Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Business Analyst (BA)
North West > Manchester

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Manchester is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 43 34
Rank change year-on-year -26 -9 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 56 39 60
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 2.87% 3.95% 4.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.10% 4.26% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 32 40
10th Percentile £352 £346 £374
25th Percentile £390 £390 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £528 £588
90th Percentile £545 £599 £616
North West median daily rate £427 £431 £475
% change year-on-year -0.99% -9.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 £67.50 £63.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £70.00 £66.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £73.75 £72.50 £69.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £67.00 £47.50 £66.50
% change year-on-year +41.05% -28.57% +137.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,808 915 1,274
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 92.61% 95.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 601 850
10th Percentile £318 £281 £306
25th Percentile £400 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -9.09% -1.00%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £671 £688
North West median daily rate £490 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +8.89% -6.25% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 65 71
10th Percentile £22.68 £13.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £30.00 £13.27 £15.56
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.10 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +184.36% -36.06% +73.68%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.50 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £28.75 £29.50
% change year-on-year +73.91% -2.54% +11.32%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Manchester

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in Manchester

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies 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 20 July 2026. 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
Bolton - 1 - -
Bury - 1 £500 -
Business Analyst
North West

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 20 July 2026, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (39.29%) Agile
1 22 (39.29%) Workshop Facilitation
2 20 (35.71%) Business Analysis
3 17 (30.36%) Requirements Gathering
3 17 (30.36%) User Stories
4 15 (26.79%) Acceptance Criteria
4 15 (26.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (23.21%) Confluence
5 13 (23.21%) JIRA
6 10 (17.86%) Migration
6 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (16.07%) Data Analysis
8 8 (14.29%) MS Visio
9 7 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
10 6 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (10.71%) Data Modelling
10 6 (10.71%) Decision-Making
10 6 (10.71%) Degree
11 5 (8.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (8.93%) Data Mapping
11 5 (8.93%) ERP
11 5 (8.93%) SQL
11 5 (8.93%) Workflow
12 4 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
12 4 (7.14%) BPMN
12 4 (7.14%) CRM
12 4 (7.14%) Economics
12 4 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
12 4 (7.14%) Process Improvement

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (23.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.79%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.79%) SAP MDG-F
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.36%) Miro
2 2 (3.57%) Azure
2 2 (3.57%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.79%) AWS
3 1 (1.79%) Datadog
3 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.79%) Figma
3 1 (1.79%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.57%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (3.57%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.79%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (23.21%) JIRA
2 2 (3.57%) Eclipse
General
1 20 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 16 (28.57%) Finance
3 15 (26.79%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (21.43%) Public Sector
5 7 (12.50%) Retail
6 6 (10.71%) Banking
7 5 (8.93%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (7.14%) Local Government
9 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing
10 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.79%) Automotive
11 1 (1.79%) Military
11 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) ADO
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.36%) Reference Data
4 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.79%) Contactless
5 1 (1.79%) EMV
5 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.79%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.79%) Online Banking
5 1 (1.79%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (39.29%) Agile
1 22 (39.29%) Workshop Facilitation
2 20 (35.71%) Business Analysis
3 17 (30.36%) Requirements Gathering
3 17 (30.36%) User Stories
4 15 (26.79%) Acceptance Criteria
4 15 (26.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (17.86%) Migration
5 10 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (17.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (16.07%) Data Analysis
7 7 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (10.71%) Data Modelling
8 6 (10.71%) Decision-Making
9 5 (8.93%) Data Mapping
9 5 (8.93%) ERP
9 5 (8.93%) Workflow
10 4 (7.14%) BPMN
10 4 (7.14%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.93%) SQL
2 1 (1.79%) Korn
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Degree
2 5 (8.93%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) CCNA
4 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.79%) GDPR
2 1 (1.79%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 3 (5.36%) Databricks
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.57%) Guidewire
2 2 (3.57%) Oracle
2 2 (3.57%) SAP
3 1 (1.79%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.79%) Infoblox
3 1 (1.79%) Infor
3 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.79%) Splunk