Business Intelligence Analyst Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

BI Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median BI Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 122 133
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Analyst 1 3 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.060% 0.13% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.15% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £613 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £488 £644 £584
90th Percentile - £648 £594
South East median daily rate £275 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -56.00% +13.64% +22.22%
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
South East median hourly rate - - £32.32

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,522 2,068 2,638
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 91.59% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 926 1,187 1,794
10th Percentile £268 £263 £263
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £503
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +1.39% +0.60%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 112 88
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.54 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.12 £26.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £59.47 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -57.71% +21.21% +165.22%
75th Percentile £55.00 £71.89 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.70 £89.75 £74.85
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +118.91%

Business Intelligence Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Analyst in the Thames Valley

Business Intelligence Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Business Intelligence Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Analyst job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Business Intelligence Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +4 1 £475 -24.00% 8
Business Intelligence Analyst
South East

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 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 Thames Valley region featuring Business Intelligence Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering

Business Intelligence Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL