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 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 416 475
Rank change year-on-year -88 +59 +158
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 41 103 92
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.33% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.35% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 70 59
10th Percentile £223 £261 £290
25th Percentile £300 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% -10.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £475 £560 £623
90th Percentile £560 £639 £650
UK median daily rate £388 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -13.89% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 3
10th Percentile - £23.04 £23.78
25th Percentile - £26.25 £26.98
Median hourly rate - £28.75 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year - -11.05% +69.30%
75th Percentile - £30.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £28.75 £32.32
% change year-on-year - -11.05% +69.30%

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 27,559 29,042 36,964
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 93.00% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,706 17,770 25,618
10th Percentile £281 £300 £295
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
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 1,648 1,096 1,418
10th Percentile £14.24 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.22 £19.30
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.11
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.32% +50.35%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +55.05%

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 14 November 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 14 November 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 -15 17 £425 -16.26% 12
South West -2 7 £465 +32.67%
South East -8 6 £210 -59.02% 15
North of England -52 6 £450 +54.64% 10
North West -25 3 £450 +25.70% 9
Midlands -31 3 £369 -4.22% 8
Yorkshire -40 3 £450 +86.11% 1
East Midlands -15 2 £369 +0.34% 1
East of England -16 1 £350 +7.69% 8
West Midlands -31 1 - - 7
Business Intelligence Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 41 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (87.80%) Power BI
2 36 (87.80%) Power Platform
3 29 (70.73%) SQL
4 19 (46.34%) Analytics
5 17 (41.46%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (36.59%) Decision-Making
7 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Excel
7 11 (26.83%) Python
7 11 (26.83%) Visualisation
8 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
9 9 (21.95%) Data Analysis
10 8 (19.51%) Dashboard Development
10 8 (19.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (19.51%) Data Engineering
10 8 (19.51%) Data Modelling
10 8 (19.51%) Tableau
11 7 (17.07%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (17.07%) ETL
11 7 (17.07%) Power Query
11 7 (17.07%) SharePoint
12 6 (14.63%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (12.20%) Agile
13 5 (12.20%) CRM
13 5 (12.20%) Data Analytics
13 5 (12.20%) Data Visualisation
13 5 (12.20%) SAP
13 5 (12.20%) Snowflake
13 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 4 (9.76%) Azure

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 (17.07%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 36 (87.80%) Power Platform
2 6 (14.63%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (12.20%) Snowflake
4 4 (9.76%) Azure
5 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.88%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (4.88%) Contentsquare
6 2 (4.88%) GCP
6 2 (4.88%) Google Analytics
6 2 (4.88%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.44%) AWS
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.44%) Collibra
7 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (87.80%) Power BI
2 8 (19.51%) Tableau
3 7 (17.07%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (17.07%) Power Query
4 4 (9.76%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (4.88%) Metadata
5 2 (4.88%) MySQL
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (2.44%) BigQuery
6 1 (2.44%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.44%) Data Mining
6 1 (2.44%) Looker
6 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (2.44%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (2.44%) QlikView
6 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 14 (34.15%) Finance
2 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 12 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
4 5 (12.20%) Retail
5 2 (4.88%) Banking
5 2 (4.88%) Electronics
5 2 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.88%) Local Government
5 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.44%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.44%) AI Agents
2 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.44%) DataPower
2 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.44%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.44%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (46.34%) Analytics
3 17 (41.46%) Actionable Insight
4 15 (36.59%) Decision-Making
5 11 (26.83%) Visualisation
6 9 (21.95%) Data Analysis
7 8 (19.51%) Dashboard Development
7 8 (19.51%) Data Engineering
7 8 (19.51%) Data Modelling
8 7 (17.07%) ETL
9 5 (12.20%) Agile
9 5 (12.20%) CRM
9 5 (12.20%) Data Analytics
9 5 (12.20%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (9.76%) Data Validation
10 4 (9.76%) Logistics
10 4 (9.76%) Migration
10 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (9.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 29 (70.73%) SQL
2 11 (26.83%) Python
3 8 (19.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.44%) C#
5 1 (2.44%) Java
5 1 (2.44%) R
5 1 (2.44%) SAPscript
5 1 (2.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.88%) PMO
2 2 (4.88%) QA
3 1 (2.44%) GDPR
3 1 (2.44%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) SAP
3 3 (7.32%) Google
4 2 (4.88%) Adobe
4 2 (4.88%) Alteryx
4 2 (4.88%) Databricks
5 1 (2.44%) Cognos
5 1 (2.44%) ForgeRock
5 1 (2.44%) Micro Focus
5 1 (2.44%) NetIQ
5 1 (2.44%) Okta
5 1 (2.44%) Sage