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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 68 75
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 +30
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 53 50 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.43% 2.09% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 2.51% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 28 47
10th Percentile £335 £397 £413
25th Percentile £398 £456 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.90% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £591
90th Percentile £613 £622 £600
England median daily rate £539 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +0.65% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £79.47 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £75.40 £46.98
% change year-on-year -7.16% +60.50% +92.68%

All Process and 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 1,940 1,992 2,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.83% 83.31% 87.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,157 1,649
10th Percentile £299 £294 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £595
90th Percentile £678 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 108 162
10th Percentile £13.54 £16.43 £15.78
25th Percentile £17.36 £27.94 £18.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% +21.43% +55.56%
75th Percentile £51.19 £57.63 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.32 £70.90 £66.80
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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
Cheshire -1 32 £410 -15.90% 30
Manchester -10 19 £488 -2.50% 44
Merseyside +2 1 - - 24
Lancashire -1 1 - - 39
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 12 (22.64%) Confluence
2 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (13.21%) MS Visio
2 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.89%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (7.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.89%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.89%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.89%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.89%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.89%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.09%) Azure
2 5 (9.43%) AWS
3 4 (7.55%) Anthropic Claude
3 4 (7.55%) Azure AI
3 4 (7.55%) GCP
3 4 (7.55%) Google Gemini
4 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.77%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.77%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.89%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) Neo4j
2 2 (3.77%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (26.42%) JIRA
2 4 (7.55%) Git
General
1 22 (41.51%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (35.85%) Finance
2 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
3 10 (18.87%) Banking
4 9 (16.98%) Manufacturing
5 8 (15.09%) Legal
5 8 (15.09%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (9.43%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (7.55%) Automotive
7 4 (7.55%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.77%) Retail
10 1 (1.89%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.89%) Local Government
10 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (75.47%) Business Analyst
2 38 (71.70%) Analyst
3 8 (15.09%) Senior
4 7 (13.21%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Senior Business Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Architect
6 4 (7.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 4 (7.55%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.77%) Banking Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Banking Business Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) Data Migration Expert
7 2 (3.77%) SAP Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) SAP Business Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (3.77%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 1 (1.89%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) PyTorch
1 4 (7.55%) Streamlit
1 4 (7.55%) TensorFlow
2 2 (3.77%) Kafka
2 2 (3.77%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.89%) LDAP
3 1 (1.89%) OAuth
3 1 (1.89%) OLE
3 1 (1.89%) PySpark
3 1 (1.89%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Management Information System
1 6 (11.32%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.55%) Algorithms
2 4 (7.55%) CMDB
3 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.77%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.89%) EPoS
4 1 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.89%) PMI
4 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) Android
1 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (47.17%) Agile
2 19 (35.85%) Requirements Gathering
3 18 (33.96%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (28.30%) Decision-Making
4 15 (28.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (28.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (26.42%) Change Management
6 11 (20.75%) Business Case
7 10 (18.87%) Feasibility Study
8 9 (16.98%) Analytics
8 9 (16.98%) Project Management
9 8 (15.09%) Risk Management
10 7 (13.21%) Traceability Matrix
10 7 (13.21%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (13.21%) User Stories
11 6 (11.32%) Artificial Intelligence
11 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (11.32%) Information Architecture
11 6 (11.32%) Migration
11 6 (11.32%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.43%) Python
2 3 (5.66%) Scala
2 3 (5.66%) SQL
3 1 (1.89%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (28.30%) Degree
2 7 (13.21%) CBAP
3 5 (9.43%) ISEB
4 4 (7.55%) IIBA
5 2 (3.77%) CSPO
5 2 (3.77%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.89%) CIPD
6 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.89%) PMP
6 1 (1.89%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) GDPR
2 2 (3.77%) COBIT
2 2 (3.77%) ISO 20022
2 2 (3.77%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.77%) PSD2
2 2 (3.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.89%) Basel III
3 1 (1.89%) GRC
3 1 (1.89%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.89%) NIST
3 1 (1.89%) QA
3 1 (1.89%) SEPA
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
1 8 (15.09%) SAP
1 8 (15.09%) ServiceNow
2 2 (3.77%) IBM
2 2 (3.77%) IBM Sterling
3 1 (1.89%) Ariba
3 1 (1.89%) Databricks
3 1 (1.89%) Okta
3 1 (1.89%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.89%) Salesforce