Business Intelligence Lead Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

BI Leader
UK > UK excluding London

The median BI Leader daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 355 417
Rank change year-on-year -32 +62 +100
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Lead 5 8 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.030% 0.048% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.052% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £481 - -
25th Percentile £509 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £456
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -1.37% -17.05%
75th Percentile £613 £475 £506
90th Percentile - - £563
UK median daily rate £550 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +22.22% -2.70% -9.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £33.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £33.75 -

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 15,003 15,325 19,499
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.70% 92.10% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,288 8,775 12,937
10th Percentile £208 £218 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,446 1,063 1,261
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £19.28 £18.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.17 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.46% -18.73% +85.42%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.71 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +57.89%

Business Intelligence Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Business Intelligence Lead job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Lead
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Business Intelligence Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Lead in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Lead in the UK excluding London

Business Intelligence Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Business Intelligence Lead
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 Lead within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Midlands -24 2 £550 +22.22%
West Midlands -29 2 £550 +22.22%
South West - 2 £600 -
North of England -39 1 £475 - 1
North West - 1 £475 - 1
Business Intelligence Lead
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Business Intelligence Lead 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 Lead in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) AI
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Snowflake
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
4 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making

Business Intelligence Lead 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (40.00%) Snowflake
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (20.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (20.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Tech for Good
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) AI
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) R
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP