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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 34 48
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 490 820 1,195
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.97% 5.39% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.45% 6.13% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 555 866
10th Percentile £331 £322 £303
25th Percentile £413 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £588
90th Percentile £788 £708 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 22 8
10th Percentile £21.56 £11.00 £18.97
25th Percentile £22.72 £12.75 £21.55
Median hourly rate £30.81 £20.77 £31.60
Median % change year-on-year +48.31% -34.27% -25.50%
75th Percentile £33.40 £23.96 £46.75
90th Percentile £34.74 £34.57 £56.50
UK median hourly rate £28.03 £24.26 £24.50
% change year-on-year +15.54% -1.00% -18.33%

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 8,994 13,387 22,922
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.19% 87.93% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,179 8,971 16,192
10th Percentile £338 £325 £363
25th Percentile £415 £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% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 576 528
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.08 £18.68
25th Percentile £19.00 £24.25 £30.00
Median hourly rate £39.04 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £60.00 £68.81
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.13 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.96 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.35% -0.11% +44.00%

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 7 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 7 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 50 (10.20%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.06%) Confluence
3 6 (1.22%) SAS
4 5 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.61%) CMS
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 57 (11.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.61%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.20%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.20%) InVision
7 1 (0.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 41 (8.37%) Aladdin
2 16 (3.27%) thinkFolio
3 12 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.82%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle HRMS
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Payroll
7 2 (0.41%) CiviCRM
7 2 (0.41%) Maximo
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.41%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.20%) UltiPro
Cloud Services
1 284 (57.96%) Power Platform
2 139 (28.37%) Azure
3 53 (10.82%) AWS
4 42 (8.57%) PowerApps
5 41 (8.37%) Power Automate
6 38 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (6.53%) Snowflake
8 28 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (5.31%) GitHub
10 25 (5.10%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (4.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 22 (4.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 22 (4.49%) GCP
12 21 (4.29%) dbt
13 16 (3.27%) OCI
14 15 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (2.65%) SaaS
16 13 (2.65%) Serverless
17 12 (2.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.22%) Firewall
2 4 (0.82%) Internet
3 3 (0.61%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (0.61%) VPN
4 2 (0.41%) DNS
4 2 (0.41%) HTTP
4 2 (0.41%) Network Security
5 1 (0.20%) DHCP
5 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 283 (57.76%) Power BI
2 87 (17.76%) Data Warehouse
3 64 (13.06%) Tableau
4 31 (6.33%) Data Lake
5 30 (6.12%) SQL Server
6 22 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 21 (4.29%) Metadata
8 20 (4.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 20 (4.08%) Relational Database
9 18 (3.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (3.06%) Big Data
10 15 (3.06%) Oracle Reports
11 14 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (2.86%) Data Mining
11 14 (2.86%) Power Query
12 13 (2.65%) Looker
13 11 (2.24%) MySQL
14 10 (2.04%) MongoDB
14 10 (2.04%) NoSQL
15 8 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (8.37%) JIRA
2 15 (3.06%) Git
3 6 (1.22%) ERwin
4 5 (1.02%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.61%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.41%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.41%) Hudson
7 2 (0.41%) NUnit
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.41%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.20%) LSMW
8 1 (0.20%) Maven
8 1 (0.20%) MLflow
8 1 (0.20%) Postman
8 1 (0.20%) Selenium
8 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 170 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 168 (34.29%) Finance
3 97 (19.80%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (16.33%) Public Sector
5 52 (10.61%) Marketing
6 46 (9.39%) Front Office
7 44 (8.98%) Manufacturing
8 40 (8.16%) Telecoms
9 35 (7.14%) Electronics
10 32 (6.53%) Banking
11 27 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 22 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (2.65%) Investment Banking
14 11 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.84%) Retail
16 8 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.43%) Local Government
18 4 (0.82%) Law
18 4 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
19 3 (0.61%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 139 (28.37%) Analyst
2 81 (16.53%) Developer
3 55 (11.22%) Senior
4 52 (10.61%) Data Analyst
5 46 (9.39%) Business Analyst
5 46 (9.39%) Data Engineer
6 37 (7.55%) Architect
6 37 (7.55%) Business Manager
7 33 (6.73%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
8 27 (5.51%) Lead
9 25 (5.10%) Data Architect
10 22 (4.49%) Consultant
11 16 (3.27%) Power Platform Developer
12 14 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 14 (2.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 13 (2.65%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (2.65%) Data Scientist
13 13 (2.65%) Report Analyst
14 11 (2.24%) Power BI Developer
15 10 (2.04%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.29%) REST
2 18 (3.67%) SOAP
3 15 (3.06%) .NET
4 12 (2.45%) Oracle Fusion
4 12 (2.45%) Web Services
4 12 (2.45%) XML
5 10 (2.04%) PySpark
6 8 (1.63%) AngularJS
6 8 (1.63%) React
7 7 (1.43%) .NET Framework
7 7 (1.43%) Jinja
7 7 (1.43%) Plotly
8 6 (1.22%) Entity Framework
8 6 (1.22%) Play Framework
9 5 (1.02%) CSS
9 5 (1.02%) JSON
9 5 (1.02%) Kafka
9 5 (1.02%) RESTful
10 4 (0.82%) LDAP
10 4 (0.82%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.16%) Derivative
1 40 (8.16%) Onboarding
2 39 (7.96%) Fixed Income
2 39 (7.96%) Hedge funds
3 14 (2.86%) Algorithms
4 13 (2.65%) Management Information System
4 13 (2.65%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.84%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.84%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.43%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.22%) NHS
10 5 (1.02%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.02%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.02%) Social Media
11 4 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.82%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.86%) Windows
2 9 (1.84%) Linux
3 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.61%) Unix
3 3 (0.61%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (35.71%) Analytics
2 139 (28.37%) Agile
3 122 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (23.88%) Data Modelling
5 101 (20.61%) Visualisation
6 76 (15.51%) ETL
7 73 (14.90%) Data Analysis
8 68 (13.88%) Data Governance
8 68 (13.88%) Data Visualisation
9 59 (12.04%) DevOps
10 58 (11.84%) Decision-Making
11 56 (11.43%) Migration
12 50 (10.20%) Data Engineering
13 49 (10.00%) Asset Management
14 48 (9.80%) Data Integration
15 46 (9.39%) Data Management
16 45 (9.18%) Actionable Insight
16 45 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
17 43 (8.78%) Data Science
18 41 (8.37%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 262 (53.47%) SQL
2 134 (27.35%) Python
3 22 (4.49%) C#
4 21 (4.29%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 16 (3.27%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.86%) PL/SQL
7 12 (2.45%) Java
7 12 (2.45%) R
8 11 (2.24%) T-SQL
9 10 (2.04%) Scala
10 6 (1.22%) Bicep
11 4 (0.82%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.61%) ABAP
12 3 (0.61%) VBA
13 2 (0.41%) VB
14 1 (0.20%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.20%) C
14 1 (0.20%) Natural
14 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (15.51%) Security Cleared
2 65 (13.27%) SC Cleared
3 50 (10.20%) Degree
4 10 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.02%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (0.82%) Azure Certification
6 4 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.82%) CISSP
6 4 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
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%) PgMP
9 1 (0.20%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.22%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.08%) GDPR
3 13 (2.65%) QA
4 11 (2.24%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.22%) PMO
6 5 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.02%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (1.02%) SLA
7 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.61%) 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 (1.84%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.02%) Docker
3 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (3.06%) Terraform
2 10 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (1.22%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.82%) SCCM
4 4 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.20%) Opsgenie
5 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.20%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 98 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 49 (10.00%) SAP
3 48 (9.80%) Oracle
4 45 (9.18%) Databricks
5 39 (7.96%) BISAM
6 24 (4.90%) Google
7 16 (3.27%) Calypso
7 16 (3.27%) Charles River
7 16 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 16 (3.27%) SimCorp
8 8 (1.63%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.43%) Adobe
10 6 (1.22%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.22%) Workday
11 5 (1.02%) CyberArk
12 4 (0.82%) Sparx
12 4 (0.82%) Splunk
13 3 (0.61%) Cognos
13 3 (0.61%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.61%) Qualys