Business Intelligence Architect Contract Job Trends

BI Architect
UK

The median BI Architect daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 548 616
Rank change year-on-year -8 +68 +197
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Architect 8 10 14
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.027% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.029% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £518 £525 £485
25th Percentile £525 £544 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £656 £606
90th Percentile £610 £675 £653
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £675 £500
% change year-on-year -14.81% +35.00% -23.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 30,429 34,622 44,656
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.90% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,240 20,894 30,502
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,674 1,380 1,518
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.02 £14.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.94%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.56 £40.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -38.60% -9.60% +93.74%

Business Intelligence Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Business Intelligence Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Intelligence Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Business Intelligence Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Business Intelligence Architect
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 22 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
England +8 8 £575 -4.17% 5
London +16 4 £563 -6.25% 2
UK excluding London -20 4 £575 -14.81% 1
East of England - 3 - -
Work from Home +25 2 £575 -14.81%
Midlands - 1 £575 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £575 - 1

Business Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 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 featuring Business Intelligence Architect in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) Analytics
3 4 (50.00%) Azure
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (37.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) CRM
4 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (37.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (25.00%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (25.00%) API Integration
5 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
5 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (25.00%) Customer Insight
5 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
5 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
5 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (25.00%) ETL
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (25.00%) Personalization

Business Intelligence Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (37.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (37.50%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (37.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (12.50%) AWS
5 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) Amazon Athena
2 2 (25.00%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) Power Query
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) CRM
3 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) API Integration
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) Customer Insight
4 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (25.00%) ETL
4 2 (25.00%) Personalization
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Data Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow