Business Intelligence Manager Contracts

BI Manager
UK

The median BI Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, 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 512 562 670
Rank change year-on-year +50 +108 +140
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Manager 8 20 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.046% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.049% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 39
10th Percentile £460 £439 £300
25th Percentile £475 £475 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £525
90th Percentile £720 £706 £566
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -14.58% +33.33% -

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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Intelligence Manager in the UK

Business Intelligence Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Business Intelligence Manager in the UK

Business Intelligence Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Manager in the UK

Business Intelligence Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Intelligence Manager in the UK

Business Intelligence Manager
Top 10 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 Manager 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 +49 7 £575 -4.17% 29
UK excluding London +60 4 £513 -14.58% 19
London +32 4 £613 +11.36% 12
Work from Home +41 3 £475 -7.32% 9
Midlands +22 1 £575 +43.75% 5
North of England +16 1 - - 2
West Midlands +14 1 £575 +43.75% 5
Yorkshire +8 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - -
South West - 1 £450 - 6

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Intelligence Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Power BI
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Data Management
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) PMP
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
5 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
5 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (12.50%) Police
5 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Records Management
5 1 (12.50%) Contingency Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Governance

Business Intelligence Manager 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
2 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
2 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (12.50%) Power Query
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Police
2 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Data Management
4 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Databricks
1 1 (12.50%) Google