Business Analysis Contracts in Lancashire

Business Analysis
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 31 30
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.71% 0.51% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 0.65% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £423 - £411
25th Percentile £438 £525 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £443
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +24.28% +10.64%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £481
90th Percentile £538 - £485
North West median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 158 154 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 90.29% 78.97% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 74 118
10th Percentile £400 £313 £339
25th Percentile £463 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £538 £533
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +0.94% +11.52%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £630 £747 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 51 42
10th Percentile £14.62 - £22.31
25th Percentile £23.87 £16.06 £28.85
Median hourly rate £28.75 £19.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.90% -54.87% +7.59%
75th Percentile £43.94 £46.03 £49.52
90th Percentile £60.59 £48.00 £53.43
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Lancashire

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in Lancashire

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Lancashire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Lancashire

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in Lancashire

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Lancashire region 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
Preston -1 2 £513 -6.82% 10
Business Analysis
North West

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (66.67%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Finance Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Finance Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation