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 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 74 77
Rank change year-on-year -31 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 57 50 56
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.72% 2.58% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 2.86% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 39 41
10th Percentile £350 £268 £363
25th Percentile £368 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £456 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% -4.00% -4.52%
75th Percentile £458 £516 £538
90th Percentile £537 £560 £613
England median daily rate £500 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £72.87
25th Percentile £56.75 - £76.88
Median hourly rate £61.50 £34.11 £83.55
Median % change year-on-year +80.30% -59.17% +65.45%
75th Percentile £66.25 - £84.67
90th Percentile - - £85.33
England median hourly rate £44.69 £63.00 £46.87
% change year-on-year -29.07% +34.41% -28.98%

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 2,757 1,749 2,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.27% 90.29% 85.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,663 1,141 1,445
10th Percentile £300 £300 £308
25th Percentile £391 £388 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £583 £563 £588
90th Percentile £662 £663 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 98 257
10th Percentile £17.13 £17.01 £10.98
25th Percentile £25.38 £24.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.88% +23.08% -25.75%
75th Percentile £74.26 £62.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.73 £62.50
England median hourly rate £45.59 £28.55 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.67% -21.78% -2.67%

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 May 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 May 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 -13 33 £410 -13.68% 20
Cheshire -20 17 £400 -12.28% 5
Lancashire -6 5 £335 -29.42% 6
Merseyside -21 1 £625 +51.52% 8
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 5 (8.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.75%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.75%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.26%) Apigee
1 3 (5.26%) AWS
1 3 (5.26%) Kong
1 3 (5.26%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.75%) Cohesity
3 1 (1.75%) Collibra
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.75%) Rubrik
3 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Power BI
2 2 (3.51%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.75%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.75%) Power Query
3 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) JIRA
General
1 25 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 21 (36.84%) Finance
3 15 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (17.54%) Public Sector
5 7 (12.28%) Banking
6 6 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (7.02%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
8 3 (5.26%) Retail
9 2 (3.51%) Legal
9 2 (3.51%) Marketing
10 1 (1.75%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.75%) Front Office
10 1 (1.75%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.75%) Law
10 1 (1.75%) Military
10 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (85.96%) Analyst
2 42 (73.68%) Business Analyst
3 17 (29.82%) Senior
4 15 (26.32%) Senior Analyst
5 13 (22.81%) Senior Business Analyst
6 5 (8.77%) Technical Analyst
6 5 (8.77%) Technical Business Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.26%) Support Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) Transformation Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Business IT Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Business Systems Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Change Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) ERP Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) ERP Business Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) IT Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) IT Business Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Report Analyst
9 2 (3.51%) Senior Reporting Analyst
10 1 (1.75%) Strategy Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) JSON
1 3 (5.26%) JWT
1 3 (5.26%) OAuth
1 3 (5.26%) OpenAPI
1 3 (5.26%) REST
1 3 (5.26%) SOAP
1 3 (5.26%) Swagger
1 3 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (38.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 21 (36.84%) Requirements Gathering
3 20 (35.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (31.58%) Agile
5 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (29.82%) Workshop Facilitation
6 11 (19.30%) Migration
7 9 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
7 9 (15.79%) User Stories
8 8 (14.04%) Data Analysis
8 8 (14.04%) Workflow
9 7 (12.28%) AI
9 7 (12.28%) Decision-Making
9 7 (12.28%) GAP Analysis
9 7 (12.28%) Validation
10 6 (10.53%) CRM
10 6 (10.53%) Data Migration
10 6 (10.53%) Data Modelling
10 6 (10.53%) Impact Assessments
10 6 (10.53%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) SQL
2 2 (3.51%) VBA
3 1 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (17.54%) Degree
2 6 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (8.77%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.51%) IIBA
5 2 (3.51%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.51%) PMP
5 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.75%) APMG
6 1 (1.75%) CBAP
6 1 (1.75%) CISM
6 1 (1.75%) CISSP
6 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.51%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.75%) GDPR
3 1 (1.75%) PSD2
3 1 (1.75%) SEPA
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.77%) Salesforce
2 5 (8.77%) SAP
3 3 (5.26%) MuleSoft
4 2 (3.51%) Oracle
5 1 (1.75%) Commvault
5 1 (1.75%) Epicor
5 1 (1.75%) Infor
5 1 (1.75%) Veeam