Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

BI Analyst
UK > England

The median BI Analyst daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 468 442
Rank change year-on-year -101 -26 +57
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 62 39 90
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.14% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 30 56
10th Percentile £213 £231 £316
25th Percentile £316 £281 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £331 £455
Median % change year-on-year +35.85% -27.20% -9.00%
75th Percentile £550 £467 £613
90th Percentile £604 £528 £644
UK median daily rate £450 £344 £468
% change year-on-year +30.91% -26.47% -1.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £20.54
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £28.75
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile £44.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 - £28.75
% change year-on-year - - -11.05%

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 42,921 25,440 30,511
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 91.33% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,465 16,413 18,833
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.11%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £735 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,560 1,395 1,422
10th Percentile £14.82 £13.76 £14.84
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.44 £21.37
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -45.54% +2.62%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.10 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -3.37%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 -83 30 £388 +10.71% 52
North of England -54 12 £500 +11.11% 30
Midlands -39 8 £356 -8.06% 23
Yorkshire -34 6 - - 13
North West -50 6 £500 +11.11% 16
West Midlands -35 5 £350 - 19
South West -38 5 £600 +31.15% 13
South East -72 5 £630 +152.00% 35
East Midlands -9 3 £363 -6.45% 4
East of England -33 1 - - 12
Business Intelligence Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 September 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 62 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (58.06%) Power BI
2 36 (58.06%) Power Platform
3 34 (54.84%) Analytics
3 34 (54.84%) SQL
4 26 (41.94%) Data Modelling
5 18 (29.03%) Decision-Making
6 17 (27.42%) Data Analysis
6 17 (27.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (25.81%) Agile
7 16 (25.81%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (24.19%) Actionable Insight
8 15 (24.19%) Dashboard Development
9 13 (20.97%) Visualisation
10 12 (19.35%) Data Quality
10 12 (19.35%) ETL
10 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
11 11 (17.74%) JIRA
11 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (17.74%) Snowflake
11 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (16.13%) AI
12 10 (16.13%) Microsoft
12 10 (16.13%) Python
13 9 (14.52%) Confluence
13 9 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (14.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (14.52%) Data Analytics
13 9 (14.52%) Requirements Gathering
13 9 (14.52%) Tableau

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 9 (14.52%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.61%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.61%) Primavera
2 1 (1.61%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 36 (58.06%) Power Platform
2 11 (17.74%) Snowflake
3 6 (9.68%) Azure
4 4 (6.45%) AWS
5 3 (4.84%) Power Automate
5 3 (4.84%) SaaS
6 2 (3.23%) GitHub
7 1 (1.61%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.61%) Blackbaud
7 1 (1.61%) dbt
7 1 (1.61%) GCP
7 1 (1.61%) Google Gemini
7 1 (1.61%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.61%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.61%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (58.06%) Power BI
2 16 (25.81%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (14.52%) Tableau
4 8 (12.90%) Data Lake
4 8 (12.90%) Power Query
5 7 (11.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (9.68%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (9.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (9.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (6.45%) Looker
8 2 (3.23%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (3.23%) SQL Server
8 2 (3.23%) Star Schema
9 1 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (1.61%) BigQuery
9 1 (1.61%) DynamoDB
9 1 (1.61%) GIS
9 1 (1.61%) QlikView
9 1 (1.61%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 11 (17.74%) JIRA
General
1 26 (41.94%) Finance
2 17 (27.42%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (19.35%) Banking
5 11 (17.74%) Manufacturing
6 7 (11.29%) Marketing
6 7 (11.29%) Retail
7 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.23%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (3.23%) Law
8 2 (3.23%) Legal
8 2 (3.23%) Local Government
9 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.61%) Automotive
9 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) Model Context Protocol
1 1 (1.61%) REST
1 1 (1.61%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (3.23%) DataPower
1 2 (3.23%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
1 2 (3.23%) Product Ownership
1 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.61%) AI Agents
2 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (54.84%) Analytics
3 26 (41.94%) Data Modelling
4 18 (29.03%) Decision-Making
5 17 (27.42%) Data Analysis
5 17 (27.42%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (25.81%) Agile
7 15 (24.19%) Actionable Insight
7 15 (24.19%) Dashboard Development
8 13 (20.97%) Visualisation
9 12 (19.35%) ETL
10 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (17.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (16.13%) AI
12 9 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (14.52%) Data Analytics
12 9 (14.52%) Requirements Gathering
13 8 (12.90%) Workshop Facilitation
14 7 (11.29%) Data Transformation
14 7 (11.29%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 34 (54.84%) SQL
2 10 (16.13%) Python
3 9 (14.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.61%) LookML
Qualifications
1 4 (6.45%) Degree
2 3 (4.84%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.35%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.84%) PMO
3 2 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.61%) GDPR
4 1 (1.61%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.90%) Databricks
3 3 (4.84%) SAP
4 2 (3.23%) Alteryx
4 2 (3.23%) Google
4 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.61%) Braze
5 1 (1.61%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.61%) Informatica
5 1 (1.61%) NEC