Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

BI Analyst
UK > England

The median BI Analyst daily rate in England is £385, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 410 491
Rank change year-on-year -77 +81 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 40 99 90
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.31% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.34% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 63 54
10th Percentile £223 £291 £315
25th Percentile £300 £366 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% -12.20% +13.89%
75th Percentile £475 £591 £634
90th Percentile £560 £648 £650
UK median daily rate £388 £468 £500
% change year-on-year -17.11% -6.50% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 4
10th Percentile - £23.04 £23.28
25th Percentile - £26.25 £25.74
Median hourly rate - £28.75 £29.76
Median % change year-on-year - -3.39% +55.89%
75th Percentile - £30.00 £32.32
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £28.75 £29.76
% change year-on-year - -3.39% +55.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,975 29,367 38,325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 93.01% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,694 17,934 26,701
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £404 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,490 1,173 1,410
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.34 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.55
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -6.69% +57.49%
75th Percentile £50.94 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.78%

Business Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in England

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst in England over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Analyst in England

Business Intelligence Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in England

Business Intelligence Analyst
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 Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
London -20 18 £405 -19.00% 38
South West +11 7 £465 +37.68% 5
South East +1 6 £210 -59.02% 29
North of England -45 6 £450 +12.50% 20
North West -24 3 £450 +5.88% 18
Yorkshire -31 3 £450 +20.00% 2
Midlands -33 2 £388 +0.65% 6
East of England -3 1 £350 +7.69% 3
East Midlands -11 1 £388 +5.44% 1
West Midlands -14 1 - - 5
Business Intelligence Analyst
UK

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 October 2025, Business Intelligence Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 40 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 35 (87.50%) Power BI
2 35 (87.50%) Power Platform
3 29 (72.50%) SQL
4 19 (47.50%) Analytics
5 17 (42.50%) Actionable Insight
6 14 (35.00%) Decision-Making
7 12 (30.00%) Visualisation
8 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
9 10 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 10 (25.00%) Python
10 9 (22.50%) Data Modelling
11 8 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
11 8 (20.00%) Data Analysis
11 8 (20.00%) Data Engineering
11 8 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (20.00%) Power Query
11 8 (20.00%) Tableau
12 7 (17.50%) SharePoint
13 6 (15.00%) Agile
13 6 (15.00%) Data Visualisation
13 6 (15.00%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (15.00%) ETL
14 5 (12.50%) Azure
14 5 (12.50%) CRM
14 5 (12.50%) Data Analytics
14 5 (12.50%) Data Validation
14 5 (12.50%) Migration
14 5 (12.50%) Snowflake

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (17.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 35 (87.50%) Power Platform
2 6 (15.00%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (12.50%) Azure
3 5 (12.50%) Snowflake
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.00%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (5.00%) AWS
5 2 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (5.00%) Contentsquare
5 2 (5.00%) GCP
5 2 (5.00%) Google Analytics
5 2 (5.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.50%) Collibra
6 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (87.50%) Power BI
2 8 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (20.00%) Power Query
2 8 (20.00%) Tableau
3 4 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (5.00%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (5.00%) Metadata
5 1 (2.50%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.50%) BigQuery
5 1 (2.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.50%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.50%) Looker
5 1 (2.50%) MySQL
5 1 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.50%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (2.50%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.00%) Finance
1 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.00%) Retail
4 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.00%) Banking
5 2 (5.00%) Electronics
5 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Local Government
6 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.50%) DataPower
2 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.50%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (47.50%) Analytics
3 17 (42.50%) Actionable Insight
4 14 (35.00%) Decision-Making
5 12 (30.00%) Visualisation
6 9 (22.50%) Data Modelling
7 8 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
7 8 (20.00%) Data Analysis
7 8 (20.00%) Data Engineering
8 6 (15.00%) Agile
8 6 (15.00%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (15.00%) ETL
9 5 (12.50%) CRM
9 5 (12.50%) Data Analytics
9 5 (12.50%) Data Validation
9 5 (12.50%) Migration
9 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (12.50%) Validation
10 4 (10.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (72.50%) SQL
2 10 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 10 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.50%) C#
4 1 (2.50%) Java
4 1 (2.50%) R
4 1 (2.50%) SAPscript
4 1 (2.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.50%) QA
3 2 (5.00%) PMO
4 1 (2.50%) GDPR
4 1 (2.50%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) SAP
3 3 (7.50%) Google
4 2 (5.00%) Adobe
4 2 (5.00%) Alteryx
4 2 (5.00%) Databricks
5 1 (2.50%) Cognos
5 1 (2.50%) ForgeRock
5 1 (2.50%) Micro Focus
5 1 (2.50%) NetIQ
5 1 (2.50%) Okta