Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in the South West

BI Analyst
England > South West

The median BI Analyst daily rate in the South West is £458, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 133 151
Rank change year-on-year +22 +18 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 4 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.20% 0.30% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.33% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £451 £320 £471
25th Percentile £452 £331 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £351 £513
Median % change year-on-year +30.53% -31.61% +41.38%
75th Percentile £467 £463 £534
90th Percentile £470 £530 £544
England median daily rate £363 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -20.33% -4.21% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate - £28.75 £32.32
% change year-on-year - -11.05% +69.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 1,760 2,456 3,078
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.11% 92.37% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,012 1,487 2,103
10th Percentile £225 £215 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £715
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 259 275
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.26 £18.32
25th Percentile £18.16 £40.00 £40.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.66
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £83.40
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Analyst in the South West

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Business Intelligence Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Business Intelligence Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Wiltshire +15 3 £458 +40.77%
Devon +10 1 - -
Business Intelligence Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 West region featuring Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (50.00%) Tableau
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) ForgeRock
4 1 (25.00%) Anomaly Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) SailPoint
4 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Tableau
3 1 (25.00%) Looker
3 1 (25.00%) MySQL
3 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Anomaly Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Behavioural Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ForgeRock
1 1 (25.00%) Micro Focus
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) NetIQ
1 1 (25.00%) Okta