Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in London

BI Analyst
England > London

The median BI Analyst daily rate in London is £385, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 333 375
Rank change year-on-year -20 +42 +141
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 17 50 47
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.32% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.34% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 34 33
10th Percentile £245 £364 £289
25th Percentile £306 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £494 £575
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% -14.13% +15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £613 £650
90th Percentile £610 £664 £658
England median daily rate £380 £450 £519
% change year-on-year -15.56% -13.25% +11.86%

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 12,626 14,784 19,120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.03% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,377 9,568 13,908
10th Percentile £331 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 163 209
10th Percentile £17.08 £17.25 £18.13
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.98 £22.00
Median hourly rate £26.78 £37.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% -7.41% +24.62%
75th Percentile £47.50 £59.38 £61.53
90th Percentile £65.57 £80.75 £76.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -39.40% -9.55% +55.53%

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 30 October 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 30 October 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
2 13 (76.47%) SQL
3 11 (64.71%) Analytics
4 8 (47.06%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (41.18%) Decision-Making
5 7 (41.18%) Power Query
6 6 (35.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (35.29%) ETL
7 5 (29.41%) Dashboard Development
7 5 (29.41%) Data Engineering
7 5 (29.41%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (29.41%) Python
8 4 (23.53%) Agile
8 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
8 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
9 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
9 3 (17.65%) Data Management
9 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
9 3 (17.65%) Data Munging
9 3 (17.65%) Data Validation
9 3 (17.65%) Data Visualisation
9 3 (17.65%) Google
9 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
9 3 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
9 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (17.65%) Snowflake
9 3 (17.65%) Validation
10 2 (11.76%) Alteryx

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 3 (17.65%) Snowflake
3 2 (11.76%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) GCP
3 2 (11.76%) Google Analytics
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.88%) AWS
4 1 (5.88%) Collibra
4 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (76.47%) Power BI
2 7 (41.18%) Power Query
3 5 (29.41%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (11.76%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (11.76%) Metadata
4 2 (11.76%) Tableau
5 1 (5.88%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (5.88%) BigQuery
5 1 (5.88%) Data Mining
5 1 (5.88%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (5.88%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.88%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
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 8 (47.06%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (41.18%) Decision-Making
5 6 (35.29%) ETL
6 5 (29.41%) Dashboard Development
6 5 (29.41%) Data Engineering
7 4 (23.53%) Agile
7 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
8 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
8 3 (17.65%) Data Management
8 3 (17.65%) Data Modelling
8 3 (17.65%) Data Munging
8 3 (17.65%) Data Validation
8 3 (17.65%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (17.65%) Validation
9 2 (11.76%) Behavioural Analytics
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) SQL
2 6 (35.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (29.41%) Python
4 1 (5.88%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Google
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Alteryx
2 2 (11.76%) Databricks
2 2 (11.76%) SAP