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 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 332 358
Rank change year-on-year -44 +26 +87
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 40 23 42
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.21% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.20% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 16 35
10th Percentile £213 £258 £329
25th Percentile £353 £274 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% -10.70% +8.11%
75th Percentile £473 £488 £600
90th Percentile £521 £550 £650
England median daily rate £439 £446 £450
% change year-on-year -1.68% -0.83% -
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 £27.19 £28.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -4.94% +27.11% -71.59%

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 17,520 11,482 16,565
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 93.52% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,559 7,780 11,924
10th Percentile £358 £342 £325
25th Percentile £431 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £677
90th Percentile £760 £799 £800
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 163 324
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.23 £24.66 £20.17
Median hourly rate £40.98 £34.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.53% +22.26% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.63 £46.59
90th Percentile £78.69 £64.75 £66.85
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.04 £39.50
% change year-on-year +54.99% -26.49% -12.22%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -17 6 £225 -52.88% 2
East London -2 2 £350 -
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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 40 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 28 (70.00%) Power BI
2 28 (70.00%) Power Platform
3 26 (65.00%) SQL
4 18 (45.00%) Security Cleared
5 17 (42.50%) Data Modelling
5 17 (42.50%) SC Cleared
5 17 (42.50%) Visualisation
6 16 (40.00%) Agile
7 15 (37.50%) Dashboard Development
8 14 (35.00%) ETL
8 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Excel
8 14 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (35.00%) Tableau
9 13 (32.50%) AWS
9 13 (32.50%) Data Visualisation
10 12 (30.00%) PMO
11 11 (27.50%) Data Extraction
12 9 (22.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (20.00%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (20.00%) Amazon S3
13 8 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (20.00%) Cost Management
13 8 (20.00%) Decision-Making
13 8 (20.00%) Serverless
13 8 (20.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (17.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (17.50%) 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:

Applications
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 28 (70.00%) Power Platform
2 13 (32.50%) AWS
3 8 (20.00%) Amazon EC2
3 8 (20.00%) Amazon S3
3 8 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
3 8 (20.00%) Serverless
3 8 (20.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 7 (17.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 7 (17.50%) Azure
5 2 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (70.00%) Power BI
2 14 (35.00%) Tableau
3 8 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (12.50%) Power Query
5 2 (5.00%) Data Lake
5 2 (5.00%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.50%) GIS
6 1 (2.50%) Metadata
6 1 (2.50%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 18 (45.00%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (42.50%) Finance
3 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 12 (30.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.00%) Marketing
6 2 (5.00%) Banking
6 2 (5.00%) Local Government
6 2 (5.00%) Retail
6 2 (5.00%) Spanish Language
7 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (5.00%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.50%) FMCG
2 1 (2.50%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (42.50%) Data Modelling
2 17 (42.50%) Visualisation
3 16 (40.00%) Agile
4 15 (37.50%) Dashboard Development
5 14 (35.00%) ETL
5 14 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (32.50%) Data Visualisation
7 11 (27.50%) Data Extraction
8 9 (22.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (20.00%) Cost Management
9 8 (20.00%) Decision-Making
10 7 (17.50%) Analytics
10 7 (17.50%) Migration
11 6 (15.00%) Actionable Insight
11 6 (15.00%) Critical Thinking
12 5 (12.50%) Data Integration
12 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 4 (10.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (65.00%) SQL
2 7 (17.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (42.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.00%) PMO
2 7 (17.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.50%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (5.00%) Alteryx
1 2 (5.00%) Databricks
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.00%) Planview
2 1 (2.50%) NEC