Business Intelligence Consultant Contract Job Trends

BI Consultant
UK

The median BI Consultant daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 509 589
Rank change year-on-year -62 +80 +157
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Consultant 16 30 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.089% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.096% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 17
10th Percentile £391 £424 £345
25th Percentile £409 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% -5.24% +10.53%
75th Percentile £534 £588 £638
90th Percentile £604 £646 £683
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -13.16% -9.52% +13.51%

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 33,457 31,336 40,748
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 92.78% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,148 19,251 27,411
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,983 978 1,439
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.52 £15.16
25th Percentile £18.18 £21.05 £19.21
Median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.54 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.60 £72.99 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +84.29%

Business Intelligence Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Business Intelligence Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Business Intelligence Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Business Intelligence Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Consultant over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Consultant in the UK

Business Intelligence Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Business Intelligence Consultant
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 Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 22 December 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 -40 13 £450 -9.09% 1
London -6 11 £444 -10.80% 1
Work from Home +2 9 £525 -8.30%
UK excluding London -43 3 £413 -13.16% 1
North West -26 2 £500 -
North of England -42 2 £500 +8.11%
Wales - 1 £325 -

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

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Business Intelligence Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (81.25%) Power BI
2 13 (81.25%) Power Platform
3 11 (68.75%) Data Modelling
4 8 (50.00%) SQL
5 7 (43.75%) Analytics
5 7 (43.75%) Azure
5 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (37.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
6 6 (37.50%) Power Query
6 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
6 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
6 6 (37.50%) Visualisation
7 5 (31.25%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (31.25%) ETL
7 5 (31.25%) Oracle
8 4 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
8 4 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
9 3 (18.75%) Data Pipeline
9 3 (18.75%) Integration Patterns
9 3 (18.75%) Migration
9 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (18.75%) Translating Business Requirements
10 2 (12.50%) Accessibility

Business Intelligence Consultant 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 13 (81.25%) Power Platform
2 7 (43.75%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Power Automate
3 2 (12.50%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.25%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (81.25%) Power BI
2 6 (37.50%) Power Query
3 4 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (6.25%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (6.25%) Data Lake
6 1 (6.25%) Metadata
6 1 (6.25%) MongoDB
6 1 (6.25%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (6.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
6 1 (6.25%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
6 1 (6.25%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (6.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.25%) Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Local Government
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) Middleware
1 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (6.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (68.75%) Data Modelling
3 7 (43.75%) Analytics
4 6 (37.50%) Visualisation
5 5 (31.25%) Actionable Insight
5 5 (31.25%) ETL
6 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (18.75%) Data Pipeline
7 3 (18.75%) Integration Patterns
7 3 (18.75%) Migration
7 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (18.75%) Translating Business Requirements
8 2 (12.50%) Agile
8 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
8 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
8 2 (12.50%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 6 (37.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (6.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) Capita
3 1 (6.25%) Databricks
3 1 (6.25%) Informatica