Head of Business Intelligence Contracts

Head of BI
UK

The median Head of BI daily rate in the UK is £463, 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 514 578 716
Rank change year-on-year +64 +138 +139
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Business Intelligence 6 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.009% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.010% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £335 £715 £604
25th Percentile £369 £719 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £750 £638
Median % change year-on-year -38.33% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £556 £763 £684
90th Percentile £590 £770 £701
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - £600

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%

Head of Business Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Business Intelligence in the UK

Head of Business Intelligence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Business Intelligence in the UK

Head of Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Head of Business Intelligence in the UK

Head of Business Intelligence
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Business Intelligence 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 +59 6 £463 -38.33% 5
Work from Home +44 4 - -
London +38 4 - - 2
North West - 1 £575 -
UK excluding London - 1 £575 - 3
North of England - 1 £575 - 3

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

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

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Power BI
1 6 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) GDPR
2 5 (83.33%) Data Strategy
2 5 (83.33%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (83.33%) Data Governance
2 5 (83.33%) Visualisation
2 5 (83.33%) Data Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Migration
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (83.33%) T-SQL
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
3 4 (66.67%) SOAP
3 4 (66.67%) SOA
3 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) Data Integration
3 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
3 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
3 4 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (66.67%) REST

Head of Business Intelligence 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) NetSuite
1 1 (16.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (100.00%) Power BI
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (66.67%) Tableau
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) REST
1 4 (66.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (83.33%) Data Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Data Governance
2 5 (83.33%) Data Strategy
2 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
2 5 (83.33%) Migration
2 5 (83.33%) Visualisation
3 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
3 4 (66.67%) Data Integration
3 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 4 (66.67%) Data Visualisation
3 4 (66.67%) Performance Measurement
3 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) SOA
3 4 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (83.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) GDPR
2 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Google