Business Analyst Contracts in Manchester

Business Analyst (BA)
North West > Manchester

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Manchester is £495 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 33 48
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 70 95 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.72% 5.11% 4.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.92% 5.30% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 78 83
10th Percentile £373 £367 £350
25th Percentile £425 £402 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £504 £500
90th Percentile £603 £566 £533
North West median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,422 1,793 2,541
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 96.45% 97.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 1,338 1,991
10th Percentile £313 £313 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £594 £575
90th Percentile £694 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 50 59
10th Percentile £12.00 £16.42 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £12.02
Median hourly rate £26.00 £36.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.28% +107.14% +9.38%
75th Percentile £62.50 £48.44 £24.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £34.00
North West median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -23.83% +70.73% +14.53%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
Wigan - 2 £400 -
Salford -3 1 - -
Business Analyst
North West

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Business 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 across the Manchester region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 25 (35.71%) Workshop Facilitation
2 21 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 19 (27.14%) Requirements Workshops
4 18 (25.71%) Business Analysis
5 17 (24.29%) Social Skills
6 15 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (20.00%) User Stories
8 13 (18.57%) Agile
9 12 (17.14%) Microsoft
9 12 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
9 12 (17.14%) Public Sector
9 12 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (15.71%) Degree
11 10 (14.29%) Project Management
11 10 (14.29%) Customer Service
12 9 (12.86%) MS Visio
12 9 (12.86%) GAP Analysis
12 9 (12.86%) Use Case
12 9 (12.86%) Target Operating Model
13 8 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
13 8 (11.43%) BPMN
13 8 (11.43%) QA
13 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (11.43%) Finance
13 8 (11.43%) Project Delivery
14 7 (10.00%) JIRA
15 6 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
15 6 (8.57%) Requirements Engineering
15 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
15 6 (8.57%) Data Analysis

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Confluence
2 1 (1.43%) LiveLink
Applications
1 12 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (12.86%) MS Visio
3 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.43%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (5.71%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.86%) SaaS
3 1 (1.43%) Azure
3 1 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.43%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.71%) Power BI
2 2 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.86%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.43%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 7 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 17 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (17.14%) Public Sector
4 8 (11.43%) Finance
5 4 (5.71%) Banking
6 3 (4.29%) Billing
6 3 (4.29%) Retail
6 3 (4.29%) Retail Banking
7 2 (2.86%) Law
8 1 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.43%) Games
8 1 (1.43%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.43%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.43%) Legal
8 1 (1.43%) Local Government
8 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.43%) Marketing
8 1 (1.43%) Military
8 1 (1.43%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
1 2 (2.86%) Tandem
2 1 (1.43%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.43%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (1.43%) IoT
2 1 (1.43%) Robotics
2 1 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (35.71%) Workshop Facilitation
2 21 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 19 (27.14%) Requirements Workshops
4 18 (25.71%) Business Analysis
5 14 (20.00%) User Stories
6 13 (18.57%) Agile
7 12 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (14.29%) Customer Service
8 10 (14.29%) Project Management
9 9 (12.86%) GAP Analysis
9 9 (12.86%) Target Operating Model
9 9 (12.86%) Use Case
10 8 (11.43%) BPMN
10 8 (11.43%) Project Delivery
10 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (8.57%) Data Analysis
11 6 (8.57%) Records Management
11 6 (8.57%) Requirements Engineering
11 6 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.86%) SQL
2 1 (1.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 11 (15.71%) Degree
2 4 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.86%) ISEB
4 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.43%) CBAP
5 1 (1.43%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.43%) QA
2 1 (1.43%) COREP
2 1 (1.43%) FINREP
2 1 (1.43%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 3 (4.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.14%) Pega
2 5 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.86%) Cognizant
3 2 (2.86%) Workday
4 1 (1.43%) SAP