Business Intelligence Consultant Contracts in England

BI Consultant
UK > England

The median BI Consultant daily rate in England is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 506 605
Rank change year-on-year +15 +99 +154
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Consultant 12 28 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.084% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.090% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 21 17
10th Percentile £433 £413 £456
25th Percentile £456 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +3.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £538
90th Percentile £500 £639 £628
UK median daily rate £475 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -7.77% +3.00% -

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 25,317 31,120 43,058
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.68% 92.89% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,428 20,500 30,340
10th Percentile £286 £300 £306
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,309 1,828 1,343
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.16 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.73% +5.88% +66.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

Business Intelligence Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Business Intelligence Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Consultant in England

Business Intelligence Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence Consultant in England

Business Intelligence Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence Consultant in England

Business Intelligence Consultant
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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
North of England -15 6 £475 - 4
London -4 4 £413 -25.00% 6
Yorkshire -5 3 £475 - 4
North West -6 3 £475 +1.33%
East of England - 2 £450 -
Business Intelligence Consultant
UK

Business Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 August 2025, Business Intelligence Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Business Intelligence Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (66.67%) Analytics
3 6 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (41.67%) Finance
4 5 (41.67%) Power BI
4 5 (41.67%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (41.67%) Power Platform
5 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 4 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
6 3 (25.00%) ETL
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle
6 3 (25.00%) Agile
6 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (25.00%) Azure
6 3 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
6 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
7 2 (16.67%) Data Lake
7 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (16.67%) Snowflake
7 2 (16.67%) Visualisation

Business Intelligence Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (8.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Power Platform
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (16.67%) Snowflake
4 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Power BI
2 4 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (16.67%) Data Lake
5 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (8.33%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (8.33%) Metadata
5 1 (8.33%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (8.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (8.33%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (8.33%) Power Query
5 1 (8.33%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (8.33%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
5 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Clustering
2 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (8.33%) FMCG
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Low-Code
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (66.67%) Analytics
3 5 (41.67%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 3 (25.00%) Agile
5 3 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (25.00%) ETL
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
7 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (8.33%) Data Science
7 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (8.33%) Storytelling
7 1 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
7 1 (8.33%) Value Proposition
7 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) Informatica
2 1 (8.33%) SAP