8 22 (17.46%) Data Visualisation
9 21 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
10 18 (14.29%) Data Transformation
11 17 (13.49%) Data Governance
11 17 (13.49%) Data Pipeline
11 17 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (12.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
14 13 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (10.32%) Dashboard Development
14 13 (10.32%) Data Engineering
14 13 (10.32%) User Experience
14 13 (10.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 76 (60.32%) SQL
2 65 (51.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 17 (13.49%) Python
4 7 (5.56%) T-SQL
5 6 (4.76%) R
5 6 (4.76%) VBA
6 4 (3.17%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.59%) C#
7 2 (1.59%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.59%) Scala
8 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (6.35%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.56%) Degree
2 7 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.59%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (19.05%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.97%) GRC
3 3 (2.38%) QA
4 2 (1.59%) GDPR
4 2 (1.59%) PMO
5 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 46 (36.51%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.90%) Databricks
3 7 (5.56%) Oracle
3 7 (5.56%) Sage
4 5 (3.97%) SAP
4 5 (3.97%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.17%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.59%) Blue Prism
6 2 (1.59%) Cognos
7 1 (0.79%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.79%) Remedy