Business Intelligence Contracts in England

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Business Intelligence skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Intelligence over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 44 52
Rank change year-on-year +6 +8 -10
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 1,691 2,260 3,360
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.58% 4.76% 4.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.35% 5.29% 5.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,178 1,630 2,545
10th Percentile £281 £300 £340
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year - -3.38% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £612 £619
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £516
% change year-on-year - -3.10% +4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 41 40
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.00 £12.27
25th Percentile £16.36 £21.24 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.34 £25.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.34% -16.67% +39.53%
75th Percentile £53.44 £53.75 £44.21
90th Percentile £80.45 £63.00 £59.61
UK median hourly rate £25.34 £24.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +3.41% -18.33% +36.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Business Intelligence is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in England

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
London +17 871 £525 - 503
North of England -3 202 £450 -5.26% 212
South East -4 201 £425 - 183
South West -2 165 £533 +1.43% 107
Midlands -1 135 £425 -10.53% 124
North West -10 115 £450 -1.37% 128
West Midlands +4 99 £440 -9.74% 78
Yorkshire +11 78 £450 -10.00% 65
East of England -32 49 £375 -16.67% 65
East Midlands -6 35 £375 -14.29% 46
North East +8 8 £663 +26.19% 21
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 104 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 35 (2.07%) Apache Spark
3 27 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 25 (1.48%) Confluence
5 20 (1.18%) SAS
6 16 (0.95%) Apache
7 10 (0.59%) MTS
7 10 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.35%) ArcGIS
8 6 (0.35%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.12%) CMS
10 2 (0.12%) IIS
10 2 (0.12%) Jadu
10 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.059%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
Applications
1 169 (9.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (2.48%) MS Visio
4 41 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.47%) SPSS
8 3 (0.18%) MicroStation
9 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.12%) InVision
9 2 (0.12%) Revit
9 2 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 37 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.66%) Dynamics AX
3 19 (1.12%) Aladdin
4 16 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
6 12 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 11 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
8 10 (0.59%) Endur
8 10 (0.59%) EuroRunner
9 9 (0.53%) Aligne
10 7 (0.41%) SimCorp Dimension
11 5 (0.30%) MIS ActiveH
11 5 (0.30%) NEC Housing
11 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
11 5 (0.30%) Oracle HRMS
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 4 (0.24%) Shopify
13 3 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
13 3 (0.18%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1,046 (61.86%) Power Platform
2 497 (29.39%) Azure
3 175 (10.35%) PowerApps
4 171 (10.11%) Power Automate
5 121 (7.16%) Dynamics 365
6 111 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
7 105 (6.21%) AWS
8 103 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
9 101 (5.97%) Azure Data Factory
10 58 (3.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 50 (2.96%) Snowflake
12 47 (2.78%) Entra ID
13 35 (2.07%) Serverless
14 33 (1.95%) GCP
15 31 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
16 30 (1.77%) GitHub
17 27 (1.60%) Azure Functions
18 22 (1.30%) PaaS
18 22 (1.30%) SaaS
19 20 (1.18%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.24%) Firewall
2 10 (0.59%) VPN
3 8 (0.47%) 3G
3 8 (0.47%) 4G
4 7 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
4 7 (0.41%) FTP
4 7 (0.41%) Unified Communications
5 6 (0.35%) Wireless
6 5 (0.30%) DNS
6 5 (0.30%) Internet
6 5 (0.30%) LAN
6 5 (0.30%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.24%) HTTP
7 4 (0.24%) MegaStream
7 4 (0.24%) Network Security
7 4 (0.24%) WAN
8 3 (0.18%) Intranet
8 3 (0.18%) SNMP
8 3 (0.18%) SSL
9 2 (0.12%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1,035 (61.21%) Power BI
2 242 (14.31%) Data Warehouse
3 211 (12.48%) SQL Server
4 206 (12.18%) Tableau
5 127 (7.51%) Data Lake
6 125 (7.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 87 (5.14%) Big Data
8 83 (4.91%) Metadata
8 83 (4.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 71 (4.20%) NoSQL
10 62 (3.67%) Relational Database
11 56 (3.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 51 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
13 43 (2.54%) Qlik Sense
14 35 (2.07%) BusinessObjects
14 35 (2.07%) MySQL
15 32 (1.89%) Power Query
16 31 (1.83%) Data Mining
16 31 (1.83%) QlikView
17 28 (1.66%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 78 (4.61%) JIRA
2 29 (1.71%) Git
3 21 (1.24%) Visual Studio
4 18 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 17 (1.01%) ERwin
6 11 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
7 10 (0.59%) GitLab
7 10 (0.59%) Postman
8 7 (0.41%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.24%) NUnit
10 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.12%) Appium
11 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.12%) git-flow
11 2 (0.12%) kappa
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.12%) RStudio
11 2 (0.12%) XCTest
11 2 (0.12%) XCUITest
11 2 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 637 (37.67%) Finance
2 469 (27.74%) Social Skills
3 379 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
4 376 (22.24%) Public Sector
5 301 (17.80%) Marketing
6 280 (16.56%) Manufacturing
7 271 (16.03%) Telecoms
8 247 (14.61%) Electronics
9 88 (5.20%) Banking
10 84 (4.97%) Retail
11 60 (3.55%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (1.83%) General Ledger
12 31 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (1.71%) Front Office
13 29 (1.71%) Legal
14 27 (1.60%) Local Government
14 27 (1.60%) Publishing
15 25 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
16 24 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 22 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 391 (23.12%) Analyst
2 308 (18.21%) Developer
3 187 (11.06%) Architect
4 179 (10.59%) Data Analyst
5 167 (9.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 141 (8.34%) Senior
7 135 (7.98%) Data Engineer
8 123 (7.27%) Consultant
9 105 (6.21%) Data Architect
9 105 (6.21%) Power BI Developer
10 97 (5.74%) Lead
11 94 (5.56%) Business Analyst
12 76 (4.49%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 62 (3.67%) Project Manager
14 59 (3.49%) Senior Analyst
15 47 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
16 43 (2.54%) Power Platform Developer
17 40 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
18 38 (2.25%) Power BI Analyst
19 34 (2.01%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.96%) .NET
2 46 (2.72%) JSON
3 40 (2.37%) XML
4 37 (2.19%) HTML
5 32 (1.89%) PySpark
6 29 (1.71%) CSS
7 20 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
8 15 (0.89%) REST
8 15 (0.89%) Web Services
9 14 (0.83%) .NET Framework
10 13 (0.77%) JSON Schema
11 12 (0.71%) AngularJS
11 12 (0.71%) HTML5 Canvas
11 12 (0.71%) RESTful
12 11 (0.65%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (0.59%) Node.js
14 9 (0.53%) ADO
15 8 (0.47%) jQuery
15 8 (0.47%) SAML
15 8 (0.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 95 (5.62%) Management Information System
2 67 (3.96%) Data Structures
3 59 (3.49%) NHS
4 57 (3.37%) Product Ownership
5 30 (1.77%) Reference Data
6 27 (1.60%) Onboarding
7 25 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
8 23 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (1.30%) Hedge funds
10 17 (1.01%) Algorithms
11 13 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (0.71%) Derivative
12 12 (0.71%) Equities
12 12 (0.71%) Fixed Income
12 12 (0.71%) Low-Code
13 11 (0.65%) Data Centre
13 11 (0.65%) Freedom of Information
14 10 (0.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 74 (4.38%) Windows
2 31 (1.83%) Linux
3 18 (1.06%) Unix
4 15 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 10 (0.59%) VMS
7 7 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.24%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.12%) Android
10 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.059%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (22.65%) Analytics
2 371 (21.94%) Data Modelling
3 357 (21.11%) Agile
4 277 (16.38%) Visualisation
5 273 (16.14%) ETL
6 264 (15.61%) Programme Management
7 256 (15.14%) Digital Marketing
8 250 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
9 232 (13.72%) Data Analysis
10 183 (10.82%) Data Visualisation
11 178 (10.53%) DevOps
12 151 (8.93%) Migration
13 149 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
14 136 (8.04%) Project Management
15 131 (7.75%) Data Governance
16 122 (7.21%) Data Management
17 121 (7.16%) Decision-Making
18 115 (6.80%) Data Analytics
19 113 (6.68%) Data Architecture
20 108 (6.39%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 660 (39.03%) SQL
2 262 (15.49%) Python
3 86 (5.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 77 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 67 (3.96%) C#
6 63 (3.73%) T-SQL
7 57 (3.37%) JavaScript
8 42 (2.48%) R
9 37 (2.19%) PL/SQL
10 30 (1.77%) Java
11 19 (1.12%) Scala
12 17 (1.01%) VBA
13 11 (0.65%) MATLAB
14 10 (0.59%) TypeScript
15 8 (0.47%) VB
16 7 (0.41%) Bash
16 7 (0.41%) XPath
16 7 (0.41%) XQuery
17 6 (0.35%) C++
18 5 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 224 (13.25%) Security Cleared
2 188 (11.12%) Degree
3 148 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 66 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 49 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (1.77%) Master's Degree
7 23 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.18%) PMI Certification
9 18 (1.06%) PMP
10 13 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.71%) CISSP
12 8 (0.47%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.41%) Postgraduate
14 6 (0.35%) CIMA
15 5 (0.30%) CESG Certified Professional
15 5 (0.30%) CISM
15 5 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
15 5 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 4 (0.24%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (9.70%) Data Quality
2 72 (4.26%) QA
3 38 (2.25%) GDPR
4 31 (1.83%) PMO
5 30 (1.77%) SLA
6 15 (0.89%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.53%) GxP
8 8 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.47%) HL7
9 6 (0.35%) NIST
10 5 (0.30%) GAMP
10 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.30%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.30%) RMADS
11 3 (0.18%) GRC
11 3 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.12%) IFRS
12 2 (0.12%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 49 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 19 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (0.71%) Docker
4 9 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.30%) HDFS
5 5 (0.30%) NFS
6 4 (0.24%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.18%) vSphere
8 1 (0.059%) Firmware
8 1 (0.059%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 17 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (0.95%) Terraform
3 15 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (0.53%) Kubernetes
5 8 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.24%) Nessus
6 4 (0.24%) Puppet
6 4 (0.24%) QRadar
7 3 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.12%) Ansible
8 2 (0.12%) Kibana
8 2 (0.12%) SysTrack
8 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.12%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.059%) CASB
9 1 (0.059%) logstash
9 1 (0.059%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.059%) Thomson Reuters DACS
9 1 (0.059%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 1 (0.059%) VxRail
Vendors
1 453 (26.79%) Microsoft
2 346 (20.46%) SAP
3 136 (8.04%) Oracle
4 104 (6.15%) Databricks
5 53 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 50 (2.96%) Salesforce
7 37 (2.19%) Alteryx
8 36 (2.13%) Informatica
9 35 (2.07%) Google
10 23 (1.36%) Remedy
11 18 (1.06%) Adobe
12 17 (1.01%) Sparx
13 14 (0.83%) Bloomberg
14 12 (0.71%) BISAM
14 12 (0.71%) CA
14 12 (0.71%) VMware
15 10 (0.59%) Cisco
15 10 (0.59%) Cloudera
15 10 (0.59%) Talend
16 9 (0.53%) Dell