Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Business Analyst (BA)
North West > Manchester

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Manchester is £432, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 43 38
Rank change year-on-year -28 -5 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 52 38 62
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 2.68% 3.85% 4.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.89% 4.16% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 31 41
10th Percentile £351 £346 £375
25th Percentile £390 £379 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £432 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.16% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £497 £531 £588
90th Percentile £549 £600 £615
North West median daily rate £425 £431 £475
% change year-on-year -1.39% -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 £40.81 £66.50
% change year-on-year +64.20% -38.64% +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 1,801 913 1,328
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 92.60% 95.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 607 886
10th Percentile £315 £295 £313
25th Percentile £400 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -9.55% -0.50%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £575
90th Percentile £675 £673 £675
North West median daily rate £485 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +7.84% -7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 59 78
10th Percentile £22.68 - £12.50
25th Percentile £30.00 £13.00 £14.13
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.10 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +184.36% -30.82% +60.53%
75th Percentile £76.00 £60.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.50 £72.88
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £29.27 £29.00
% change year-on-year +70.82% +0.93% +8.01%

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 13 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 13 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 - -
Business Analyst
North West

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 21 (40.38%) Workshop Facilitation
2 20 (38.46%) Agile
3 19 (36.54%) Business Analysis
4 16 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (30.77%) User Stories
5 14 (26.92%) Acceptance Criteria
6 13 (25.00%) Confluence
6 13 (25.00%) JIRA
6 13 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (17.31%) Data Analysis
8 9 (17.31%) Migration
8 9 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (13.46%) MS Visio
10 6 (11.54%) Data Modelling
10 6 (11.54%) Decision-Making
10 6 (11.54%) Degree
11 5 (9.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (9.62%) Data Mapping
11 5 (9.62%) GAP Analysis
11 5 (9.62%) SQL
12 4 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
12 4 (7.69%) CRM
12 4 (7.69%) Economics
12 4 (7.69%) ERP
12 4 (7.69%) Regulatory Change
12 4 (7.69%) Scrum
12 4 (7.69%) Workflow
13 3 (5.77%) Analytics

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 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.92%) SAP MDG
1 1 (1.92%) SAP MDG-F
1 1 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.77%) Miro
2 2 (3.85%) Azure
2 2 (3.85%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.92%) AWS
3 1 (1.92%) Datadog
3 1 (1.92%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.85%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (3.85%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.92%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 13 (25.00%) JIRA
2 2 (3.85%) Eclipse
General
1 18 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 15 (28.85%) Finance
3 13 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (23.08%) Public Sector
5 6 (11.54%) Banking
5 6 (11.54%) Retail
6 5 (9.62%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (7.69%) Local Government
8 3 (5.77%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.92%) Automotive
10 1 (1.92%) Military
10 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) ADO
1 1 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.85%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.92%) Contactless
4 1 (1.92%) EMV
4 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.92%) Online Banking
4 1 (1.92%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (40.38%) Workshop Facilitation
2 20 (38.46%) Agile
3 19 (36.54%) Business Analysis
4 16 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (30.77%) User Stories
5 14 (26.92%) Acceptance Criteria
6 13 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (17.31%) Data Analysis
8 9 (17.31%) Migration
8 9 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (11.54%) Data Modelling
9 6 (11.54%) Decision-Making
10 5 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (9.62%) Data Mapping
10 5 (9.62%) GAP Analysis
11 4 (7.69%) Actionable Insight
11 4 (7.69%) Economics
11 4 (7.69%) Regulatory Change
11 4 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.62%) SQL
2 1 (1.92%) Korn
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) Degree
2 5 (9.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.92%) CCNA
4 1 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.92%) GDPR
2 1 (1.92%) QA
2 1 (1.92%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 3 (5.77%) Databricks
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.85%) Guidewire
2 2 (3.85%) Oracle
2 2 (3.85%) SAP
3 1 (1.92%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.92%) Infoblox
3 1 (1.92%) Infor
3 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.92%) Splunk