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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 75 78
Rank change year-on-year -32 +3 +34
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 34 41 67
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.42% 1.75% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 2.09% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 25 51
10th Percentile £338 £360 £413
25th Percentile £395 £400 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +12.82%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £594
90th Percentile £650 £611 £600
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £66.50 -
England median hourly rate £78.75 £66.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +19.32% -12.00% +207.63%

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 2,096 1,958 2,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.85% 83.57% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,378 1,056 1,709
10th Percentile £215 £294 £270
25th Percentile £360 £391 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £593
90th Percentile £678 £656 £673
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 110 170
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.82 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £24.47 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.27 £40.33 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.41% +13.59% +40.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £55.79 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.66 £70.90 £63.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -35.51% -12.36% +27.14%

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 2 November 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 2 November 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
Manchester -15 19 £488 -0.20% 43
Cheshire -16 14 £405 -19.00% 22
Lancashire -6 1 £500 -4.76% 42
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 6 (17.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.94%) Chatbot
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.94%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.94%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.94%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.94%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.94%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.94%) Figma
3 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (23.53%) JIRA
General
1 16 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Finance
4 7 (20.59%) Banking
5 3 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.88%) Retail
7 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.94%) Local Government
7 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (79.41%) Business Analyst
2 26 (76.47%) Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Architect
3 4 (11.76%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (8.82%) Senior
4 3 (8.82%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Banking Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Banking Business Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Lead
5 2 (5.88%) SailPoint Architect
5 2 (5.88%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Service Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) AML Business Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Digital Business Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM Business Analyst
6 1 (2.94%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.76%) SailPoint
2 2 (5.88%) Kafka
3 1 (2.94%) LDAP
3 1 (2.94%) OAuth
3 1 (2.94%) PySpark
3 1 (2.94%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
1 5 (14.71%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.94%) CMDB
3 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) EPoS
3 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.94%) PMI
3 1 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Android
1 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Requirements Gathering
2 15 (44.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (38.24%) Agile
3 13 (38.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (26.47%) Business Case
4 9 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (23.53%) Change Management
5 8 (23.53%) Decision-Making
6 7 (20.59%) Analytics
6 7 (20.59%) GAP Analysis
6 7 (20.59%) Traceability Matrix
7 6 (17.65%) Feasibility Study
7 6 (17.65%) Project Management
7 6 (17.65%) User Stories
8 5 (14.71%) Roadmaps
9 4 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
9 4 (11.76%) ITSM
9 4 (11.76%) Risk Management
9 4 (11.76%) Service Design
9 4 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Degree
2 6 (17.65%) CBAP
3 2 (5.88%) CSPO
4 1 (2.94%) APMG
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) ISEB
4 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.94%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) GDPR
2 2 (5.88%) COBIT
2 2 (5.88%) ISO 20022
2 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
2 2 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.94%) Basel III
3 1 (2.94%) GRC
3 1 (2.94%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.94%) NIST
3 1 (2.94%) PSD2
3 1 (2.94%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) ServiceNow
3 3 (8.82%) SAP
4 2 (5.88%) IBM
4 2 (5.88%) IBM Sterling
5 1 (2.94%) Databricks
5 1 (2.94%) Okta
5 1 (2.94%) OpenAI
5 1 (2.94%) Salesforce