Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Business Analyst (BA)
North West > Manchester

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Manchester is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 30 40
Rank change year-on-year -13 +10 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 43 55 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.24% 4.61% 4.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.56% 4.89% 4.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 38 59
10th Percentile £329 £363 £400
25th Percentile £365 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £569
90th Percentile £560 £626 £600
North West median daily rate £425 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -15.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £66.50 -
North West median hourly rate - £66.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 942 1,124 1,576
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 94.30% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 688 1,137
10th Percentile £302 £329 £285
25th Percentile £392 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £594
90th Percentile £657 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 36 60
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.56 £15.72
25th Percentile £16.53 £19.19 £16.85
Median hourly rate £22.32 £33.00 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% +71.43% +10.00%
75th Percentile £32.81 £62.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £69.50 £83.75 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% +5.71% +50.21%

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
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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 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
Salford +3 1 £400 - 2
Stockport - 1 £400 - 3
Business Analyst
North West

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, 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 21 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 18 (41.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (37.21%) Requirements Gathering
4 14 (32.56%) Agile
5 13 (30.23%) Business Analysis
5 13 (30.23%) Finance
6 10 (23.26%) Banking
7 9 (20.93%) Migration
7 9 (20.93%) User Stories
8 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
8 8 (18.60%) Decision-Making
9 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
9 7 (16.28%) GAP Analysis
10 6 (13.95%) Azure
10 6 (13.95%) JIRA
10 6 (13.95%) Acceptance Criteria
11 5 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (11.63%) Workshop Facilitation
11 5 (11.63%) Business Case
11 5 (11.63%) Journey Map
11 5 (11.63%) Waterfall
11 5 (11.63%) Confluence
11 5 (11.63%) Analytics
11 5 (11.63%) DevOps
11 5 (11.63%) Scrum
12 4 (9.30%) Retail
12 4 (9.30%) Change Management

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 5 (11.63%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) CMS
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.33%) SAP HR
2 1 (2.33%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.98%) Figma
4 2 (4.65%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.33%) AWS
5 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.33%) Google Docs
5 1 (2.33%) Google Sheets
5 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.33%) iPaaS
5 1 (2.33%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) ATM
1 1 (2.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (13.95%) JIRA
General
1 21 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 13 (30.23%) Finance
3 10 (23.26%) Banking
4 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
6 4 (9.30%) Retail
7 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Games
7 2 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Local Government
7 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Retail Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.33%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Legal
8 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.98%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.33%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.33%) EPoS
3 1 (2.33%) IVR
3 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.33%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (2.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.33%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (37.21%) Requirements Gathering
3 14 (32.56%) Agile
4 13 (30.23%) Business Analysis
5 9 (20.93%) Migration
5 9 (20.93%) User Stories
6 8 (18.60%) Decision-Making
6 8 (18.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (16.28%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (13.95%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (11.63%) Analytics
9 5 (11.63%) Business Case
9 5 (11.63%) DevOps
9 5 (11.63%) Journey Map
9 5 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (11.63%) Scrum
9 5 (11.63%) Waterfall
9 5 (11.63%) Workshop Facilitation
10 4 (9.30%) Data Governance
10 4 (9.30%) Kanban
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) Degree
2 2 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) CIPD
3 1 (2.33%) ISEB
3 1 (2.33%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) GDPR
1 3 (6.98%) PSD2
2 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.98%) SAP
3 1 (2.33%) DocuSign
3 1 (2.33%) Google
3 1 (2.33%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.33%) OpenText
3 1 (2.33%) Veeam
3 1 (2.33%) Verint
3 1 (2.33%) Virgin Media
3 1 (2.33%) VMware