Business Intelligence Lead Contract Job Trends in England

BI Leader
UK > England

The median BI Leader daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 503 568
Rank change year-on-year -6 +65 +169
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Lead 13 9 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.045% 0.029% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.031% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 9
10th Percentile £493 - £400
25th Percentile £519 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -2.70% -10.63%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £618
90th Percentile - £685 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +22.22% -2.70% -9.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £33.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £33.75 -

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 26,518 28,943 37,509
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 93.00% 93.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,019 17,661 26,067
10th Percentile £281 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
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 1,554 1,102 1,422
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.07 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £21.06 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £46.03
Median % change year-on-year -39.05% -10.35% +53.43%
75th Percentile £51.44 £66.46 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £74.99 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +57.89%

Business Intelligence Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Business Intelligence Lead job vacancy trend in England

Business Intelligence Lead
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Lead job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Lead job vacancies in England

Business Intelligence Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Lead in England over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Lead in England

Business Intelligence Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Lead job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Lead job vacancies in England

Business Intelligence Lead
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 Lead within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 8 £550 -24.14% 4
Midlands -25 2 £550 +22.22%
West Midlands -29 2 £550 +22.22%
South West - 2 £600 -
North of England -35 1 £475 - 1
North West - 1 £475 - 1
Business Intelligence Lead
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, Business Intelligence Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (92.31%) Power BI
2 12 (92.31%) Power Platform
3 8 (61.54%) Data Modelling
4 6 (46.15%) Analytics
4 6 (46.15%) SQL
5 5 (38.46%) ETL
5 5 (38.46%) Python
6 4 (30.77%) Data Governance
6 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
7 3 (23.08%) AI
7 3 (23.08%) AWS
7 3 (23.08%) Azure
7 3 (23.08%) Dashboard Development
7 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
7 3 (23.08%) Data Integration
7 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (23.08%) Migration
7 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
7 3 (23.08%) Snowflake
7 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (23.08%) Storytelling
7 3 (23.08%) Systems Thinking
7 3 (23.08%) Tableau
8 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (15.38%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (15.38%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory

Business Intelligence Lead 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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 12 (92.31%) Power Platform
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Snowflake
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.69%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
4 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (92.31%) Power BI
2 3 (23.08%) Tableau
3 2 (15.38%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (15.38%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (15.38%) Snowflake Schema
3 2 (15.38%) Spotfire
4 1 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Tech for Good
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (61.54%) Data Modelling
3 6 (46.15%) Analytics
4 5 (38.46%) ETL
5 4 (30.77%) Data Governance
5 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
6 3 (23.08%) AI
6 3 (23.08%) Dashboard Development
6 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
6 3 (23.08%) Data Integration
6 3 (23.08%) Migration
6 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
6 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (23.08%) Storytelling
6 3 (23.08%) Systems Thinking
7 2 (15.38%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (15.38%) Dimensional Modelling
7 2 (15.38%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (15.38%) IronPython
3 2 (15.38%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) SAP