Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence (BI)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 28 29
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 203 83 101
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 6.31% 5.98% 5.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.54% 6.74% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 53 81
10th Percentile £334 £315 £300
25th Percentile £413 £388 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% +7.95% -9.74%
75th Percentile £543 £575 £575
90th Percentile £629 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £41.67 £15.63 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £16.15 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £17.59 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +198.51% -48.17% +37.79%
75th Percentile £53.75 £18.45 -
90th Percentile - £18.62 -
England median hourly rate £27.15 £29.07 £24.22
% change year-on-year -6.60% +20.05% -1.16%

All Process & 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 2,692 1,231 1,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.63% 88.69% 83.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,742 801 1,082
10th Percentile £313 £200 £271
25th Percentile £404 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% -3.40% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £582 £625
90th Percentile £675 £663 £750
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 60 117
10th Percentile £14.61 £12.62 £11.10
25th Percentile £22.50 £13.49 £14.13
Median hourly rate £33.99 £19.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.31% -13.33% +3.73%
75th Percentile £67.84 £29.57 £40.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £50.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £36.84
% change year-on-year +66.78% -23.51% -1.29%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Intelligence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Business Intelligence

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 29 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 29 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
Shropshire +4 66 £472 +34.86% 5
Warwickshire -3 46 £500 - 10
Birmingham -13 37 £450 -13.25% 36
Coventry -10 15 £500 +33.33% 4
Staffordshire +8 11 £431 - 3
Worcestershire - 6 £425 - 5
Solihull -10 4 £580 +81.25%
Wolverhampton -2 3 - - 4
Dudley - 3 £400 - 2
Herefordshire -7 2 £500 +25.00%
Brierley Hill - 1 £390 - 1
Business Intelligence
England

Business Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 36 (17.73%) SAS
2 20 (9.85%) SharePoint
3 15 (7.39%) Confluence
4 6 (2.96%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 6 (2.96%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 22 (10.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.97%) Navisworks
3 4 (1.97%) Revit
4 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.49%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.96%) Oracle HRMS
2 3 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.49%) Primavera
4 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 128 (63.05%) Power Platform
2 48 (23.65%) Azure
3 18 (8.87%) Azure Data Factory
3 18 (8.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 16 (7.88%) AWS
5 15 (7.39%) Snowflake
6 13 (6.40%) Power Automate
7 10 (4.93%) PowerApps
8 7 (3.45%) Amazon S3
8 7 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.96%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.96%) Azure Machine Learning
9 6 (2.96%) Matillion
9 6 (2.96%) Serverless
10 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.97%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.97%) Firewall
2 2 (0.99%) SMTP
3 1 (0.49%) DNS
3 1 (0.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (63.05%) Power BI
2 38 (18.72%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (12.32%) Pentaho
4 21 (10.34%) Data Lake
5 19 (9.36%) Tableau
6 15 (7.39%) Metadata
7 11 (5.42%) Power Query
8 10 (4.93%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (4.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (3.94%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (3.45%) NoSQL
10 7 (3.45%) Relational Database
11 6 (2.96%) Delta Lake
11 6 (2.96%) SQL Server
12 5 (2.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (2.46%) Oracle Database
12 5 (2.46%) Spark SQL
12 5 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (1.97%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.97%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 30 (14.78%) JIRA
2 29 (14.29%) Git
3 25 (12.32%) Jenkins
4 8 (3.94%) GitLab
5 4 (1.97%) MLflow
6 3 (1.48%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.49%) JUnit
7 1 (0.49%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 53 (26.11%) Social Skills
2 36 (17.73%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (15.76%) Finance
4 15 (7.39%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.96%) Banking
5 6 (2.96%) Marketing
6 5 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.97%) Retail
8 3 (1.48%) Billing
8 3 (1.48%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.99%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.99%) Law
9 2 (0.99%) Local Government
9 2 (0.99%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.49%) Automotive
10 1 (0.49%) Legal
10 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 67 (33.00%) Data Engineer
2 40 (19.70%) Analyst
3 31 (15.27%) Architect
4 27 (13.30%) Senior
5 25 (12.32%) Data Architect
6 20 (9.85%) Data Analyst
6 20 (9.85%) Developer
7 15 (7.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 15 (7.39%) Lead
8 12 (5.91%) Senior Data Engineer
9 8 (3.94%) Business Analyst
10 6 (2.96%) AWS Engineer
10 6 (2.96%) Data Analytics Engineer
10 6 (2.96%) Oracle Specialist
10 6 (2.96%) Power BI Developer
10 6 (2.96%) Support Specialist
11 5 (2.46%) Azure Engineer
11 5 (2.46%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 5 (2.46%) Integration Architect
11 5 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.96%) PySpark
2 4 (1.97%) Kafka
2 4 (1.97%) REST
3 3 (1.48%) EJB
4 2 (0.99%) Pandas
5 1 (0.49%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.49%) Matplotlib
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.49%) NumPy
5 1 (0.49%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.49%) pytest
5 1 (0.49%) Seaborn
5 1 (0.49%) Swagger
5 1 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.90%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.94%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 4 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.97%) SCADA
5 3 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.48%) FMCG
5 3 (1.48%) IoT
5 3 (1.48%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.99%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.99%) Autonomous Agent
6 2 (0.99%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.99%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.99%) NHS
6 2 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.49%) Blog
7 1 (0.49%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.49%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.49%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.94%) Unix
2 3 (1.48%) Windows
3 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.99%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (49.75%) Analytics
2 87 (42.86%) Data Modelling
3 77 (37.93%) ETL
4 59 (29.06%) Data Pipeline
5 55 (27.09%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (24.14%) CI/CD
7 47 (23.15%) Agile
8 42 (20.69%) Decision-Making
9 41 (20.20%) AI
9 41 (20.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (19.70%) Data Integration
10 40 (19.70%) DevOps
11 37 (18.23%) Scrum
12 35 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
13 33 (16.26%) Data Analytics
14 31 (15.27%) Data Governance
15 30 (14.78%) Data Virtualisation
16 29 (14.29%) Data Engineering
17 27 (13.30%) Test Automation
18 26 (12.81%) Business Analytics
Programming Languages
1 97 (47.78%) SQL
2 30 (14.78%) Python
3 11 (5.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (3.94%) PL/SQL
5 7 (3.45%) Java
5 7 (3.45%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.46%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.97%) Bicep
8 3 (1.48%) HiveQL
9 2 (0.99%) R
10 1 (0.49%) C#
10 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.49%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (30.05%) Security Cleared
2 54 (26.60%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.87%) Degree
4 5 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.97%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.97%) PhD
5 4 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (0.99%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.99%) CISSP
6 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.49%) ACCA
7 1 (0.49%) CIMA
7 1 (0.49%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (31.53%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.93%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.93%) GDPR
3 6 (2.96%) PMO
4 5 (2.46%) ISO 19650
5 3 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.99%) GRC
6 2 (0.99%) SLA
7 1 (0.49%) QA
System Software
1 25 (12.32%) Docker
2 3 (1.48%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 26 (12.81%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.42%) Terraform
3 7 (3.45%) Grafana
4 3 (1.48%) Ansible
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 45 (22.17%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.79%) Oracle
3 25 (12.32%) Databricks
3 25 (12.32%) Denodo
4 23 (11.33%) Talend
5 19 (9.36%) Informatica
6 16 (7.88%) SAP
7 7 (3.45%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.46%) Autodesk
8 5 (2.46%) Remedy
9 4 (1.97%) Cognos
9 4 (1.97%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.48%) TikTok
11 2 (0.99%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.99%) BeyondTrust
11 2 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.99%) Google
11 2 (0.99%) Splunk
12 1 (0.49%) Ariba
12 1 (0.49%) Epicor