Business Analyst Contracts in Manchester

Business Analyst (BA)
North West > Manchester

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Manchester is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 31 34
Rank change year-on-year -21 +3 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 27 70 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.92% 4.61% 5.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.11% 4.81% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 49 77
10th Percentile £263 £373 £380
25th Percentile £352 £413 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £500
90th Percentile £569 £603 £575
North West median daily rate £425 £475 £456
% change year-on-year -10.53% +4.11% +1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £31.52 - £27.98

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 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Public Sector
2 8 (29.63%) Migration
3 7 (25.93%) Agile
3 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (22.22%) Degree
5 5 (18.52%) Business Analysis
5 5 (18.52%) Change Management
5 5 (18.52%) Finance
5 5 (18.52%) Workshop Facilitation
5 5 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (18.52%) Business Case
6 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (14.81%) Data Migration
6 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
7 3 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
7 3 (11.11%) Legal
7 3 (11.11%) ITIL
7 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
7 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
7 3 (11.11%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (11.11%) Business Process Analysis
7 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
8 2 (7.41%) Data Collection
8 2 (7.41%) Customer Service

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 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.70%) Elite 3E
3 1 (3.70%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) AWS
2 1 (3.70%) Boomi
2 1 (3.70%) GCP
2 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.70%) EDRMS
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Public Sector
3 6 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (18.52%) Finance
5 3 (11.11%) Legal
6 2 (7.41%) Marketing
6 2 (7.41%) Retail
7 1 (3.70%) Banking
7 1 (3.70%) Games
7 1 (3.70%) Law
7 1 (3.70%) Local Government
7 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (29.63%) Migration
3 7 (25.93%) Agile
3 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (18.52%) Business Analysis
4 5 (18.52%) Business Case
4 5 (18.52%) Change Management
4 5 (18.52%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (18.52%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.81%) Data Migration
5 4 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (14.81%) Waterfall
6 3 (11.11%) Business Process Analysis
6 3 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (11.11%) ITIL
6 3 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
7 2 (7.41%) Data Modelling
7 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) CIPD
2 1 (3.70%) ISEB
2 1 (3.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) GDPR
1 1 (3.70%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) SAP
2 2 (7.41%) Verint
3 1 (3.70%) Intapp
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow