Business Analyst Contracts in Manchester

Business Analyst (BA)
North West > Manchester

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Manchester is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 34 52
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 69 102 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.49% 5.37% 3.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.69% 5.56% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 81 80
10th Percentile £373 £388 £350
25th Percentile £413 £405 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +8.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £505 £500
90th Percentile £603 £575 £538
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -

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 1,470 1,836 2,512
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.70% 96.63% 97.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,368 1,976
10th Percentile £313 £313 £213
25th Percentile £394 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £655 £650
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -1.40% +7.53% +9.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 56 62
10th Percentile £12.07 £14.13 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.82
Median hourly rate £25.10 £35.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.30% +100.00% +8.59%
75th Percentile £62.50 £47.81 £22.90
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.00 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £26.53 £30.54 £20.49
% change year-on-year -13.15% +49.05% +12.41%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -
Bolton +3 1 £400 -15.79%
Rochdale -1 1 - -
Salford -2 1 - -
Business Analyst
North West

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 (36.23%) Workshop Facilitation
2 20 (28.99%) Requirements Gathering
3 19 (27.54%) Requirements Workshops
4 18 (26.09%) Social Skills
5 17 (24.64%) Business Analysis
6 15 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (18.84%) User Stories
8 12 (17.39%) Agile
8 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (17.39%) Public Sector
9 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Office
10 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
10 10 (14.49%) Customer Service
11 9 (13.04%) GAP Analysis
11 9 (13.04%) Target Operating Model
11 9 (13.04%) Degree
11 9 (13.04%) Use Case
12 8 (11.59%) QA
12 8 (11.59%) Project Management
12 8 (11.59%) Project Delivery
13 7 (10.14%) Finance
13 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (10.14%) MS Visio
13 7 (10.14%) BPMN
14 6 (8.70%) Requirements Engineering
14 6 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
14 6 (8.70%) Records Management
15 5 (7.25%) Backlog Management
15 5 (7.25%) Business Process Modelling
15 5 (7.25%) Roadmaps

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 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) LiveLink
Applications
1 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (10.14%) MS Visio
3 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.45%) Azure
2 1 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.45%) IaaS
2 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) Power BI
2 2 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.90%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 18 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 7 (10.14%) Finance
5 4 (5.80%) Banking
6 3 (4.35%) Retail
6 3 (4.35%) Retail Banking
7 2 (2.90%) Billing
7 2 (2.90%) Law
8 1 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.45%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (1.45%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Legal
8 1 (1.45%) Local Government
8 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.45%) Marketing
8 1 (1.45%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.90%) Tandem
3 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.45%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (1.45%) IoT
3 1 (1.45%) Robotics
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (36.23%) Workshop Facilitation
2 20 (28.99%) Requirements Gathering
3 19 (27.54%) Requirements Workshops
4 17 (24.64%) Business Analysis
5 13 (18.84%) User Stories
6 12 (17.39%) Agile
6 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (14.49%) Customer Service
8 9 (13.04%) GAP Analysis
8 9 (13.04%) Target Operating Model
8 9 (13.04%) Use Case
9 8 (11.59%) Project Delivery
9 8 (11.59%) Project Management
10 7 (10.14%) BPMN
10 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (8.70%) Records Management
11 6 (8.70%) Requirements Engineering
11 6 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
12 5 (7.25%) Backlog Management
12 5 (7.25%) Business Process Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) SQL
2 1 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 9 (13.04%) Degree
2 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.90%) ISEB
4 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) CBAP
5 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.59%) QA
2 1 (1.45%) COREP
2 1 (1.45%) FINREP
2 1 (1.45%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) Pega
2 5 (7.25%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.90%) Cognizant
4 1 (1.45%) SAP
4 1 (1.45%) Workday