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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 24 33
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 126 132 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.95% 6.99% 5.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.84% 8.57% 6.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 81 85
10th Percentile £338 £255 £301
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -8.02%
75th Percentile £540 £550 £556
90th Percentile £630 £626 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £34.04 -
25th Percentile - £34.20 £24.63
Median hourly rate - £34.47 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year - +36.50% -
75th Percentile - £34.73 £25.88
90th Percentile - £34.89 -
England median hourly rate £32.05 £30.30 £32.32
% change year-on-year +5.79% -6.27% +29.33%

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 1,608 1,541 1,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.69% 81.62% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 990 1,202
10th Percentile £240 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £663 £725 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 40 51
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.48 £14.54
25th Percentile £16.13 £15.22 £20.24
Median hourly rate £24.34 £24.31 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -11.59% +57.14%
75th Percentile £35.30 £37.63 £43.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.45 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.54
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.24% +50.14%

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
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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -1 34 £425 - 17
Shropshire +8 33 £525 -6.50% 8
Birmingham -17 28 £525 +5.00% 51
Coventry -1 13 £480 +6.67% 6
Solihull -4 6 £525 +17.45% 4
Herefordshire +6 3 £400 -34.64% 3
Staffordshire -8 2 £875 +105.88% 15
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 16 (12.70%) SAS
2 13 (10.32%) Apache
2 13 (10.32%) SharePoint
2 13 (10.32%) WebLogic
3 10 (7.94%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 10 (7.94%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (2.38%) Confluence
5 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.79%) CMS
5 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (13.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.97%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.38%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.38%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Oracle HRMS
2 3 (2.38%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.59%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.79%) Primavera
4 1 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.79%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.79%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.79%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.79%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.79%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 66 (52.38%) Power Platform
2 36 (28.57%) Azure
3 19 (15.08%) AWS
4 13 (10.32%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (8.73%) Azure Data Factory
5 11 (8.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 8 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.35%) PowerApps
7 6 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (4.76%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.76%) SaaS
8 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.17%) GitHub
9 4 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (3.17%) Snowflake
10 3 (2.38%) Collibra
10 3 (2.38%) Lucidchart
10 3 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.59%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.38%) Firewall
2 1 (0.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (52.38%) Power BI
2 23 (18.25%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (12.70%) Pentaho
4 8 (6.35%) Tableau
5 7 (5.56%) Oracle Database
5 7 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (3.97%) Data Mining
8 4 (3.17%) Delta Lake
8 4 (3.17%) NoSQL
8 4 (3.17%) Relational Database
9 3 (2.38%) GIS
9 3 (2.38%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 3 (2.38%) SQL Server
10 2 (1.59%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (1.59%) DB2
10 2 (1.59%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (1.59%) QlikView
10 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (22.22%) JIRA
2 16 (12.70%) Git
2 16 (12.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
General
1 56 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 32 (25.40%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 17 (13.49%) Finance
5 10 (7.94%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.17%) Electronics
7 4 (3.17%) Marketing
7 4 (3.17%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.38%) Legal
8 3 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.59%) Law
10 1 (0.79%) Automotive
10 1 (0.79%) Billing
10 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.79%) Local Government
10 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (14.29%) Analyst
2 11 (8.73%) Architect
3 10 (7.94%) Data Analyst
3 10 (7.94%) Data Engineer
4 9 (7.14%) Oracle Specialist
4 9 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 8 (6.35%) Data Architect
5 8 (6.35%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (5.56%) Developer
6 7 (5.56%) Lead
6 7 (5.56%) Monitoring Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) Administrator
8 5 (3.97%) Report Analyst
8 5 (3.97%) Senior
9 4 (3.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 4 (3.17%) Consultant
9 4 (3.17%) Lead Data Analyst
10 3 (2.38%) TOGAF Architect
10 3 (2.38%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
10 3 (2.38%) Training Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.97%) Kafka
2 4 (3.17%) REST
3 1 (0.79%) .NET
3 1 (0.79%) ADO
3 1 (0.79%) Middleware
3 1 (0.79%) NumPy
3 1 (0.79%) ODBC
3 1 (0.79%) Pandas
3 1 (0.79%) SOAP
3 1 (0.79%) Web Services
3 1 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.97%) IoT
1 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (3.97%) Management Information System
1 5 (3.97%) SCADA
2 3 (2.38%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.38%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.38%) e-Learning
2 3 (2.38%) Graphic Design
3 2 (1.59%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.59%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.59%) Pricing Data
3 2 (1.59%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.79%) Data Fabric
4 1 (0.79%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.49%) Linux
2 15 (11.90%) Unix
2 15 (11.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (44.44%) Analytics
2 41 (32.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 40 (31.75%) Data Modelling
3 40 (31.75%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (27.78%) Agile
5 30 (23.81%) DevOps
6 27 (21.43%) ETL
6 27 (21.43%) Visualisation
7 22 (17.46%) Data Integration
8 21 (16.67%) CI/CD
8 21 (16.67%) Data Analytics
9 20 (15.87%) Data Pipeline
9 20 (15.87%) Scrum
10 19 (15.08%) Test Automation
11 18 (14.29%) Service Management
12 16 (12.70%) Data Virtualisation
12 16 (12.70%) Deployment Automation
12 16 (12.70%) Observability
12 16 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (11.90%) Business Analytics
Programming Languages
1 74 (58.73%) SQL
2 13 (10.32%) Python
3 5 (3.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (3.17%) Bicep
5 3 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (2.38%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.38%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.38%) R
6 2 (1.59%) Java
6 2 (1.59%) Scala
6 2 (1.59%) VBA
7 1 (0.79%) C#
7 1 (0.79%) C++
7 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 39 (30.95%) Security Cleared
2 34 (26.98%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.97%) Degree
4 3 (2.38%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.59%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.59%) OCP
6 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.79%) IIBA
6 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.56%) SLA
3 6 (4.76%) GDPR
4 3 (2.38%) PMO
5 2 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.79%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.79%) P3O
6 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 16 (12.70%) Docker
2 2 (1.59%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 16 (12.70%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.17%) Terraform
3 3 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.59%) Data Guard
4 2 (1.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (1.59%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.79%) Grafana
Vendors
1 48 (38.10%) Oracle
2 30 (23.81%) Microsoft
3 16 (12.70%) Denodo
3 16 (12.70%) Talend
4 15 (11.90%) Splunk
5 13 (10.32%) AppDynamics
5 13 (10.32%) Dynatrace
5 13 (10.32%) SAP
6 12 (9.52%) Cisco
7 8 (6.35%) Databricks
8 4 (3.17%) Cognos
9 3 (2.38%) Atlassian
9 3 (2.38%) Informatica
10 2 (1.59%) IBM
10 2 (1.59%) OpenText
11 1 (0.79%) Adobe
11 1 (0.79%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.79%) QAD
11 1 (0.79%) Remedy