Business Intelligence Lead Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

BI Leader
England > West Midlands

The median BI Leader daily rate in the West Midlands is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 93 -
Rank change year-on-year -52 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Lead 2 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.077% 0.41% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £266 £434 -
25th Percentile £309 £447 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.51% - -
75th Percentile £509 £597 -
90th Percentile £549 £621 -
England median daily rate £500 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +11.11% -21.74% +13.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate - £35.00 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,315 1,336 1,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.69% 91.44% 92.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,499 853 1,142
10th Percentile £263 £200 £228
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £592
90th Percentile £688 £700 £680
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 56 128
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.89 £11.86
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £21.80 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% -3.13% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £30.95 £43.75
90th Percentile £44.00 £47.24 £67.50
England median hourly rate £31.46 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.11% - -7.03%

Business Intelligence Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Business Intelligence Lead job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence Lead
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Lead job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Intelligence Lead job vacancies in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Intelligence Lead in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Intelligence Lead in the West Midlands

Business Intelligence Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 February 2026, Business Intelligence Lead 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Business Intelligence Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Business Intelligence Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (50.00%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft