Business Intelligence Specialist Contract Job Trends in the North West

BI Specialist
England > North West

The median BI Specialist daily rate in the North West is £419, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.079% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £396 - -
25th Percentile £398 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 - -
75th Percentile £436 - -
90th Percentile £437 - -
England median daily rate £450 £400 £388
% change year-on-year +12.50% +3.23% -26.54%

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 2,305 1,996 2,443
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 92.84% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,495 1,125 1,688
10th Percentile £213 £250 £306
25th Percentile £358 £380 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £653 £656 £681
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 112 175
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.37 £15.85
25th Percentile £21.13 £17.44 £17.74
Median hourly rate £30.99 £25.94 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.46% -25.88% +62.79%
75th Percentile £56.44 £46.18 £46.89
90th Percentile £69.37 £67.25 £64.50
England median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.57% -22.58% +39.02%

Business Intelligence Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Business Intelligence Specialist job vacancy trend in the North West

Business Intelligence Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Intelligence Specialist
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 Specialist within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Manchester - 1 £425 -
Merseyside - 1 £413 -
Business Intelligence Specialist
England

Business Intelligence Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Business Intelligence Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Power Query
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling

Business Intelligence Specialist 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 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Query
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft