Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

BI Analyst
England > London

The median BI Analyst daily rate in London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 331 356
Rank change year-on-year -22 +25 +151
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 19 32 39
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.24% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 22 30
10th Percentile £333 £363 £353
25th Percentile £363 £391 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £515 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.48% -14.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £460 £568 £615
90th Percentile £548 £638 £650
England median daily rate £406 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -9.72% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.19 - -
Median hourly rate £19.38 - -
75th Percentile £19.56 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.25 £27.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year -37.27% +1.93% -65.93%

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 13,269 13,107 16,957
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 93.57% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,794 8,428 12,231
10th Percentile £350 £339 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 143 258
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.15 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.55 £23.80 £19.10
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £31.61
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +10.74% -7.04%
75th Percentile £62.63 £53.75 £53.69
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.35 £70.60
England median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £41.23
% change year-on-year -20.00% -15.11% +17.80%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -2 2 - - 2
East London - 1 - - 2
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 January 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 19 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (89.47%) Power BI
2 17 (89.47%) Power Platform
3 10 (52.63%) SQL
4 8 (42.11%) Analytics
5 7 (36.84%) Data Modelling
6 6 (31.58%) Actionable Insight
6 6 (31.58%) Dashboard Development
6 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
6 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (26.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 5 (26.32%) Visualisation
8 4 (21.05%) Agile
8 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
8 4 (21.05%) Data Engineering
8 4 (21.05%) ETL
8 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
8 4 (21.05%) Power Query
9 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
9 3 (15.79%) Azure
9 3 (15.79%) Data Management
9 3 (15.79%) Data Quality
9 3 (15.79%) JIRA
9 3 (15.79%) PMO
9 3 (15.79%) Python
9 3 (15.79%) User Experience
10 2 (10.53%) AI
10 2 (10.53%) Alteryx
10 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (10.53%) Behavioural Analytics

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 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 17 (89.47%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (10.53%) GCP
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.26%) Collibra
4 1 (5.26%) Google Analytics
4 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.26%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (89.47%) Power BI
2 4 (21.05%) Power Query
3 2 (10.53%) Metadata
3 2 (10.53%) Tableau
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (5.26%) BigQuery
4 1 (5.26%) Data Mining
4 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.26%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (5.26%) QlikView
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Spanish Language
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Local Government
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.26%) Publishing
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (42.11%) Analytics
3 7 (36.84%) Data Modelling
4 6 (31.58%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (31.58%) Dashboard Development
4 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
4 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (26.32%) Visualisation
6 4 (21.05%) Agile
6 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
6 4 (21.05%) Data Engineering
6 4 (21.05%) ETL
7 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
7 3 (15.79%) Data Management
7 3 (15.79%) User Experience
8 2 (10.53%) AI
8 2 (10.53%) Business Analysis
8 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) Data Visualisation
8 2 (10.53%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) SQL
2 5 (26.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (15.79%) Python
4 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Data Quality
1 3 (15.79%) PMO
2 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.26%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Alteryx
2 2 (10.53%) Google
2 2 (10.53%) Planview
3 1 (5.26%) Databricks
3 1 (5.26%) SAP