Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

BI Analyst
UK > England

The median BI Analyst daily rate in England is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 461 442
Rank change year-on-year -95 -19 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 69 46 84
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.17% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.18% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 35 59
10th Percentile £216 £243 £313
25th Percentile £338 £288 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% -26.32% -
75th Percentile £544 £475 £619
90th Percentile £600 £540 £650
UK median daily rate £456 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +21.67% -21.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile - £23.88 £23.88
25th Percentile - £25.19 £27.81
Median hourly rate £35.00 £28.06 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.75% -6.48% -7.18%
75th Percentile - £31.60 -
90th Percentile £44.00 £33.31 -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £28.06 £30.00
% change year-on-year +24.75% -6.48% -7.18%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 42,206 25,233 30,946
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 91.57% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,476 16,290 20,133
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,208 1,360 1,737
10th Percentile £15.24 £13.55 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.79 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £26.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.46% -42.22% +6.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £66.33
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% +2.38%

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 21 August 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst in England over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Intelligence Analyst 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 21 August 2026. 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 -72 32 £450 +20.00% 7
North of England -66 18 £485 +4.86% 10
Yorkshire -35 12 £425 -8.11% 3
Midlands -44 8 £356 -8.06% 4
North West -38 6 £500 +19.40% 7
South West -46 5 £600 +29.03% 8
West Midlands -47 5 £350 -
South East -69 5 £534 +77.92% 7
East Midlands -17 3 £363 -6.45% 4
East of England -14 1 - - 1
Business Intelligence Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 2026, 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 69 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (55.07%) Power BI
2 38 (55.07%) Power Platform
3 37 (53.62%) SQL
4 29 (42.03%) Analytics
5 27 (39.13%) Data Modelling
6 18 (26.09%) Dashboard Development
7 17 (24.64%) Agile
7 17 (24.64%) ETL
7 17 (24.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (23.19%) Data Analysis
8 16 (23.19%) Visualisation
9 15 (21.74%) Microsoft Excel
10 14 (20.29%) Actionable Insight
10 14 (20.29%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (18.84%) Decision-Making
12 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (17.39%) Tableau
13 10 (14.49%) Data Quality
14 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (13.04%) Data Analytics
14 9 (13.04%) Data Lake
14 9 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
14 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 8 (11.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (11.59%) Data Visualisation
15 8 (11.59%) Databricks
15 8 (11.59%) JIRA
15 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
15 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared

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 6 (8.70%) Confluence
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.45%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.45%) Primavera
2 1 (1.45%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 38 (55.07%) Power Platform
2 8 (11.59%) Snowflake
3 7 (10.14%) AWS
4 6 (8.70%) Azure
5 4 (5.80%) Power Automate
6 3 (4.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (4.35%) Amazon S3
6 3 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (4.35%) SaaS
6 3 (4.35%) Serverless
6 3 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.90%) GCP
8 1 (1.45%) Blackbaud
8 1 (1.45%) dbt
8 1 (1.45%) Google Data Studio
8 1 (1.45%) Google Gemini
8 1 (1.45%) Google Sheets
8 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.45%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (55.07%) Power BI
2 14 (20.29%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (17.39%) Tableau
4 9 (13.04%) Data Lake
5 7 (10.14%) Power Query
5 7 (10.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (8.70%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (8.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (7.25%) Looker
8 3 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (2.90%) BigQuery
9 2 (2.90%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (1.45%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (1.45%) GIS
10 1 (1.45%) Metadata
10 1 (1.45%) PowerPivot
10 1 (1.45%) QlikView
10 1 (1.45%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (11.59%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 30 (43.48%) Finance
2 19 (27.54%) Social Skills
3 15 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (15.94%) Manufacturing
5 10 (14.49%) Banking
6 8 (11.59%) Retail
7 7 (10.14%) Marketing
7 7 (10.14%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.35%) Law
9 2 (2.90%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.90%) Local Government
10 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.45%) Legal
10 1 (1.45%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (2.90%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (2.90%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.45%) FMCG
2 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (42.03%) Analytics
3 27 (39.13%) Data Modelling
4 18 (26.09%) Dashboard Development
5 17 (24.64%) Agile
5 17 (24.64%) ETL
5 17 (24.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (23.19%) Data Analysis
6 16 (23.19%) Visualisation
7 14 (20.29%) Actionable Insight
8 13 (18.84%) Decision-Making
9 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (13.04%) Data Analytics
10 9 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (11.59%) Data Visualisation
11 8 (11.59%) Workshop Facilitation
12 7 (10.14%) AI
12 7 (10.14%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 37 (53.62%) SQL
2 8 (11.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (10.14%) Python
4 1 (1.45%) LookML
4 1 (1.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.80%) Degree
4 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.49%) Data Quality
2 7 (10.14%) PMO
3 2 (2.90%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.45%) GDPR
4 1 (1.45%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (11.59%) Databricks
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.35%) Alteryx
2 3 (4.35%) Google
2 3 (4.35%) SAP
3 1 (1.45%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.45%) NEC