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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 23 31
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 139 127 120
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 7.28% 6.77% 5.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.06% 8.15% 6.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 75 87
10th Percentile £368 £313 £309
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +14.83% -7.69% -8.02%
75th Percentile £563 £525 £597
90th Percentile £639 £621 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £34.04 -
25th Percentile £16.50 £34.20 -
Median hourly rate £17.00 £34.47 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.67% - -
75th Percentile £17.50 £34.73 -
90th Percentile - £34.89 -
England median hourly rate £24.00 £32.50 £29.91
% change year-on-year -26.15% +8.66% +11.60%

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 1,724 1,558 1,743
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 90.26% 83.00% 85.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 982 1,174
10th Percentile £263 £230 £263
25th Percentile £400 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £683 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 39 55
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.61 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £16.38 £21.82
Median hourly rate £23.05 £23.60 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -14.18% +55.19%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £53.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +28.57%

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 18 October 2025.

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
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 18 October 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
Birmingham -11 38 £550 +10.00% 54
Shropshire +4 36 £534 -0.33% 20
Warwickshire +11 35 £425 - 13
Coventry 0 14 £490 +8.89% 8
Solihull -1 7 £486 +8.72% 2
Herefordshire -5 2 £400 -34.64% 3
Staffordshire -9 2 £875 +105.88% 11
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 18 (12.95%) SAS
2 13 (9.35%) Apache
2 13 (9.35%) WebLogic
3 10 (7.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 10 (7.19%) Oracle Workflow
4 9 (6.47%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.16%) Confluence
6 2 (1.44%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.72%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (12.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.60%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.16%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.16%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Oracle HRMS
2 3 (2.16%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.44%) Primavera
4 1 (0.72%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (0.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.72%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.72%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.72%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.72%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.72%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 72 (51.80%) Power Platform
2 45 (32.37%) Azure
3 21 (15.11%) AWS
4 19 (13.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 18 (12.95%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (9.35%) Azure Monitor
7 12 (8.63%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (5.76%) SaaS
10 5 (3.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (3.60%) GitHub
10 5 (3.60%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (3.60%) Power Automate
10 5 (3.60%) PowerApps
11 3 (2.16%) Collibra
11 3 (2.16%) Lucidchart
11 3 (2.16%) Snowflake
12 2 (1.44%) GCP
12 2 (1.44%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.16%) Firewall
2 1 (0.72%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (51.08%) Power BI
2 27 (19.42%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (12.95%) Pentaho
4 9 (6.47%) Tableau
5 7 (5.04%) Oracle Database
6 6 (4.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (4.32%) Data Mining
7 5 (3.60%) Metadata
7 5 (3.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.88%) Delta Lake
8 4 (2.88%) GIS
8 4 (2.88%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.88%) SQL Server
9 3 (2.16%) Big Data
9 3 (2.16%) Hadoop
9 3 (2.16%) Relational Database
9 3 (2.16%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 2 (1.44%) Metadata Repository
10 2 (1.44%) QlikView
10 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (24.46%) JIRA
2 19 (13.67%) Git
3 18 (12.95%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.16%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
General
1 58 (41.73%) Social Skills
2 33 (23.74%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (16.55%) Public Sector
4 21 (15.11%) Finance
5 11 (7.91%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.32%) Marketing
7 5 (3.60%) Electronics
7 5 (3.60%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Legal
10 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.44%) Law
11 1 (0.72%) Automotive
11 1 (0.72%) Billing
11 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (14.39%) Architect
2 18 (12.95%) Analyst
3 14 (10.07%) Data Architect
4 12 (8.63%) Data Engineer
5 9 (6.47%) Oracle Specialist
6 8 (5.76%) Data Analyst
6 8 (5.76%) Enterprise Architect
6 8 (5.76%) Lead
6 8 (5.76%) Monitoring Engineer
6 8 (5.76%) Platform Engineer
6 8 (5.76%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.32%) Azure Architect
7 6 (4.32%) Consultant
7 6 (4.32%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 5 (3.60%) Administrator
8 5 (3.60%) Business Architect
8 5 (3.60%) Report Analyst
8 5 (3.60%) Senior
8 5 (3.60%) TOGAF Architect
8 5 (3.60%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.32%) REST
2 5 (3.60%) Kafka
3 4 (2.88%) Middleware
4 2 (1.44%) PySpark
4 2 (1.44%) SOAP
4 2 (1.44%) Web Services
5 1 (0.72%) .NET
5 1 (0.72%) NumPy
5 1 (0.72%) ODBC
5 1 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.72%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.47%) SCADA
2 6 (4.32%) IoT
3 4 (2.88%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.88%) e-Learning
3 4 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.16%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.16%) Graphic Design
4 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.44%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.44%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.44%) Pricing Data
6 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.72%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.72%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.72%) Social Media
6 1 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.23%) Linux
2 15 (10.79%) Unix
2 15 (10.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (49.64%) Analytics
2 51 (36.69%) Data Modelling
3 45 (32.37%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (30.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (28.06%) Agile
6 35 (25.18%) DevOps
7 31 (22.30%) ETL
8 29 (20.86%) Visualisation
9 24 (17.27%) CI/CD
9 24 (17.27%) Data Pipeline
10 23 (16.55%) Data Integration
10 23 (16.55%) Scrum
11 22 (15.83%) Data Analytics
12 21 (15.11%) Test Automation
13 19 (13.67%) Deployment Automation
14 18 (12.95%) Data Virtualisation
14 18 (12.95%) Service Management
15 17 (12.23%) Business Analytics
15 17 (12.23%) Data Governance
15 17 (12.23%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 74 (53.24%) SQL
2 16 (11.51%) Python
3 7 (5.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (2.88%) Bicep
5 3 (2.16%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (2.16%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.16%) R
6 2 (1.44%) Java
6 2 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.44%) Scala
6 2 (1.44%) VBA
7 1 (0.72%) C#
7 1 (0.72%) C++
7 1 (0.72%) VB
Qualifications
1 46 (33.09%) Security Cleared
2 39 (28.06%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.88%) Degree
4 2 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.44%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.44%) OCP
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.72%) IIBA
5 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (21.58%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.04%) SLA
3 6 (4.32%) GDPR
4 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.44%) PMO
4 2 (1.44%) QA
5 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.72%) P3O
System Software
1 18 (12.95%) Docker
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.72%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 18 (12.95%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.60%) Terraform
3 3 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.44%) Data Guard
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (1.44%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.72%) Grafana
Vendors
1 51 (36.69%) Oracle
2 35 (25.18%) Microsoft
3 18 (12.95%) Denodo
3 18 (12.95%) Talend
4 16 (11.51%) Splunk
5 14 (10.07%) AppDynamics
5 14 (10.07%) Dynatrace
5 14 (10.07%) SAP
6 13 (9.35%) Cisco
7 12 (8.63%) Databricks
8 4 (2.88%) Cognos
9 3 (2.16%) Atlassian
9 3 (2.16%) Informatica
10 2 (1.44%) IBM
10 2 (1.44%) OpenText
10 2 (1.44%) Remedy
11 1 (0.72%) Ab Initio
11 1 (0.72%) Adobe
11 1 (0.72%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.72%) MuleSoft