Business Intelligence Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 40 35 48
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 -6
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 492 828 1,210
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.97% 5.40% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.45% 6.14% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 559 875
10th Percentile £331 £319 £303
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £648 £600 £598
90th Percentile £788 £704 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 22 7
10th Percentile £21.56 £11.00 £18.94
25th Percentile £22.72 £12.75 £20.72
Median hourly rate £30.81 £20.77 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.31% -42.31% -15.13%
75th Percentile £33.40 £23.96 £50.00
90th Percentile £34.74 £34.57 £56.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £24.13 £25.25
% change year-on-year +13.98% -4.45% -19.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Business Intelligence
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Intelligence trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Business Intelligence.

Business Intelligence daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Business Intelligence over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Business Intelligence daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Business Intelligence.

Business Intelligence hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Business Intelligence over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Business Intelligence hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 49 (9.96%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.25%) Confluence
3 6 (1.22%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.22%) SAS
4 5 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.61%) CMS
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.41%) Drupal
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.20%) Apache
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) MS Project Server
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 56 (11.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (0.41%) Sketch
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.20%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.20%) InVision
6 1 (0.20%) Revit
6 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (7.93%) Aladdin
2 14 (2.85%) thinkFolio
3 12 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.81%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.61%) Oracle HRMS
6 2 (0.41%) CiviCRM
6 2 (0.41%) Maximo
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.41%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.20%) Shopify
7 1 (0.20%) UltiPro
Cloud Services
1 288 (58.54%) Power Platform
2 144 (29.27%) Azure
3 53 (10.77%) AWS
4 44 (8.94%) PowerApps
5 43 (8.74%) Power Automate
6 37 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (6.50%) Snowflake
8 27 (5.49%) GitHub
9 26 (5.28%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 24 (4.88%) GCP
11 21 (4.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 21 (4.27%) dbt
12 15 (3.05%) OCI
13 14 (2.85%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (2.64%) Serverless
15 12 (2.44%) Entra ID
16 11 (2.24%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.22%) Firewall
2 4 (0.81%) Internet
3 3 (0.61%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (0.61%) VPN
4 2 (0.41%) Network Security
5 1 (0.20%) DHCP
5 1 (0.20%) DNS
5 1 (0.20%) HTTP
5 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 287 (58.33%) Power BI
2 87 (17.68%) Data Warehouse
3 67 (13.62%) Tableau
4 33 (6.71%) Data Lake
5 31 (6.30%) SQL Server
6 23 (4.67%) Relational Database
6 23 (4.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 21 (4.27%) Metadata
8 17 (3.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 17 (3.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (3.25%) Big Data
10 15 (3.05%) Power Query
11 14 (2.85%) Data Mining
11 14 (2.85%) Oracle Reports
12 13 (2.64%) Looker
13 12 (2.44%) MySQL
14 10 (2.03%) MongoDB
14 10 (2.03%) NoSQL
14 10 (2.03%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 43 (8.74%) JIRA
2 18 (3.66%) Git
3 6 (1.22%) ERwin
3 6 (1.22%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.41%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.41%) GitLab
5 2 (0.41%) Hudson
5 2 (0.41%) NUnit
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.41%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.20%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.20%) LSMW
6 1 (0.20%) Maven
6 1 (0.20%) Selenium
6 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 168 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 164 (33.33%) Finance
3 95 (19.31%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (17.28%) Public Sector
5 54 (10.98%) Marketing
6 44 (8.94%) Front Office
6 44 (8.94%) Manufacturing
7 41 (8.33%) Telecoms
8 35 (7.11%) Electronics
9 30 (6.10%) Banking
10 26 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.44%) Investment Banking
13 11 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.83%) Retail
15 7 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.42%) Local Government
16 4 (0.81%) Law
16 4 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 141 (28.66%) Analyst
2 82 (16.67%) Developer
3 58 (11.79%) Senior
4 52 (10.57%) Data Analyst
5 49 (9.96%) Data Engineer
6 44 (8.94%) Business Analyst
7 35 (7.11%) Architect
7 35 (7.11%) Business Manager
8 31 (6.30%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
9 27 (5.49%) Lead
10 23 (4.67%) Data Architect
11 18 (3.66%) Consultant
12 16 (3.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 16 (3.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 16 (3.25%) Power Platform Developer
13 14 (2.85%) Data Scientist
14 13 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
14 13 (2.64%) Report Analyst
15 12 (2.44%) Power BI Developer
16 11 (2.24%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.27%) REST
2 18 (3.66%) SOAP
3 14 (2.85%) .NET
4 12 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
4 12 (2.44%) Web Services
4 12 (2.44%) XML
5 11 (2.24%) PySpark
6 8 (1.63%) AngularJS
6 8 (1.63%) React
7 7 (1.42%) Jinja
7 7 (1.42%) Plotly
8 6 (1.22%) .NET Framework
8 6 (1.22%) Entity Framework
8 6 (1.22%) JSON
8 6 (1.22%) Play Framework
9 5 (1.02%) CSS
9 5 (1.02%) Kafka
9 5 (1.02%) RESTful
10 4 (0.81%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.81%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.72%) Derivative
1 38 (7.72%) Onboarding
2 37 (7.52%) Fixed Income
2 37 (7.52%) Hedge funds
3 17 (3.46%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.05%) Algorithms
5 11 (2.24%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.83%) Security Posture
8 8 (1.63%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.42%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.22%) NHS
10 6 (1.22%) Social Media
11 5 (1.02%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.81%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.81%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.81%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.64%) Windows
2 9 (1.83%) Linux
3 4 (0.81%) Unix
4 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Android
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (36.18%) Analytics
2 142 (28.86%) Agile
3 123 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 120 (24.39%) Data Modelling
5 103 (20.93%) Visualisation
6 79 (16.06%) ETL
7 74 (15.04%) Data Analysis
8 69 (14.02%) Data Visualisation
9 68 (13.82%) Data Governance
10 60 (12.20%) DevOps
11 57 (11.59%) Decision-Making
12 56 (11.38%) Migration
13 50 (10.16%) Data Engineering
14 48 (9.76%) Data Integration
15 47 (9.55%) Asset Management
15 47 (9.55%) Data Management
15 47 (9.55%) Data Science
16 46 (9.35%) Actionable Insight
16 46 (9.35%) Stakeholder Management
17 41 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 259 (52.64%) SQL
2 137 (27.85%) Python
3 23 (4.67%) C#
3 23 (4.67%) JavaScript
4 18 (3.66%) PowerShell
5 17 (3.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (2.64%) Java
6 13 (2.64%) PL/SQL
7 12 (2.44%) R
8 11 (2.24%) Scala
8 11 (2.24%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.02%) Bicep
10 4 (0.81%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.61%) ABAP
11 3 (0.61%) VBA
12 2 (0.41%) VB
13 1 (0.20%) C
13 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.20%) Natural
13 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 78 (15.85%) Security Cleared
2 67 (13.62%) SC Cleared
3 52 (10.57%) Degree
4 10 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.02%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (0.81%) Azure Certification
6 4 (0.81%) CISSP
7 3 (0.61%) CISM
7 3 (0.61%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.61%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.61%) PMP
8 2 (0.41%) MBA
9 1 (0.20%) CAPM
9 1 (0.20%) CEH
9 1 (0.20%) CITP
9 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (11.38%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.27%) GDPR
3 13 (2.64%) QA
4 11 (2.24%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.22%) SLA
6 5 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.02%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (1.02%) PMO
7 4 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.41%) Basel II
9 1 (0.20%) EMIR
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) HL7
9 1 (0.20%) LOINC
9 1 (0.20%) MiFID
9 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 9 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.02%) Docker
3 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.20%) HDFS
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (2.85%) Terraform
2 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.22%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.81%) SCCM
4 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.20%) Grafana
5 1 (0.20%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.20%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 101 (20.53%) Microsoft
2 51 (10.37%) SAP
3 47 (9.55%) Databricks
4 45 (9.15%) Oracle
5 37 (7.52%) BISAM
6 25 (5.08%) Google
7 16 (3.25%) ServiceNow
8 14 (2.85%) Calypso
8 14 (2.85%) Charles River
8 14 (2.85%) SimCorp
9 8 (1.63%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.42%) Adobe
10 7 (1.42%) Alteryx
11 6 (1.22%) Workday
12 5 (1.02%) CyberArk
13 4 (0.81%) Sparx
13 4 (0.81%) Splunk
14 3 (0.61%) Cognos
14 3 (0.61%) MuleSoft
14 3 (0.61%) Qualys