Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South East

BI Analyst
England > South East

The median BI Analyst daily rate in the South East is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 173 196
Rank change year-on-year +19 +23 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 8 8 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.17% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.19% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 6
10th Percentile - £271 -
25th Percentile £170 £409 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -46.34% -6.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £300 £638 £584
90th Percentile £356 £643 £594
England median daily rate £344 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -24.45% -4.21% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £32.32
75th Percentile - - £55.76
90th Percentile - - £69.82
England median hourly rate - £28.75 £32.32
% change year-on-year - -11.05% +69.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,146 4,253 5,305
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 92.30% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,032 2,533 3,589
10th Percentile £204 £245 £212
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £598 £625 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 312 250
10th Percentile £13.43 £16.03 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.41 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £50.71
Median % change year-on-year -56.20% +13.24% +111.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £71.95 £80.00 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Business Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Analyst in the South East

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Analyst in the South East

Business Intelligence Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Business Intelligence Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
West Sussex - 4 £170 -
Surrey +9 3 £300 -7.69% 2
Berkshire +14 1 £475 -24.00% 2
Thames Valley +9 1 £475 -24.00% 4
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Business Intelligence Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (62.50%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) CRM
3 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (37.50%) Data Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Contentsquare
4 3 (37.50%) Python
4 3 (37.50%) User Experience
4 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
4 3 (37.50%) Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) Adobe
4 3 (37.50%) Retail
4 3 (37.50%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (37.50%) Adobe Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) Tableau
4 3 (37.50%) Logistics
4 3 (37.50%) Web Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Electronics
6 1 (12.50%) SAP
6 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
6 1 (12.50%) Validation

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (37.50%) Adobe Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Contentsquare
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
2 4 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (37.50%) Tableau
4 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Data Lake
4 1 (12.50%) Qlik Sense
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Retail
3 2 (25.00%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (50.00%) CRM
4 3 (37.50%) Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (37.50%) Data Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
4 3 (37.50%) Logistics
4 3 (37.50%) User Experience
4 3 (37.50%) Web Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Behavioural Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 1 (12.50%) Data Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (12.50%) Exploratory Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Marketing Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Adobe
3 1 (12.50%) SAP