Business Intelligence Architect Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

BI Architect
England > Midlands

The median BI Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £713, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 115 133
Rank change year-on-year -58 +18 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Architect 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.052% 0.053% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.059% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £589 - -
25th Percentile £628 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.57%
75th Percentile £803 - £688
90th Percentile £846 - -
England median daily rate £574 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -11.73% -3.70% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 3,511 1,708 2,535
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 90.75% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,229 1,159 1,715
10th Percentile £280 £200 £202
25th Percentile £400 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £666 £650 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 75 215
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.80 £14.74
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% -3.01% +9.69%
75th Percentile £27.44 £26.71 £29.25
90th Percentile £47.50 £34.50 £55.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%

Business Intelligence Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Business Intelligence Architect job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Business Intelligence Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Architect job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Architect job vacancies in the Midlands

Business Intelligence Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Architect in the Midlands

Business Intelligence Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
West Midlands - 2 £713 - 3
Business Intelligence Architect
England

Business Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Business Intelligence Architect 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 Midlands region featuring Business Intelligence Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Databricks
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Information Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Data Services

Business Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Information Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Databricks