Business Intelligence Lead Contract Job Trends in the North of England

BI Leader
England > North of England

The median BI Leader daily rate in the North of England is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 - 188
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Lead 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.019% - 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% - 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £438 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +11.11% -21.74% +21.05%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 4,767 3,054 4,652
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 92.18% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,091 1,859 2,993
10th Percentile £220 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £360 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £465 £480
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% -3.13% -4.00%
75th Percentile £550 £571 £582
90th Percentile £650 £650 £669
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 128 360
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.32 £11.77
25th Percentile £21.46 £18.13 £13.45
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.22% +30.95% -27.21%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £74.05 £57.50
England median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -9.68%

Business Intelligence Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Business Intelligence Lead job vacancy trend in the North of England

Business Intelligence Lead
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Business Intelligence Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Business Intelligence Lead
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 Lead within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
North West - 1 £425 - 3
Business Intelligence Lead
England

Business Intelligence Lead Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 February 2026, Business Intelligence Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Business Intelligence Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft