Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North of England

BI Analyst
England > North of England

The median BI Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £394, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 150 171
Rank change year-on-year -46 +21 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 9 11 13
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.19% 0.31% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.34% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 11
10th Percentile £270 £253 £319
25th Percentile £305 £284 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £333 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.24% -26.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £475 £441 £494
90th Percentile - £488 £525
England median daily rate £388 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -13.89% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £16.97 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.29% - -
England median hourly rate £16.97 £27.50 £32.32
% change year-on-year -38.29% -14.91% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 4,365 3,259 4,289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 92.14% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,913 1,874 2,871
10th Percentile £213 £230 £270
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £572 £593
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 163 211
10th Percentile £16.53 £15.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.72 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.99 £24.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.49% -18.33% +39.53%
75th Percentile £55.25 £42.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.14 £64.00 £62.00
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Business Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 the North of England.

Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancy trend in the North of England

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Analyst in the North of England

Business Intelligence Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the North of England

Business Intelligence Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 23 December 2025. 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
North West -27 5 £319 +9.54% 7
Yorkshire -42 4 £450 +20.00% 5
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 December 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 North of England region featuring Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Power BI
2 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
3 4 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (44.44%) Analytics
3 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
5 2 (22.22%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (22.22%) Google
5 2 (22.22%) Google Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) Google Tag Manager
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (22.22%) Performance Measurement
5 2 (22.22%) Tableau
5 2 (22.22%) User Research
6 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (11.11%) Azure
6 1 (11.11%) Business Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) CRM
6 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
6 1 (11.11%) Data Lake

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) Google Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Power BI
2 2 (22.22%) Tableau
3 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
3 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (11.11%) Power Query
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (44.44%) Analytics
2 4 (44.44%) Data Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 2 (22.22%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Measurement
4 2 (22.22%) User Research
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Marketing Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) User Experience
5 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Google
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Databricks