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 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 33 33
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 32 65 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 3.54% 4.50% 5.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.81% 4.71% 5.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 46 76
10th Percentile £332 £361 £378
25th Percentile £390 £404 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £456
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.59% +7.35%
75th Percentile £529 £575 £513
90th Percentile £600 £608 £569
North West median daily rate £425 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -10.53% - +5.56%
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 £34.11 - £27.98
% change year-on-year - - +28.47%

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 840 1,379 1,717
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 95.56% 96.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 956 1,282
10th Percentile £300 £309 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £588
90th Percentile £663 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £465 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -4.62% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 84 43
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.87
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.83 £28.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.89% +9.62% +33.33%
75th Percentile £66.25 £63.13 £44.38
90th Percentile £78.38 £73.75 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £32.90 £30.54
% change year-on-year -12.60% +7.71% +31.51%

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 31 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
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 31 May 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 -6 1 £400 - 1
Stockport - 1 £400 -
Business Analyst
North West

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 14 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 9 (28.13%) Migration
4 8 (25.00%) Finance
4 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 8 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (21.88%) Business Analysis
6 6 (18.75%) Agile
6 6 (18.75%) Degree
6 6 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (15.63%) Business Case
7 5 (15.63%) Change Management
7 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
8 4 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (12.50%) Data Migration
8 4 (12.50%) Waterfall
8 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
9 3 (9.38%) Performance Metrics
9 3 (9.38%) Business Process Analysis
9 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (9.38%) Azure
9 3 (9.38%) SAP
9 3 (9.38%) ITIL
9 3 (9.38%) MS Visio
9 3 (9.38%) Data Modelling
9 3 (9.38%) Unit4 Business World

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 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.38%) MS Visio
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (3.13%) Elite 3E
3 1 (3.13%) SAP HR
3 1 (3.13%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Boomi
3 1 (3.13%) GCP
3 1 (3.13%) Google Docs
3 1 (3.13%) Google Sheets
3 1 (3.13%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) ATM
1 1 (3.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.13%) EDRMS
2 1 (3.13%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.38%) Banking
3 3 (9.38%) Legal
3 3 (9.38%) Retail
4 2 (6.25%) Marketing
4 2 (6.25%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Games
5 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Law
5 1 (3.13%) Local Government
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.13%) EPoS
1 1 (3.13%) IVR
1 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Public Cloud
1 1 (3.13%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (28.13%) Migration
3 8 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (21.88%) Business Analysis
4 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (18.75%) Agile
5 6 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (15.63%) Business Case
6 5 (15.63%) Change Management
7 4 (12.50%) Data Migration
7 4 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 4 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (12.50%) Waterfall
8 3 (9.38%) Business Process Analysis
8 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (9.38%) Data Management
8 3 (9.38%) Data Modelling
8 3 (9.38%) Performance Metrics
8 3 (9.38%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) CIPD
2 1 (3.13%) ISEB
2 1 (3.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) GDPR
1 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) SAP
3 2 (6.25%) Verint
4 1 (3.13%) Google
4 1 (3.13%) Intapp
4 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.13%) Veeam
4 1 (3.13%) VMware