Business Intelligence Data Analyst Contracts

BI Data Analyst
UK

The median BI Data Analyst daily rate in the UK is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 560 694
Rank change year-on-year +53 +134 +121
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Data Analyst 13 22 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.051% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.054% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 20
10th Percentile £262 £306 £324
25th Percentile £272 £314 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £477 £500 £488
90th Percentile £504 £550 £526
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £413 £450
% change year-on-year -33.33% -8.33% -8.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £28.60 £35.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Data Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Data Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence Data Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Data Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Data Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Intelligence Data Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence Data Analyst in the UK

Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Data Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +52 12 £325 -21.21% 4
London +45 9 £384 -17.03% 1
Work from Home +35 5 £375 +7.14% 1
UK excluding London +48 3 £275 -33.33% 3
North of England +15 2 £275 -38.89% 1
North West +14 2 £275 -45.00%
South East +43 1 £475 +46.15% 1

Business Intelligence Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Intelligence Data 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 featuring Business Intelligence Data Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (92.31%) Power BI
2 12 (92.31%) Power Platform
3 10 (76.92%) SQL
4 7 (53.85%) Analytics
5 6 (46.15%) Data Analysis
5 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
6 5 (38.46%) Finance
7 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
7 4 (30.77%) Visualisation
7 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
8 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (23.08%) Data Analytics
8 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
8 3 (23.08%) ETL
9 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
9 2 (15.38%) Benchmarking
9 2 (15.38%) Agile
9 2 (15.38%) Banking
9 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
9 2 (15.38%) Change Management
9 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
9 2 (15.38%) Python
9 2 (15.38%) Machine Learning
9 2 (15.38%) Azure
9 2 (15.38%) Foundry
9 2 (15.38%) Tableau
9 2 (15.38%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (15.38%) Local Government

Business Intelligence Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (15.38%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 12 (92.31%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) dbt
3 1 (7.69%) Google Ads
3 1 (7.69%) Google Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (92.31%) Power BI
2 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (15.38%) Power Query
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) Tableau
3 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
3 1 (7.69%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Local Government
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Back Office
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) IoT
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (53.85%) Analytics
3 6 (46.15%) Data Analysis
4 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
4 4 (30.77%) Visualisation
5 3 (23.08%) Data Analytics
5 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
5 3 (23.08%) ETL
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (15.38%) Agile
6 2 (15.38%) Benchmarking
6 2 (15.38%) Change Management
6 2 (15.38%) Data Science
6 2 (15.38%) Machine Learning
6 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
6 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
7 1 (7.69%) Customer Experience
7 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
7 1 (7.69%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (7.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Foundry
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft