Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North West

BI Analyst
England > North West

The median BI Analyst daily rate in the North West is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 108 131
Rank change year-on-year -30 +23 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 3 9 10
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.12% 0.38% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.41% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 8
10th Percentile £340 £277 £328
25th Percentile £372 £291 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £358 £440
Median % change year-on-year +25.70% -18.64% +30.37%
75th Percentile £500 £441 £488
90th Percentile £515 £467 £518
England median daily rate £380 £450 £506
% change year-on-year -15.56% -11.11% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,206 2,220 2,554
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 93.40% 92.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,456 1,179 1,782
10th Percentile £214 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £390 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £678 £650 £673
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 158 179
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.36 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £18.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £29.27 £32.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.53% -3.03% +51.52%
75th Percentile £45.46 £51.90 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.16 £70.90 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.63% -10.81% +50.70%

Business Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 West.

Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancy trend in the North West

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Analyst in the North West

Business Intelligence Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Intelligence Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Manchester -2 2 £394 +9.45% 4
Lancashire -8 1 £500 +5.26% 3
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 7 November 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 West region featuring Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Power Query
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Power Query
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft