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 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 346 345
Rank change year-on-year -69 -1 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 35 22 45
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.17% 0.17% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.18% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 17 31
10th Percentile £213 £259 £350
25th Percentile £296 £275 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £498 £488 £619
90th Percentile £575 £635 £650
England median daily rate £463 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +32.14% -26.32% -2.56%
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 £33.11 £30.00
% change year-on-year +5.71% +10.37% -7.18%

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 18,826 12,356 15,069
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 92.83% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,170 8,283 10,294
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
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 £656 £675 £681
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 207 187
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.05 £17.73
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.56
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.87% -12.86% -6.47%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.38 £55.50
90th Percentile £80.25 £66.34 £73.13
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £46.87
% change year-on-year +73.20% -46.34% +6.85%

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 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 5 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 -17 7 £225 -48.51% 2
South London - 4 £463 -
North London - 1 £450 -
East London - 1 £350 -
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 35 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (71.43%) SQL
3 22 (62.86%) Power BI
3 22 (62.86%) Power Platform
4 18 (51.43%) Analytics
5 16 (45.71%) Data Modelling
6 13 (37.14%) Agile
6 13 (37.14%) ETL
6 13 (37.14%) Visualisation
7 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Excel
7 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (28.57%) Dashboard Development
8 10 (28.57%) Data Analysis
9 9 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (25.71%) Decision-Making
9 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (25.71%) Tableau
10 8 (22.86%) Data Visualisation
10 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (20.00%) AWS
11 7 (20.00%) Data Integration
11 7 (20.00%) Data Quality
11 7 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
11 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
12 6 (17.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (17.14%) Data Extraction
12 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
13 5 (14.29%) Azure

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 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) NEC Housing
1 1 (2.86%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 22 (62.86%) Power Platform
2 7 (20.00%) AWS
3 5 (14.29%) Azure
3 5 (14.29%) Snowflake
4 3 (8.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 3 (8.57%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (8.57%) Amazon S3
4 3 (8.57%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (8.57%) Serverless
4 3 (8.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (2.86%) Blackbaud
5 1 (2.86%) dbt
5 1 (2.86%) GitHub
5 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (62.86%) Power BI
2 9 (25.71%) Tableau
3 7 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (14.29%) Data Lake
4 5 (14.29%) Power Query
5 3 (8.57%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (8.57%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (8.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (8.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (8.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (5.71%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (2.86%) GIS
7 1 (2.86%) Metadata
7 1 (2.86%) QlikView
7 1 (2.86%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
General
1 14 (40.00%) Finance
1 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (20.00%) Banking
3 7 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 6 (17.14%) Marketing
5 4 (11.43%) Retail
6 3 (8.57%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.71%) Local Government
8 1 (2.86%) Legal
8 1 (2.86%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (5.71%) DataPower
1 2 (5.71%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.86%) FMCG
2 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (51.43%) Analytics
3 16 (45.71%) Data Modelling
4 13 (37.14%) Agile
4 13 (37.14%) ETL
4 13 (37.14%) Visualisation
5 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (28.57%) Dashboard Development
6 10 (28.57%) Data Analysis
7 9 (25.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (25.71%) Decision-Making
7 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (22.86%) Data Visualisation
8 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (20.00%) Data Integration
9 7 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (17.14%) Data Extraction
11 5 (14.29%) Data Analytics
11 5 (14.29%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 25 (71.43%) SQL
2 6 (17.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) Degree
4 2 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (11.43%) PMO
3 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Databricks
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.71%) Alteryx
3 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.86%) NEC