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 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 325 358
Rank change year-on-year -61 +33 +101
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 0.21% 0.20% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 17 32
10th Percentile £315 £266 £326
25th Percentile £403 £313 £409
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 £443 £450
% change year-on-year -0.85% -1.67% -
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 16,387 11,743 16,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 93.49% 93.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,914 8,049 11,936
10th Percentile £350 £341 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £752 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 146 337
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.45 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.30 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +27.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile £63.16 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.38 £65.00
England median hourly rate £46.50 £31.70 £35.83
% change year-on-year +46.69% -11.53% -20.38%

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 29 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 29 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 - 1
Central London -13 4 £225 -52.88% 2
East London -2 1 - - 1
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 21 (60.00%) SQL
4 19 (54.29%) Security Cleared
5 18 (51.43%) SC Cleared
6 17 (48.57%) Data Modelling
7 14 (40.00%) Dashboard Development
7 14 (40.00%) Visualisation
8 13 (37.14%) Agile
9 12 (34.29%) Microsoft Excel
9 12 (34.29%) PMO
9 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (34.29%) Tableau
10 11 (31.43%) AWS
10 11 (31.43%) ETL
11 10 (28.57%) Data Extraction
11 10 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
12 9 (25.71%) Decision-Making
13 8 (22.86%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (22.86%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (22.86%) Amazon S3
13 8 (22.86%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (22.86%) Cost Management
13 8 (22.86%) Serverless
13 8 (22.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (20.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (20.00%) Data Quality
14 7 (20.00%) Migration

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 PowerPoint
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%) 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 2 (5.71%) Data Lake
4 2 (5.71%) Power Query
4 2 (5.71%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (2.86%) GIS
5 1 (2.86%) Metadata
5 1 (2.86%) QlikView
5 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 15 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (37.14%) Finance
4 11 (31.43%) 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%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.86%) FMCG
2 1 (2.86%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (48.57%) Data Modelling
3 14 (40.00%) Dashboard Development
3 14 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 13 (37.14%) Agile
5 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (31.43%) ETL
7 10 (28.57%) Data Extraction
7 10 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
8 9 (25.71%) Decision-Making
9 8 (22.86%) Cost Management
10 7 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (20.00%) Migration
10 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (17.14%) Actionable Insight
11 6 (17.14%) Critical Thinking
12 4 (11.43%) Data Analysis
12 4 (11.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 4 (11.43%) Requirements Gathering
13 3 (8.57%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 21 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (5.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (54.29%) Security Cleared
2 18 (51.43%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (34.29%) PMO
2 7 (20.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.86%) QA
4 1 (2.86%) SLA
4 1 (2.86%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Databricks
2 2 (5.71%) Planview
3 1 (2.86%) NEC