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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 81 85
Rank change year-on-year -20 +4 +21
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 42 42 52
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.68% 1.95% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 2.25% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 27 41
10th Percentile £346 £354 £400
25th Percentile £358 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £485 £541 £588
90th Percentile £603 £608 £600
England median daily rate £501 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -8.17% -0.91% -
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% +111.88%

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 2,207 1,867 2,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.21% 86.84% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,434 1,057 1,608
10th Percentile £213 £263 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £571 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 98 159
10th Percentile £16.58 £16.00 £15.95
25th Percentile £21.19 £21.05 £18.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.20 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.17% -19.47% +45.29%
75th Percentile £56.69 £49.80 £46.89
90th Percentile £69.94 £70.89 £64.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

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 29 December 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 29 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
Manchester -12 24 £425 -10.53% 44
Cheshire -14 15 £390 -13.24% 27
Lancashire -10 3 £435 -19.07% 37
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 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.38%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.29%) AWS
2 5 (11.90%) Apigee
2 5 (11.90%) Kong
3 4 (9.52%) Azure
4 3 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.38%) Figma
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) EDRMS
1 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 17 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 15 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (26.19%) Finance
4 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.52%) Banking
5 4 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.76%) Retail
8 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.38%) Front Office
8 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.38%) Law
8 1 (2.38%) Legal
8 1 (2.38%) Local Government
8 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (83.33%) Analyst
2 29 (69.05%) Business Analyst
3 5 (11.90%) Senior
3 5 (11.90%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (11.90%) Technical Business Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Architect
4 4 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Senior Business Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.14%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Banking Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Banking Business Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Digital Business Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Lead
6 2 (4.76%) SailPoint Architect
6 2 (4.76%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Transformation Analyst
7 1 (2.38%) Finance Business Analyst
7 1 (2.38%) Public Sector Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) OAuth
2 5 (11.90%) JSON
2 5 (11.90%) JWT
2 5 (11.90%) OpenAPI
2 5 (11.90%) REST
2 5 (11.90%) SOAP
2 5 (11.90%) Swagger
2 5 (11.90%) XML
3 4 (9.52%) SailPoint
4 2 (4.76%) Kafka
5 1 (2.38%) LDAP
5 1 (2.38%) PySpark
5 1 (2.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Onboarding
1 5 (11.90%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.76%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.38%) PMI
4 1 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Android
1 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (38.10%) Requirements Gathering
3 15 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (30.95%) Agile
4 13 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
6 10 (23.81%) Change Management
6 10 (23.81%) Validation
6 10 (23.81%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (19.05%) Business Case
7 8 (19.05%) Decision-Making
7 8 (19.05%) DevOps
8 7 (16.67%) Microservices
8 7 (16.67%) Traceability Matrix
8 7 (16.67%) Use Case
9 6 (14.29%) Feasibility Study
9 6 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (14.29%) User Stories
10 5 (11.90%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.52%) CBAP
4 3 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) APMG
5 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (4.76%) CSPO
5 2 (4.76%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.38%) IIBA
6 1 (2.38%) ISEB
6 1 (2.38%) PMP
6 1 (2.38%) SAFe Agilist
6 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) GDPR
2 2 (4.76%) ISO 20022
2 2 (4.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.38%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.38%) NIST
3 1 (2.38%) PSD2
3 1 (2.38%) QA
3 1 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.38%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) MuleSoft
3 4 (9.52%) SAP
4 3 (7.14%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.76%) IBM
5 2 (4.76%) IBM Sterling
6 1 (2.38%) Databricks
6 1 (2.38%) Epicor
6 1 (2.38%) Okta
6 1 (2.38%) OpenAI
6 1 (2.38%) Oracle
6 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow