Business Intelligence Contracts in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence (BI)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 42 43
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -8
Contract jobs citing Business Intelligence 843 1,111 1,502
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.16% 4.80% 4.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.94% 5.37% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 800 1,164
10th Percentile £244 £222 £300
25th Percentile £363 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 25 36
10th Percentile £11.00 £12.40 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.86 £25.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +2.04% +25.64%
75th Percentile £43.75 £55.00 £43.95
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.81 £46.67
UK median hourly rate £24.34 £24.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year +1.43% -23.81% +43.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,076 20,688 27,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.26% 89.44% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,247 19,122
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 1,260 1,365
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.71 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Business Intelligence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
North of England +2 195 £450 -5.26% 221
South East -4 190 £425 -2.86% 251
South West -1 165 £535 +1.90% 109
Midlands +3 141 £425 -10.53% 174
North West -10 116 £451 +0.28% 135
West Midlands +5 102 £438 -11.39% 118
Scotland +40 81 £480 +1.05% 46
Yorkshire +2 70 £450 -10.00% 68
East of England -30 52 £410 -8.89% 79
East Midlands +1 38 £375 -14.29% 56
Wales +22 15 £500 +33.33% 36
Northern Ireland +10 14 £500 +17.65% 10
North East +9 8 £663 +26.19% 19
Business Intelligence
UK

Business Intelligence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 35 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (2.25%) Confluence
4 16 (1.90%) SAS
5 8 (0.95%) Apache
6 7 (0.83%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.59%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 5 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.24%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.12%) Jadu
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 115 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (3.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.19%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.47%) SPSS
8 3 (0.36%) MicroStation
9 1 (0.12%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 13 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
4 8 (0.95%) Oracle Cash Management
4 8 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
7 5 (0.59%) Oracle HRMS
8 4 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (0.36%) Maximo
9 3 (0.36%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.24%) iTrent
10 2 (0.24%) SAP Business One
11 1 (0.12%) Cognos Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
11 1 (0.12%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 539 (63.94%) Power Platform
2 211 (25.03%) Azure
3 76 (9.02%) Power Automate
4 73 (8.66%) PowerApps
5 71 (8.42%) Azure Data Factory
6 40 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
7 36 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (3.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 29 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (3.20%) Snowflake
11 25 (2.97%) OCI
12 21 (2.49%) AWS
13 19 (2.25%) Entra ID
14 17 (2.02%) Serverless
15 15 (1.78%) GCP
16 12 (1.42%) Azure Functions
17 9 (1.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 8 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
18 8 (0.95%) Google Sheets
18 8 (0.95%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.78%) Firewall
2 7 (0.83%) 3G
2 7 (0.83%) 4G
2 7 (0.83%) VPN
3 6 (0.71%) Unified Communications
4 4 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (0.47%) FTP
4 4 (0.47%) HTTP
4 4 (0.47%) MegaStream
4 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.47%) Wireless
5 3 (0.36%) DNS
5 3 (0.36%) LAN
5 3 (0.36%) WAN
6 2 (0.24%) Internet
6 2 (0.24%) Network Security
6 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.24%) SAN
6 2 (0.24%) VLAN
6 2 (0.24%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 531 (62.99%) Power BI
2 110 (13.05%) Data Warehouse
3 91 (10.79%) Tableau
4 82 (9.73%) SQL Server
5 66 (7.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 53 (6.29%) Data Lake
7 44 (5.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 35 (4.15%) Relational Database
9 29 (3.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 26 (3.08%) Power Query
11 24 (2.85%) Metadata
12 23 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 23 (2.73%) Oracle Reports
13 21 (2.49%) BusinessObjects
14 18 (2.14%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 17 (2.02%) MySQL
16 16 (1.90%) Big Data
16 16 (1.90%) Qlik Sense
17 14 (1.66%) Data Mining
18 12 (1.42%) GIS
Development Applications
1 48 (5.69%) JIRA
2 12 (1.42%) Git
2 12 (1.42%) Visual Studio
3 8 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 5 (0.59%) GitLab
4 5 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.36%) ER Studio
5 3 (0.36%) ERwin
5 3 (0.36%) Postman
6 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.24%) kappa
7 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.12%) GoCD
7 1 (0.12%) Gradle
7 1 (0.12%) JUnit
7 1 (0.12%) NUnit
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 286 (33.93%) Finance
2 229 (27.16%) Social Skills
3 208 (24.67%) Public Sector
4 205 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
5 155 (18.39%) Manufacturing
6 153 (18.15%) Marketing
7 147 (17.44%) Telecoms
8 133 (15.78%) Electronics
9 36 (4.27%) Retail
10 24 (2.85%) Legal
11 22 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
14 15 (1.78%) Local Government
15 14 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.07%) Banking
16 9 (1.07%) Law
16 9 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.83%) Back Office
17 7 (0.83%) Billing
Job Titles
1 213 (25.27%) Analyst
2 155 (18.39%) Developer
3 112 (13.29%) Data Analyst
4 100 (11.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 75 (8.90%) Architect
6 70 (8.30%) Senior
7 69 (8.19%) Power BI Developer
8 65 (7.71%) Data Engineer
9 48 (5.69%) Consultant
9 48 (5.69%) Lead
10 44 (5.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 44 (5.22%) Project Manager
11 37 (4.39%) Senior Analyst
12 31 (3.68%) Support Engineer
13 30 (3.56%) Data Architect
14 29 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
15 28 (3.32%) Business Analyst
16 23 (2.73%) Power BI Analyst
17 20 (2.37%) Azure Engineer
18 18 (2.14%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 17 (2.02%) HTML
3 16 (1.90%) .NET
4 15 (1.78%) CSS
5 13 (1.54%) XML
6 8 (0.95%) Web Services
7 6 (0.71%) ADO
7 6 (0.71%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.71%) SOAP
8 5 (0.59%) PySpark
8 5 (0.59%) REST
9 4 (0.47%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.47%) D3.js
9 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.47%) Middleware
10 3 (0.36%) Entity Framework
10 3 (0.36%) Flask
10 3 (0.36%) JSON
10 3 (0.36%) Pandas
10 3 (0.36%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 50 (5.93%) NHS
2 44 (5.22%) Management Information System
3 22 (2.61%) Data Structures
4 18 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.66%) CMDB
6 12 (1.42%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.19%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.07%) Life Science
8 9 (1.07%) LIMS
9 8 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (0.71%) Digital Signage
10 6 (0.71%) PKI
10 6 (0.71%) Smart Meter
11 5 (0.59%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.59%) DTCC
11 5 (0.59%) e-Health
11 5 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.59%) Market Risk
11 5 (0.59%) Social Media
12 4 (0.47%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.34%) Windows
2 17 (2.02%) Windows 10
3 13 (1.54%) Unix
4 12 (1.42%) Linux
5 10 (1.19%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.83%) VMS
7 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.59%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (23.13%) Analytics
2 147 (17.44%) Visualisation
3 142 (16.84%) Programme Management
4 138 (16.37%) Data Modelling
5 136 (16.13%) Digital Marketing
6 131 (15.54%) ETL
7 124 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
8 120 (14.23%) Data Analysis
9 115 (13.64%) Agile
10 88 (10.44%) Data Visualisation
11 84 (9.96%) Migration
12 73 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 72 (8.54%) Project Management
14 66 (7.83%) Data Management
15 61 (7.24%) DevOps
15 61 (7.24%) ERP
16 57 (6.76%) Data Analytics
17 55 (6.52%) Decision-Making
18 54 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
19 46 (5.46%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 312 (37.01%) SQL
2 93 (11.03%) Python
3 48 (5.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 38 (4.51%) T-SQL
5 25 (2.97%) C#
6 22 (2.61%) PowerShell
7 19 (2.25%) JavaScript
8 16 (1.90%) R
9 10 (1.19%) Java
9 10 (1.19%) PL/SQL
10 7 (0.83%) Scala
10 7 (0.83%) VBA
11 4 (0.47%) VB
12 2 (0.24%) ABAP
13 1 (0.12%) C
13 1 (0.12%) C++
13 1 (0.12%) Perl
13 1 (0.12%) PHP
13 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 127 (15.07%) Security Cleared
2 93 (11.03%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.95%) Degree
4 35 (4.15%) DV Cleared
5 16 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.19%) CISSP
8 9 (1.07%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.95%) PMI Certification
9 8 (0.95%) PMP
10 5 (0.59%) CESG Certified Professional
10 5 (0.59%) CISM
11 4 (0.47%) CLAS
11 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.36%) CIMA
12 3 (0.36%) HNC
12 3 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.36%) Postgraduate
12 3 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.83%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.80%) QA
3 23 (2.73%) PMO
4 19 (2.25%) SLA
5 17 (2.02%) GDPR
6 9 (1.07%) GxP
6 9 (1.07%) HL7
7 7 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.59%) GAMP
8 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.59%) JSP 440
8 5 (0.59%) RMADS
9 4 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.47%) NIST
9 4 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.12%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.59%) Docker
5 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) HDFS
7 1 (0.12%) NFS
7 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.47%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.47%) Terraform
4 3 (0.36%) Ansible
4 3 (0.36%) Nessus
5 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.24%) SysTrack
5 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.12%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.12%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.12%) SCCM
6 1 (0.12%) SCOM
6 1 (0.12%) VxRail
6 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 205 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 190 (22.54%) SAP
3 74 (8.78%) Oracle
4 43 (5.10%) Databricks
5 26 (3.08%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.49%) Remedy
7 18 (2.14%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.90%) Google
9 15 (1.78%) Alteryx
10 12 (1.42%) Atlassian
11 10 (1.19%) CA
12 9 (1.07%) VMware
13 7 (0.83%) Ab Initio
13 7 (0.83%) Dataiku
13 7 (0.83%) Informatica
13 7 (0.83%) Trillium
14 6 (0.71%) Cisco
14 6 (0.71%) Hyperion
14 6 (0.71%) IFS
15 5 (0.59%) Anaplan