Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

BI Analyst
UK > England

The median BI Analyst daily rate in England is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 413 477
Rank change year-on-year -109 +64 +144
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 38 72 82
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.29% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 48 55
10th Percentile £255 £259 £288
25th Percentile £316 £355 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £458 £524 £600
90th Percentile £531 £638 -
UK median daily rate £380 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -15.56% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £17.02 £23.04 £11.09
25th Percentile £17.09 £26.25 £17.87
Median hourly rate £17.25 £28.05 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -38.50% +3.97% -65.93%
75th Percentile £17.92 £28.75 £32.32
90th Percentile £18.91 £31.45 -
UK median hourly rate £17.25 £28.05 £26.98
% change year-on-year -38.50% +3.97% -65.93%

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 30,051 24,610 34,881
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 93.02% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,167 15,177 23,548
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,853 739 1,944
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.98 £13.31
25th Percentile £18.57 £21.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.57 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -13.33% +7.14%

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 28 January 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
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 28 January 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 -43 18 £405 -21.36% 3
North of England -56 10 £300 +3.09% 15
South West -17 6 £450 +5.82% 3
North West -25 6 £300 +3.09% 14
Yorkshire -52 4 £375 - 1
Midlands -53 2 £350 -9.09% 10
South East -30 1 £250 -33.33% 3
East Midlands -35 1 £350 -4.76% 2
West Midlands -37 1 - - 8
Business Intelligence Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 January 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 38 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (89.47%) Power BI
2 34 (89.47%) Power Platform
3 18 (47.37%) SQL
4 15 (39.47%) Decision-Making
5 14 (36.84%) Analytics
6 13 (34.21%) Actionable Insight
7 11 (28.95%) Data Modelling
7 11 (28.95%) Visualisation
8 9 (23.68%) Dashboard Development
8 9 (23.68%) Data Analysis
8 9 (23.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 9 (23.68%) Python
8 9 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (21.05%) Data Visualisation
9 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
10 6 (15.79%) Data Quality
10 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
11 5 (13.16%) Agile
11 5 (13.16%) AI
11 5 (13.16%) Asset Management
11 5 (13.16%) Azure
11 5 (13.16%) ETL
11 5 (13.16%) Power Query
11 5 (13.16%) Requirements Gathering
11 5 (13.16%) SAP
12 4 (10.53%) Data Engineering
12 4 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
12 4 (10.53%) 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 2 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (89.47%) Power Platform
2 5 (13.16%) Azure
3 3 (7.89%) Google Analytics
4 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.26%) Google Tag Manager
4 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.26%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.63%) GCP
5 1 (2.63%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (89.47%) Power BI
2 5 (13.16%) Power Query
3 4 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (10.53%) Tableau
4 2 (5.26%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.63%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (2.63%) BigQuery
5 1 (2.63%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.63%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (2.63%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.63%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.63%) Looker
5 1 (2.63%) Metadata
5 1 (2.63%) MySQL
5 1 (2.63%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (2.63%) QlikView
5 1 (2.63%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Git
General
1 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (21.05%) Finance
4 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Spanish Language
6 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.63%) Banking
6 1 (2.63%) Billing
6 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Legal
6 1 (2.63%) Local Government
6 1 (2.63%) Marketing
6 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.63%) Publishing
6 1 (2.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Pandas
1 1 (2.63%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.63%) AI Agents
1 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
1 1 (2.63%) DataPower
1 1 (2.63%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (2.63%) Life Science
1 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (39.47%) Decision-Making
3 14 (36.84%) Analytics
4 13 (34.21%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (28.95%) Data Modelling
5 11 (28.95%) Visualisation
6 9 (23.68%) Dashboard Development
6 9 (23.68%) Data Analysis
6 9 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (21.05%) Data Visualisation
8 5 (13.16%) Agile
8 5 (13.16%) AI
8 5 (13.16%) Asset Management
8 5 (13.16%) ETL
8 5 (13.16%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (10.53%) Data Engineering
9 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (10.53%) User Experience
9 4 (10.53%) Validation
10 3 (7.89%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 18 (47.37%) SQL
2 9 (23.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 9 (23.68%) Python
3 2 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.63%) C#
4 1 (2.63%) R
4 1 (2.63%) SAPscript
4 1 (2.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.63%) ACCA
2 1 (2.63%) CIMA
2 1 (2.63%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.89%) PMO
3 2 (5.26%) QA
4 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) SAP
3 3 (7.89%) Databricks
3 3 (7.89%) Google
4 2 (5.26%) Planview
5 1 (2.63%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.63%) Cognos
5 1 (2.63%) ForgeRock
5 1 (2.63%) Micro Focus
5 1 (2.63%) NetIQ
5 1 (2.63%) Okta
5 1 (2.63%) Sage