Business Analysis Contracts in Manchester

Business Analysis
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 68 73
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 12 29 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.35% 2.04% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 2.35% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 22 26
10th Percentile £208 £363 £400
25th Percentile £350 £369 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £529 £523 £563
90th Percentile £588 £560 £875
North West median daily rate £456 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.04% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £38.10
25th Percentile - - £42.75
Median hourly rate - - £50.50
75th Percentile - - £58.25
90th Percentile - - £62.90
North West median hourly rate £34.11 £83.55 £50.50
% change year-on-year -59.17% +65.45% +131.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 794 1,233 1,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.21% 86.89% 90.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 843 1,202
10th Percentile £300 £325 £318
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% - -
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £675 £694 £675
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 75 50
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.44 £16.53
25th Percentile £24.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £26.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +130.77% -25.71% +93.21%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.35 £73.70 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £24.19 £35.03
% change year-on-year +32.29% -30.94% +52.12%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Manchester

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in Manchester

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Manchester over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Manchester

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in Manchester

Business Analysis
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 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (8.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (8.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (8.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (8.33%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
1 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) EDRMS
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Law
3 3 (25.00%) Legal
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Local Government
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
1 6 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Procurement Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Business Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Procurement Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Procurement Officer
3 1 (8.33%) Requirements Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) SAP CO Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SAP FI Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SAP HR Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) SAP HR Business Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) SharePoint Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) Architectural Design
3 2 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (16.67%) Data Management
3 2 (16.67%) High Availability
3 2 (16.67%) Information Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (16.67%) Release Management
3 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Software Licensing
4 1 (8.33%) User Experience
4 1 (8.33%) User Stories
4 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) CIPD
2 1 (8.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) SAP