Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in the North West

Business Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 80 90
Rank change year-on-year -27 +10 -2
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 55 46 49
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.73% 2.36% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 2.61% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 37 37
10th Percentile £346 £268 £363
25th Percentile £358 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £430 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -9.47% +2.70%
75th Percentile £441 £513 £560
90th Percentile £488 £567 £613
England median daily rate £500 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -6.54% -0.47% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £56.94 £41.33 -
25th Percentile £57.23 £52.16 -
Median hourly rate £62.44 £75.40 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.19% - -
75th Percentile £67.63 £83.18 -
90th Percentile £67.91 £84.74 -
England median hourly rate £34.38 £66.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -47.92% -5.71% +11.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,664 1,765 2,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.64% 90.42% 86.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,650 1,137 1,556
10th Percentile £263 £300 £306
25th Percentile £375 £393 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £652 £665 £689
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 111 244
10th Percentile £20.84 £16.25 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.72 £13.20
Median hourly rate £50.50 £32.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.81% +52.38% -40.00%
75th Percentile £73.44 £60.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £83.41 £52.78
England median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in the North West

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in the North West over the 6 months to 23 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the North West

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Manchester -4 30 £400 -8.57% 13
Cheshire -20 18 £374 -15.63% 4
Lancashire -11 6 £335 -29.42% 10
Merseyside -21 1 £625 +51.52% 4
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (7.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (18.18%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.82%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.82%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.91%) Apigee
1 6 (10.91%) AWS
1 6 (10.91%) Kong
2 3 (5.45%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.82%) Cohesity
4 1 (1.82%) Collibra
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.82%) Rubrik
4 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) Power BI
2 2 (3.64%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.82%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.82%) Power Query
3 1 (1.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) JIRA
General
1 23 (41.82%) Social Skills
2 21 (38.18%) Finance
3 18 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (16.36%) Public Sector
5 7 (12.73%) Banking
6 6 (10.91%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (5.45%) Manufacturing
8 3 (5.45%) Retail
9 2 (3.64%) Legal
9 2 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.82%) Front Office
10 1 (1.82%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.82%) Law
10 1 (1.82%) Marketing
10 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (85.45%) Analyst
2 40 (72.73%) Business Analyst
3 16 (29.09%) Senior
4 14 (25.45%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (21.82%) Senior Business Analyst
6 7 (12.73%) Technical Analyst
6 7 (12.73%) Technical Business Analyst
7 5 (9.09%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.45%) Transformation Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Change Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Project Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Report Analyst
9 2 (3.64%) Senior Reporting Analyst
10 1 (1.82%) Business Manager
10 1 (1.82%) Data Governance Manager
10 1 (1.82%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
10 1 (1.82%) Governance Manager
10 1 (1.82%) Payments Business Analyst
10 1 (1.82%) Programme Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.91%) JSON
1 6 (10.91%) JWT
1 6 (10.91%) OAuth
1 6 (10.91%) OpenAPI
1 6 (10.91%) REST
1 6 (10.91%) SOAP
1 6 (10.91%) Swagger
1 6 (10.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.45%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (41.82%) Requirements Gathering
2 21 (38.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 20 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (30.91%) Workshop Facilitation
6 16 (29.09%) Agile
7 11 (20.00%) Migration
8 10 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
8 10 (18.18%) Validation
9 9 (16.36%) Data Analysis
9 9 (16.36%) Translating Business Requirements
10 8 (14.55%) Use Case
10 8 (14.55%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (14.55%) Workflow
11 7 (12.73%) Decision-Making
11 7 (12.73%) User Stories
12 6 (10.91%) API Testing
12 6 (10.91%) Business Process Analysis
12 6 (10.91%) DevOps
12 6 (10.91%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.18%) SQL
2 2 (3.64%) VBA
3 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) Degree
2 6 (10.91%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (10.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.64%) IIBA
5 2 (3.64%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.64%) PMP
6 1 (1.82%) APMG
6 1 (1.82%) CBAP
6 1 (1.82%) CISM
6 1 (1.82%) CISSP
6 1 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.82%) GDPR
2 1 (1.82%) PSD2
2 1 (1.82%) SEPA
Vendors
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) MuleSoft
3 5 (9.09%) SAP
4 3 (5.45%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.64%) Oracle
6 1 (1.82%) Commvault
6 1 (1.82%) Epicor
6 1 (1.82%) Infor
6 1 (1.82%) Veeam