Business Analyst Contracts in the North West

Business Analyst (BA)
England > North West

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the North West is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 37 51
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 104 164 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.87% 5.25% 4.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.09% 5.54% 4.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 129 130
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £405 £411 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% -
75th Percentile £569 £538 £500
90th Percentile £621 £600 £575
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.98 -
England median hourly rate £21.64 £60.25 £26.14
% change year-on-year -64.09% +130.53% -28.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,541 2,960 3,871
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 94.84% 96.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,648 2,119 2,831
10th Percentile £275 £300 £213
25th Percentile £388 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +12.05%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £568
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 124 166
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.58 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year -17.88% +61.84% +13.49%
75th Percentile £46.91 £50.72 £42.50
90th Percentile £69.14 £66.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Manchester +1 70 £500 +11.11% 18
Cheshire -9 23 £410 -8.38% 3
Merseyside +11 5 £450 - 2
Lancashire -3 5 £475 - 4
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 8 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 North West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 40 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
2 31 (29.81%) Business Analysis
3 28 (26.92%) Workshop Facilitation
4 22 (21.15%) Social Skills
4 22 (21.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (20.19%) Degree
6 20 (19.23%) Requirements Workshops
7 19 (18.27%) Finance
8 18 (17.31%) Public Sector
9 13 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (12.50%) Agile
10 12 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (11.54%) Project Management
11 11 (10.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (10.58%) GAP Analysis
11 11 (10.58%) Use Case
11 11 (10.58%) Requirements Engineering
12 10 (9.62%) Customer Service
12 10 (9.62%) Roadmaps
12 10 (9.62%) User Stories
12 10 (9.62%) Change Management
12 10 (9.62%) Manufacturing
12 10 (9.62%) Microsoft
13 9 (8.65%) Six Sigma
13 9 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
13 9 (8.65%) BPMN
13 9 (8.65%) Data Protection
13 9 (8.65%) Target Operating Model
13 9 (8.65%) Business Case
13 9 (8.65%) Problem-Solving

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (3.85%) Confluence
2 3 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.96%) LiveLink
Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.77%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.96%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 5 (4.81%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.88%) SaaS
5 2 (1.92%) IaaS
6 1 (0.96%) Azure
6 1 (0.96%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.69%) Power BI
2 2 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.92%) EDRMS
2 2 (1.92%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (1.92%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.92%) Tableau
3 1 (0.96%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (6.73%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.96%) PyCharm
2 1 (0.96%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 22 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.27%) Finance
3 18 (17.31%) Public Sector
4 13 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (10.58%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (9.62%) Manufacturing
7 8 (7.69%) Banking
8 5 (4.81%) Retail
9 4 (3.85%) Legal
10 3 (2.88%) Billing
10 3 (2.88%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.92%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.92%) Law
11 2 (1.92%) Local Government
12 1 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.96%) Games
12 1 (0.96%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.96%) Marketing
12 1 (0.96%) Military
12 1 (0.96%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.81%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (4.81%) IoT
1 5 (4.81%) Robotics
2 4 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.92%) Tandem
4 1 (0.96%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.96%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.96%) Life Science
4 1 (0.96%) NHS
4 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
2 31 (29.81%) Business Analysis
3 28 (26.92%) Workshop Facilitation
4 22 (21.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (19.23%) Requirements Workshops
6 13 (12.50%) Agile
7 12 (11.54%) Project Management
7 12 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (10.58%) GAP Analysis
8 11 (10.58%) Requirements Engineering
8 11 (10.58%) Use Case
9 10 (9.62%) Change Management
9 10 (9.62%) Customer Service
9 10 (9.62%) Roadmaps
9 10 (9.62%) User Stories
10 9 (8.65%) BPMN
10 9 (8.65%) Business Case
10 9 (8.65%) Data Protection
10 9 (8.65%) Six Sigma
10 9 (8.65%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.92%) SQL
2 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (0.96%) Groovy
2 1 (0.96%) Java
2 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (20.19%) Degree
2 6 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.81%) IIBA
4 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.88%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.92%) ISEB
6 1 (0.96%) CBAP
6 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) GDPR
2 6 (5.77%) Good Clinical Practice
2 6 (5.77%) GxP
3 4 (3.85%) QA
4 3 (2.88%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.96%) COREP
5 1 (0.96%) FINREP
Systems Management
1 3 (2.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.81%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.92%) Workday
4 1 (0.96%) Pega
4 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.96%) SAP