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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 97 75
Rank change year-on-year -15 -22 +3
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 66 37 48
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.67% 1.69% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 1.90% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 31 25
10th Percentile £378 £365 £403
25th Percentile £410 £403 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £548 £538
90th Percentile £654 £638 £626
England median daily rate £525 £528 £538
% change year-on-year -0.47% -1.86% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £58.08 - £65.34
25th Percentile £60.06 - £68.46
Median hourly rate £65.75 - £79.47
75th Percentile £69.06 - £84.11
90th Percentile £69.63 - £85.11
England median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £75.20
% change year-on-year -21.43% -6.91% +213.98%

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 3,258 1,943 2,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.48% 88.52% 83.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,839 1,289 1,106
10th Percentile £299 £268 £297
25th Percentile £402 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £681 £669
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 138 110
10th Percentile £14.52 £13.75 £16.48
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.30 £28.75
Median hourly rate £46.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +86.76% -40.84% +28.79%
75th Percentile £71.91 £47.12 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.25 £73.66
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -21 38 £550 +12.82% 60
Cheshire -3 14 £538 +15.47% 10
Lancashire -21 4 £425 - 19
Merseyside - 4 £404 - 26
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 7 (10.61%) Confluence
2 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) SAP EWM
1 2 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.52%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.64%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.03%) Azure
3 2 (3.03%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.52%) Cohesity
4 1 (1.52%) Collibra
4 1 (1.52%) Figma
4 1 (1.52%) GitHub
4 1 (1.52%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.52%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) Power BI
2 3 (4.55%) Metadata
3 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (18.18%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.52%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.52%) Hudson
General
1 30 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 24 (36.36%) Finance
3 10 (15.15%) Manufacturing
4 7 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.61%) Banking
4 7 (10.61%) Retail
5 5 (7.58%) Local Government
5 5 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Automotive
7 3 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Retail Banking
8 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Marketing
9 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 43 (65.15%) Analyst
2 40 (60.61%) Business Analyst
3 6 (9.09%) Senior
3 6 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
4 4 (6.06%) Coordinator
4 4 (6.06%) Onboarding Specialist
4 4 (6.06%) Project Coordinator
4 4 (6.06%) Project Manager
4 4 (6.06%) SAP Analyst
4 4 (6.06%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (6.06%) Technical Business Analyst
5 3 (4.55%) Business Analysis Specialist
5 3 (4.55%) Consultant
5 3 (4.55%) Data Consultant
5 3 (4.55%) Finance Manager
5 3 (4.55%) IT Analyst
5 3 (4.55%) IT Business Analyst
5 3 (4.55%) Product Manager
5 3 (4.55%) Project Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) Gherkin
1 1 (1.52%) OpenAPI
1 1 (1.52%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (7.58%) Onboarding
1 5 (7.58%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.06%) CMDB
2 4 (6.06%) Credit Risk
3 3 (4.55%) FMCG
4 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.03%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.52%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.52%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.06%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (45.45%) Requirements Gathering
3 29 (43.94%) Agile
4 28 (42.42%) Workshop Facilitation
5 15 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (21.21%) Migration
6 14 (21.21%) User Stories
7 12 (18.18%) Data Analysis
7 12 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
8 9 (13.64%) AI
8 9 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (13.64%) Process Improvement
8 9 (13.64%) Project Delivery
9 8 (12.12%) Data Governance
9 8 (12.12%) Data Modelling
9 8 (12.12%) GAP Analysis
9 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (12.12%) Waterfall
10 7 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.61%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.58%) SQL
2 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.55%) Degree
2 3 (4.55%) IIBA
3 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.52%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.70%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.58%) GRC
3 4 (6.06%) PMO
4 3 (4.55%) Accessibility
5 2 (3.03%) QA
6 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 8 (12.12%) SAP
2 7 (10.61%) Salesforce
3 5 (7.58%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.55%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.03%) Guidewire
5 2 (3.03%) Infor
5 2 (3.03%) Oracle
6 1 (1.52%) Ariba
6 1 (1.52%) Commvault
6 1 (1.52%) Concur
6 1 (1.52%) IFS
6 1 (1.52%) Veeam