Business Intelligence Contracts in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Business Intelligence skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Intelligence over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 32 33
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 -10
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 69 95 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.13% 4.88% 5.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.81% 5.81% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 78 102
10th Percentile £370 £309 £310
25th Percentile £397 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £700 £673
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £15.63 - £24.06
25th Percentile £16.15 - £24.16
Median hourly rate £17.59 - £24.63
75th Percentile £18.45 - £25.41
90th Percentile £18.62 - £25.69
England median hourly rate £28.60 £24.00 £26.13
% change year-on-year +19.17% -8.13% -12.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Business Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,188 1,636 2,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.33% 84.03% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 1,083 1,452
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £512
Median % change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £14.14 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £23.99 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.19 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Warwickshire +8 25 £525 +16.67% 32
Birmingham -6 23 £480 +12.94% 64
Coventry +6 5 £438 -25.53% 19
Shropshire - 5 £413 - 12
Wolverhampton - 2 £348 - 4
Solihull +18 1 £575 - 6
Worcestershire 0 1 - - 6
Staffordshire -5 1 - - 48
Herefordshire - 1 £400 -
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (14.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.80%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 4 (5.80%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.80%) InfoPath
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (5.80%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 56 (81.16%) Power Platform
2 16 (23.19%) Azure
3 13 (18.84%) Power Automate
3 13 (18.84%) PowerApps
4 11 (15.94%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (11.59%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (7.25%) Entra ID
7 4 (5.80%) Azure Functions
7 4 (5.80%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (5.80%) Serverless
7 4 (5.80%) Snowflake
8 3 (4.35%) AWS
8 3 (4.35%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.90%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.90%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (1.45%) OCI
10 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (81.16%) Power BI
2 9 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (10.14%) Relational Database
4 5 (7.25%) RDBMS
4 5 (7.25%) SQL Server
5 4 (5.80%) Oracle Database
5 4 (5.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (5.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (4.35%) Power Query
7 2 (2.90%) Metadata
7 2 (2.90%) Tableau
8 1 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.45%) Big Data
8 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.45%) Data Mart
8 1 (1.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (1.45%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (1.45%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.45%) Git
2 1 (1.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (49.28%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (23.19%) Finance
4 11 (15.94%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.80%) Law
6 4 (5.80%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.35%) Local Government
8 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Electronics
9 1 (1.45%) Games
9 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Marketing
9 1 (1.45%) Military
9 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (21.74%) Developer
2 12 (17.39%) Analyst
2 12 (17.39%) Lead
3 8 (11.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 8 (11.59%) Power BI Developer
4 7 (10.14%) Architect
5 6 (8.70%) Data Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.80%) Consultant
7 4 (5.80%) Data Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Oracle Specialist
7 4 (5.80%) Senior
8 3 (4.35%) Automation Architect
8 3 (4.35%) Customer Support Manager
8 3 (4.35%) Data Architect
8 3 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Support Manager
9 2 (2.90%) PMO Analyst
9 2 (2.90%) PMO Manager
9 2 (2.90%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) .NET
2 4 (5.80%) .NET Framework
2 4 (5.80%) ASP.NET
2 4 (5.80%) ASP.NET MVC
2 4 (5.80%) CSS
2 4 (5.80%) Entity Framework
2 4 (5.80%) HTML
2 4 (5.80%) HTML5 Canvas
2 4 (5.80%) LDAP
3 2 (2.90%) React
4 1 (1.45%) ADO
4 1 (1.45%) Kafka
4 1 (1.45%) PySpark
4 1 (1.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.25%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Cloud
3 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (5.80%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.80%) Windows
2 3 (4.35%) Linux
3 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (21.74%) Data Modelling
2 15 (21.74%) Migration
3 14 (20.29%) Data Analysis
3 14 (20.29%) Visualisation
3 14 (20.29%) Workflow
4 13 (18.84%) Decision-Making
5 12 (17.39%) Analytics
6 10 (14.49%) Data Visualisation
7 9 (13.04%) Agile
7 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.14%) Change Management
8 7 (10.14%) Customer Service
8 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (8.70%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 6 (8.70%) ITIL
9 6 (8.70%) RBAC
10 5 (7.25%) CRM
10 5 (7.25%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 39 (56.52%) SQL
2 7 (10.14%) Python
3 6 (8.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (7.25%) C#
5 4 (5.80%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.35%) VB
7 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.90%) R
7 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.90%) VBA
8 1 (1.45%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.80%) Degree
3 3 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.45%) CITP
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.80%) GDPR
2 4 (5.80%) PMO
2 4 (5.80%) SLA
3 2 (2.90%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.45%) Grafana
2 1 (1.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (28.99%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.94%) Oracle
3 7 (10.14%) SAP
4 6 (8.70%) ServiceNow
5 5 (7.25%) CyberArk
6 3 (4.35%) Databricks
7 2 (2.90%) UiPath
8 1 (1.45%) Cisco
8 1 (1.45%) Citrix
8 1 (1.45%) Google
8 1 (1.45%) Informatica
8 1 (1.45%) Nexthink
8 1 (1.45%) QAD
8 1 (1.45%) Remedy
8 1 (1.45%) Splunk