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 5 December 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 341 366
Rank change year-on-year -27 +25 +157
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 17 47 48
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.30% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.32% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 34 36
10th Percentile £284 £363 £316
25th Percentile £334 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £501 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.21% -16.46% +19.17%
75th Percentile £525 £602 £650
90th Percentile £603 £638 £655
England median daily rate £375 £445 £500
% change year-on-year -15.64% -11.10% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 13,246 14,783 18,056
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 93.60% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,814 9,604 13,048
10th Percentile £338 £340 £337
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.03% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 154 212
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.18
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.86 £35.75 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% -1.08% +3.26%
75th Percentile £54.06 £53.75 £59.06
90th Percentile £74.75 £80.75 £73.54
England median hourly rate £25.44 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.70% -17.22% +36.36%

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 5 December 2025.

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

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, 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 17 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (76.47%) Power BI
2 13 (76.47%) Power Platform
3 12 (70.59%) SQL
4 11 (64.71%) Analytics
5 7 (41.18%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (41.18%) Decision-Making
6 5 (29.41%) Dashboard Development
6 5 (29.41%) Data Analysis
6 5 (29.41%) Data Engineering
6 5 (29.41%) ETL
6 5 (29.41%) Power Query
6 5 (29.41%) Visualisation
7 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
7 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
7 4 (23.53%) Python
8 3 (17.65%) Agile
8 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
8 3 (17.65%) Data Management
8 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (17.65%) Google
9 2 (11.76%) Alteryx
9 2 (11.76%) Azure
9 2 (11.76%) Behavioural Analytics
9 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
9 2 (11.76%) Customer Retention
9 2 (11.76%) Data Munging
9 2 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
9 2 (11.76%) Data Quality

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 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (76.47%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) GCP
2 2 (11.76%) Google Analytics
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Snowflake
3 1 (5.88%) Collibra
3 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (76.47%) Power BI
2 5 (29.41%) Power Query
3 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (11.76%) Metadata
4 2 (11.76%) Tableau
5 1 (5.88%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (5.88%) BigQuery
5 1 (5.88%) Data Mining
5 1 (5.88%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (5.88%) QlikView
5 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
5 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.88%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (64.71%) Analytics
3 7 (41.18%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (41.18%) Decision-Making
4 5 (29.41%) Dashboard Development
4 5 (29.41%) Data Analysis
4 5 (29.41%) Data Engineering
4 5 (29.41%) ETL
4 5 (29.41%) Visualisation
5 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
6 3 (17.65%) Data Management
7 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) Customer Retention
7 2 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (11.76%) Data Science
7 2 (11.76%) Data Validation
7 2 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) SQL
2 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 4 (23.53%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Google
3 2 (11.76%) Alteryx
3 2 (11.76%) Databricks
3 2 (11.76%) SAP