Business Analysis Contracts in Merseyside

Business Analysis
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 32 43
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 -2
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 6 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 3.57% 0.44% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 0.56% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £401 - £416
25th Percentile £403 £488 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +3.09% -11.82%
75th Percentile £428 £513 £548
90th Percentile £434 - £579
North West median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £34.11 - -
North West median hourly rate £75.40 £79.47 £50.50
% change year-on-year -5.13% +57.37% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 133 179 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.17% 78.51% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 90 229
10th Percentile £143 £145 £313
25th Percentile £203 £242 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £545 £494 £550
90th Percentile £649 £603 £689
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 8
10th Percentile £13.28 - £16.23
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £20.31 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.11% +12.81% +48.42%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.32 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.22 £37.18 £25.63
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Merseyside

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in Merseyside

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 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
Liverpool +13 6 £413 -17.50% 8
Business Analysis
North West

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Unit4 Business World
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 5 (83.33%) Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ERP
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
1 3 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (50.00%) Validation
1 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Business Process Mapping
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations