Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Business Analysis
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 102 77
Rank change year-on-year -12 -25 +37
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 94 59 112
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 1.97% 1.67% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 1.92% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 37 74
10th Percentile £357 £354 £391
25th Percentile £382 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £518 £567 £575
90th Percentile £647 £643 £600
England median daily rate £511 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.05% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £64.64 -
25th Percentile £58.65 £66.73 -
Median hourly rate £63.37 £75.40 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.95% - -
75th Percentile £68.09 £83.18 -
90th Percentile - £84.74 -
England median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £84.75
% change year-on-year +18.08% -22.12% +142.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,217 3,071 4,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.48% 86.82% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,797 1,744 2,708
10th Percentile £218 £263 £300
25th Percentile £363 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £669 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 150 190
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.12 £17.75
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.44 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% -8.53% +33.33%
75th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.79 £67.57 £62.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in the North of England

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the North of England

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
Yorkshire -7 48 £501 -11.64% 74
North West -33 38 £400 -15.97% 88
North East - 10 £450 - 18
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 10 (10.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.26%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.06%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.06%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.64%) Power Platform
2 9 (9.57%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.45%) Azure
4 6 (6.38%) AWS
5 4 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.19%) Apigee
6 3 (3.19%) Kong
7 1 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.06%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.06%) Figma
7 1 (1.06%) GCP
7 1 (1.06%) GitHub
7 1 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.06%) Miro
7 1 (1.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.06%) Firewall
1 1 (1.06%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.64%) Power BI
2 7 (7.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.06%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (15.96%) JIRA
2 7 (7.45%) Git
3 1 (1.06%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.06%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.06%) Postman
3 1 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (45.74%) Social Skills
2 31 (32.98%) Finance
3 23 (24.47%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (18.09%) Public Sector
5 15 (15.96%) Banking
6 7 (7.45%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.26%) General Ledger
9 3 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.19%) Retail
9 3 (3.19%) Wholesale Banking
10 2 (2.13%) Local Government
10 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.13%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.06%) Front Office
11 1 (1.06%) Law
11 1 (1.06%) Legal
11 1 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (75.53%) Analyst
2 66 (70.21%) Business Analyst
3 15 (15.96%) Senior
4 14 (14.89%) Senior Analyst
4 14 (14.89%) Senior Business Analyst
5 8 (8.51%) Technical Analyst
5 8 (8.51%) Technical Business Analyst
6 5 (5.32%) Banking Analyst
6 5 (5.32%) Banking Business Analyst
6 5 (5.32%) Developer
6 5 (5.32%) Finance Business Analyst
6 5 (5.32%) Financial Analyst
6 5 (5.32%) Financial Business Analyst
6 5 (5.32%) Product Owner
7 4 (4.26%) Architect
7 4 (4.26%) Digital Analyst
7 4 (4.26%) Digital Business Analyst
7 4 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.19%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.19%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.51%) .NET
2 7 (7.45%) ASP.NET Web API
2 7 (7.45%) CSS
2 7 (7.45%) HTML
2 7 (7.45%) jQuery
3 5 (5.32%) Compass CSS Framework
3 5 (5.32%) SailPoint
4 4 (4.26%) Anaconda
4 4 (4.26%) OAuth
4 4 (4.26%) REST
5 3 (3.19%) JSON
5 3 (3.19%) JWT
5 3 (3.19%) OpenAPI
5 3 (3.19%) SOAP
5 3 (3.19%) Swagger
5 3 (3.19%) XML
6 2 (2.13%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.13%) Kafka
6 2 (2.13%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (1.06%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.70%) Product Ownership
2 9 (9.57%) Management Information System
3 8 (8.51%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.26%) Credit Risk
4 4 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.19%) NHS
6 2 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.13%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.13%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.13%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.06%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.06%) PMI
7 1 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.06%) Android
1 1 (1.06%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (54.26%) Agile
2 33 (35.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 30 (31.91%) Requirements Gathering
3 30 (31.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (28.72%) Workshop Facilitation
5 23 (24.47%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (20.21%) Decision-Making
7 17 (18.09%) User Stories
8 14 (14.89%) Change Management
8 14 (14.89%) Migration
8 14 (14.89%) Process Improvement
8 14 (14.89%) Traceability Matrix
8 14 (14.89%) Use Case
9 13 (13.83%) GAP Analysis
10 12 (12.77%) Scrum
11 11 (11.70%) Analytics
11 11 (11.70%) Data Governance
11 11 (11.70%) SDLC
12 10 (10.64%) DevOps
12 10 (10.64%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.51%) C#
1 8 (8.51%) JavaScript
1 8 (8.51%) SQL
2 7 (7.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (18.09%) Degree
2 5 (5.32%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.26%) CBAP
4 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.19%) CSPO
5 2 (2.13%) APMG
5 2 (2.13%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.06%) ACCA
6 1 (1.06%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.06%) IIBA
6 1 (1.06%) ISEB
6 1 (1.06%) PMP
6 1 (1.06%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (1.06%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.38%) Data Quality
1 6 (6.38%) GDPR
2 2 (2.13%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.13%) ISO 20022
2 2 (2.13%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.06%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.06%) HL7
3 1 (1.06%) NIST
3 1 (1.06%) PSD2
3 1 (1.06%) QA
3 1 (1.06%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.06%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.19%) Ansible
2 1 (1.06%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.45%) GoldenSource
3 4 (4.26%) SAP
4 3 (3.19%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.13%) IBM
5 2 (2.13%) IBM Sterling
5 2 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.13%) Splunk
6 1 (1.06%) Cellebrite
6 1 (1.06%) Databricks
6 1 (1.06%) Epicor
6 1 (1.06%) Genesys
6 1 (1.06%) Okta
6 1 (1.06%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.06%) Oracle
6 1 (1.06%) Pega