Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

BI Analyst
England > London

The median BI Analyst daily rate in London is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 335 359
Rank change year-on-year -35 +24 +97
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 35 23 36
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.20% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.19% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 17 32
10th Percentile £315 £259 £328
25th Percentile £403 £300 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £561
Median % change year-on-year - -17.59% +24.72%
75th Percentile £469 £530 £600
90th Percentile £507 £561 £649
England median daily rate £439 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +3.24% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.19 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £19.38 £28.60 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.26% +27.11% -
75th Percentile £19.56 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.25 £28.60 £15.18
% change year-on-year -39.69% +88.47% -80.84%

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 16,214 11,884 16,538
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 93.47% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,805 8,148 11,949
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 142 342
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.02 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.88 £64.95
England median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +39.88% -7.14% -22.22%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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
South London - 14 £463 -
Central London -15 3 £225 -52.88% 7
East London -2 1 - -
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 April 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 35 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (74.29%) Power BI
2 26 (74.29%) Power Platform
3 22 (62.86%) SQL
4 18 (51.43%) SC Cleared
4 18 (51.43%) Security Cleared
5 17 (48.57%) Data Modelling
6 15 (42.86%) Dashboard Development
6 15 (42.86%) Visualisation
7 14 (40.00%) Agile
8 13 (37.14%) PMO
9 12 (34.29%) ETL
9 12 (34.29%) Microsoft Excel
9 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (34.29%) Tableau
10 11 (31.43%) AWS
11 10 (28.57%) Data Extraction
11 10 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
11 10 (28.57%) Decision-Making
12 8 (22.86%) Amazon EC2
12 8 (22.86%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (22.86%) Amazon S3
12 8 (22.86%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (22.86%) Cost Management
12 8 (22.86%) Serverless
12 8 (22.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (20.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (20.00%) Migration
13 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

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:

Applications
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 26 (74.29%) Power Platform
2 11 (31.43%) AWS
3 8 (22.86%) Amazon EC2
3 8 (22.86%) Amazon S3
3 8 (22.86%) AWS Lambda
3 8 (22.86%) Serverless
3 8 (22.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 7 (20.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (11.43%) Azure
6 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
7 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (74.29%) Power BI
2 12 (34.29%) Tableau
3 8 (22.86%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (8.57%) Power Query
5 2 (5.71%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (2.86%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.86%) Metadata
6 1 (2.86%) QlikView
6 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 16 (45.71%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (37.14%) Finance
4 10 (28.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Local Government
5 2 (5.71%) Marketing
5 2 (5.71%) Retail
5 2 (5.71%) Spanish Language
6 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
1 1 (2.86%) FMCG
1 1 (2.86%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (2.86%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (48.57%) Data Modelling
3 15 (42.86%) Dashboard Development
3 15 (42.86%) Visualisation
4 14 (40.00%) Agile
5 12 (34.29%) ETL
5 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (28.57%) Data Extraction
6 10 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
6 10 (28.57%) Decision-Making
7 8 (22.86%) Cost Management
8 7 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (20.00%) Migration
8 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (17.14%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (17.14%) Critical Thinking
10 4 (11.43%) Data Analysis
10 4 (11.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 4 (11.43%) Requirements Gathering
11 3 (8.57%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 22 (62.86%) SQL
2 5 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (5.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (51.43%) SC Cleared
1 18 (51.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.86%) Degree
2 1 (2.86%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (37.14%) PMO
2 6 (17.14%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.86%) SLA
3 1 (2.86%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Databricks
2 2 (5.71%) Planview
3 1 (2.86%) NEC