Business Intelligence Architect Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

BI Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median BI Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 354 416
Rank change year-on-year -28 +62 +98
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Architect 4 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.025% 0.029% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.032% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £663 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £675 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +35.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £588 £688 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 14,597 15,662 19,930
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 92.12% 94.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,007 8,935 13,273
10th Percentile £210 £220 £217
25th Percentile £363 £374 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,385 1,135 1,258
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -8.88% +90.87%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.78%

Business Intelligence Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Intelligence Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Business Intelligence Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
East of England - 3 - -
Midlands - 1 £575 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £575 - 2
Business Intelligence Architect
UK

Business Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 October 2025, Business Intelligence Architect 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 UK excluding London region featuring Business Intelligence Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) CRM
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (75.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) API Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (50.00%) Personalization
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (25.00%) Data Integration

Business Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Power Query
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) CRM
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) API Integration
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Personalization
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks