Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

BI Analyst
UK > England

The median BI Analyst daily rate in England is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 435 476
Rank change year-on-year -69 +41 +168
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 40 83 87
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.29% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.31% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 60 60
10th Percentile £246 £263 £303
25th Percentile £309 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £475 £560 £605
90th Percentile £570 £639 £650
UK median daily rate £406 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -9.72% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £21.76 £23.78
25th Percentile - £24.65 £26.98
Median hourly rate £16.97 £27.50 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -38.29% -14.91% -
75th Percentile - £29.06 -
90th Percentile - £29.63 -
UK median hourly rate £16.97 £27.50 £32.32
% change year-on-year -38.29% -14.91% -

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 28,653 26,631 34,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.94% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,270 16,563 23,658
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
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 1,769 838 1,330
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%
75th Percentile £60.61 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +50.00%

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 22 December 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 22 December 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 17 £431 -16.26% 8
North of England -44 9 £394 +18.24% 12
South West -2 6 £525 +49.79%
North West -28 5 £319 +9.54% 7
South East -29 4 £275 -46.34% 8
Yorkshire -44 4 £450 +20.00% 5
East Midlands -20 2 £369 +0.34% 2
Midlands -44 2 £369 -11.68% 7
East of England - 1 £350 - 1
Business Intelligence Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 December 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 22 (55.00%) SQL
4 17 (42.50%) Analytics
5 15 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
6 14 (35.00%) Decision-Making
7 10 (25.00%) Data Analysis
7 10 (25.00%) Visualisation
8 9 (22.50%) Microsoft
8 9 (22.50%) Python
9 8 (20.00%) Data Modelling
9 8 (20.00%) Tableau
10 7 (17.50%) Dashboard Development
10 7 (17.50%) Data Engineering
10 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Excel
11 6 (15.00%) User Experience
12 5 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (12.50%) Data Quality
12 5 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
12 5 (12.50%) ETL
13 4 (10.00%) Data Analytics
13 4 (10.00%) Data Management
13 4 (10.00%) Google
13 4 (10.00%) Logistics
13 4 (10.00%) Migration
13 4 (10.00%) Power Query
13 4 (10.00%) SAP
13 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
13 4 (10.00%) 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 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 35 (87.50%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.50%) Azure
2 3 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (7.50%) Google Analytics
2 3 (7.50%) Snowflake
3 2 (5.00%) Adobe Analytics
3 2 (5.00%) Contentsquare
3 2 (5.00%) GCP
3 2 (5.00%) Google Tag Manager
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.50%) Collibra
4 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (87.50%) Power BI
2 8 (20.00%) Tableau
3 4 (10.00%) Power Query
4 3 (7.50%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (5.00%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (5.00%) Metadata
6 1 (2.50%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (2.50%) BigQuery
6 1 (2.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.50%) Data Mining
6 1 (2.50%) Looker
6 1 (2.50%) MySQL
6 1 (2.50%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (2.50%) QlikView
6 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 13 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.50%) Retail
5 2 (5.00%) Banking
5 2 (5.00%) Electronics
5 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Local Government
6 1 (2.50%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.50%) AI Agents
2 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.50%) DataPower
2 1 (2.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (2.50%) Life Science
2 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (42.50%) Analytics
3 15 (37.50%) Actionable Insight
4 14 (35.00%) Decision-Making
5 10 (25.00%) Data Analysis
5 10 (25.00%) Visualisation
6 8 (20.00%) Data Modelling
7 7 (17.50%) Dashboard Development
7 7 (17.50%) Data Engineering
8 6 (15.00%) User Experience
9 5 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (12.50%) ETL
10 4 (10.00%) Data Analytics
10 4 (10.00%) Data Management
10 4 (10.00%) Logistics
10 4 (10.00%) Migration
10 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (7.50%) Business Analysis
11 3 (7.50%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (55.00%) SQL
2 9 (22.50%) Python
3 5 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.50%) C#
5 1 (2.50%) R
5 1 (2.50%) SAPscript
5 1 (2.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.50%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.50%) GDPR
3 1 (2.50%) PMO
3 1 (2.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) Google
2 4 (10.00%) SAP
3 2 (5.00%) Adobe
3 2 (5.00%) Alteryx
3 2 (5.00%) Databricks
4 1 (2.50%) Cognos
4 1 (2.50%) ForgeRock
4 1 (2.50%) Micro Focus
4 1 (2.50%) NetIQ
4 1 (2.50%) Okta
4 1 (2.50%) Sage