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 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 332 352
Rank change year-on-year -19 +20 +170
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 19 34 44
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.26% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 35
10th Percentile £336 £363 £383
25th Percentile £363 £397 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £515 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.48% -14.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £518 £564 £644
90th Percentile £603 £638 £656
England median daily rate £388 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -13.89% -10.00% +11.11%

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 13,233 13,287 16,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.40% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,794 8,564 12,209
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £799 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 149 223
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.58 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.57 £35.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +2.94% -
75th Percentile £59.69 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £71.60
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% -21.35% +28.74%

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 January 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 January 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 -7 2 - - 5
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 January 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 19 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (84.21%) Power BI
2 16 (84.21%) Power Platform
3 10 (52.63%) SQL
4 9 (47.37%) Analytics
5 6 (31.58%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (31.58%) Dashboard Development
5 6 (31.58%) Data Modelling
6 5 (26.32%) Decision-Making
6 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (21.05%) Agile
7 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
7 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (21.05%) Data Engineering
7 4 (21.05%) ETL
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
7 4 (21.05%) Visualisation
8 3 (15.79%) Azure
8 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
8 3 (15.79%) Data Analytics
8 3 (15.79%) Data Management
8 3 (15.79%) JIRA
8 3 (15.79%) PMO
8 3 (15.79%) Power Query
8 3 (15.79%) Python
8 3 (15.79%) User Experience
9 2 (10.53%) Alteryx
9 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
9 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (10.53%) Behavioural 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 16 (84.21%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (10.53%) GCP
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.26%) Collibra
4 1 (5.26%) Google Analytics
4 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.26%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (84.21%) Power BI
2 3 (15.79%) Power Query
3 2 (10.53%) Metadata
3 2 (10.53%) Tableau
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (5.26%) BigQuery
4 1 (5.26%) Data Mining
4 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.26%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (5.26%) QlikView
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Spanish Language
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Local Government
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.26%) Publishing
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (47.37%) Analytics
3 6 (31.58%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (31.58%) Dashboard Development
3 6 (31.58%) Data Modelling
4 5 (26.32%) Decision-Making
4 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (21.05%) Agile
5 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
5 4 (21.05%) Data Engineering
5 4 (21.05%) ETL
5 4 (21.05%) Visualisation
6 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) Data Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) Data Management
6 3 (15.79%) User Experience
7 2 (10.53%) Change Control
7 2 (10.53%) DevOps
7 2 (10.53%) Kalman Filter
7 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (15.79%) Python
4 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) PMO
2 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.26%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Alteryx
2 2 (10.53%) Google
2 2 (10.53%) Planview
3 1 (5.26%) Databricks
3 1 (5.26%) SAP