Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

BI Analyst
England > London

The median BI Analyst daily rate in London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 353 331
Rank change year-on-year -69 -22 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 31 20 46
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.15% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.16% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 16 30
10th Percentile £213 £258 £350
25th Percentile £271 £274 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £468
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -25.13% -8.78%
75th Percentile £488 £483 £613
90th Percentile £600 £588 £641
England median daily rate £450 £344 £455
% change year-on-year +30.91% -24.45% -4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 - £28.75
% change year-on-year - - -11.05%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 18,991 12,491 15,335
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 92.75% 94.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,268 8,370 10,243
10th Percentile £363 £331 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.35% -3.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 206 181
10th Percentile £17.39 £17.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £30.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.23% -13.57% -5.25%
75th Percentile £63.10 £51.81 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.54 £75.00
England median hourly rate £44.46 £25.15 £46.71
% change year-on-year +76.76% -46.16% +3.81%

Business Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancy trend in London

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in London

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst in London over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Analyst in London

Business Intelligence Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in London

Business Intelligence Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Central London -19 7 £225 -17.88% 5
East London - 1 £350 -
North London - 1 £450 -
South London - 1 £463 -
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 London region featuring Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (74.19%) SQL
3 19 (61.29%) Power BI
3 19 (61.29%) Power Platform
4 18 (58.06%) Analytics
5 13 (41.94%) Data Modelling
6 12 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (35.48%) Visualisation
8 10 (32.26%) Agile
8 10 (32.26%) ETL
9 9 (29.03%) Data Analysis
9 9 (29.03%) Decision-Making
10 8 (25.81%) Dashboard Development
10 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
10 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (22.58%) Data Integration
11 7 (22.58%) Data Quality
11 7 (22.58%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (22.58%) Requirements Gathering
11 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (22.58%) Tableau
12 6 (19.35%) Actionable Insight
12 6 (19.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (19.35%) Data Visualisation
13 5 (16.13%) AWS
13 5 (16.13%) Azure
13 5 (16.13%) Confluence
13 5 (16.13%) Data Analytics
13 5 (16.13%) Data Lake

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 5 (16.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) NEC Housing
1 1 (3.23%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 19 (61.29%) Power Platform
2 5 (16.13%) AWS
2 5 (16.13%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) Snowflake
3 2 (6.45%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.23%) Blackbaud
4 1 (3.23%) dbt
4 1 (3.23%) GitHub
4 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.23%) SaaS
4 1 (3.23%) Serverless
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (61.29%) Power BI
2 7 (22.58%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (22.58%) Tableau
3 5 (16.13%) Data Lake
3 5 (16.13%) Power Query
4 3 (9.68%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (9.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (9.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (9.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (6.45%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (3.23%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (3.23%) DynamoDB
6 1 (3.23%) GIS
6 1 (3.23%) QlikView
6 1 (3.23%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
General
1 12 (38.71%) Finance
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (32.26%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Banking
4 6 (19.35%) Marketing
5 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 4 (12.90%) Retail
6 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
7 2 (6.45%) Legal
7 2 (6.45%) Local Government
8 1 (3.23%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (6.45%) DataPower
1 2 (6.45%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
1 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.23%) FMCG
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (58.06%) Analytics
3 13 (41.94%) Data Modelling
4 12 (38.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (35.48%) Visualisation
6 10 (32.26%) Agile
6 10 (32.26%) ETL
7 9 (29.03%) Data Analysis
7 9 (29.03%) Decision-Making
8 8 (25.81%) Dashboard Development
8 8 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (22.58%) Data Integration
9 7 (22.58%) Requirements Gathering
9 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (19.35%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (19.35%) Data Visualisation
11 5 (16.13%) Data Analytics
11 5 (16.13%) Data Transformation
12 4 (12.90%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 23 (74.19%) SQL
2 6 (19.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (16.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
1 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (22.58%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.23%) PMO
3 1 (3.23%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Databricks
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.45%) Alteryx
3 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.23%) NEC