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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 88 70
Rank change year-on-year -31 -18 +6
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 61 45 51
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.56% 2.07% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 2.34% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 37 28
10th Percentile £368 £345 £397
25th Percentile £415 £390 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £592 £537 £538
90th Percentile £638 £626 £622
England median daily rate £525 £537 £534
% change year-on-year -2.23% +0.56% -2.91%
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 £75.40
% change year-on-year -21.43% -7.16% +60.50%

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 3,221 1,924 2,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.59% 88.58% 83.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,845 1,275 1,154
10th Percentile £295 £296 £294
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £454 £493
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -8.01% -1.40%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £680 £675
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 134 109
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.61 £16.45
25th Percentile £24.46 £17.39 £28.50
Median hourly rate £47.12 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.36% -40.82% +21.43%
75th Percentile £72.88 £49.84 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £71.06 £72.10
England median hourly rate £42.41 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.61% -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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -14 36 £550 +14.29% 51
Cheshire -13 14 £538 +17.87% 10
Lancashire -16 4 £425 - 16
Merseyside -17 2 £408 - 16
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 8 (13.11%) Confluence
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (1.64%) SAP EWM
1 1 (1.64%) SAP PLM
1 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.75%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.28%) Azure
3 2 (3.28%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.64%) Cohesity
4 1 (1.64%) Collibra
4 1 (1.64%) Figma
4 1 (1.64%) GitHub
4 1 (1.64%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (14.75%) Power BI
2 3 (4.92%) Metadata
3 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (21.31%) JIRA
2 2 (3.28%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.64%) Balsamiq
General
1 30 (49.18%) Social Skills
2 21 (34.43%) Finance
3 9 (14.75%) Manufacturing
4 7 (11.48%) Banking
5 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.84%) Retail
6 5 (8.20%) Local Government
7 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (4.92%) Automotive
8 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.92%) Retail Banking
9 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.28%) Marketing
10 1 (1.64%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (63.93%) Analyst
2 37 (60.66%) Business Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) Senior
3 6 (9.84%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) Senior Business Analyst
4 5 (8.20%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (8.20%) Technical Business Analyst
5 4 (6.56%) Coordinator
5 4 (6.56%) Onboarding Specialist
5 4 (6.56%) Project Coordinator
6 3 (4.92%) Business Analysis Specialist
6 3 (4.92%) Business IT Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Consultant
6 3 (4.92%) Data Consultant
6 3 (4.92%) Finance Manager
6 3 (4.92%) IT Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) IT Business Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Product Manager
6 3 (4.92%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.92%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) Gherkin
1 1 (1.64%) OpenAPI
1 1 (1.64%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Product Ownership
2 5 (8.20%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (8.20%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.56%) CMDB
3 4 (6.56%) Credit Risk
4 2 (3.28%) FMCG
4 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.28%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.28%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.64%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (60.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (49.18%) Agile
3 28 (45.90%) Requirements Gathering
4 26 (42.62%) Workshop Facilitation
5 15 (24.59%) User Stories
6 14 (22.95%) Migration
7 12 (19.67%) Data Analysis
7 12 (19.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (16.39%) User Acceptance Testing
9 9 (14.75%) AI
9 9 (14.75%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (14.75%) Data Modelling
10 8 (13.11%) Data Governance
10 8 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (13.11%) Process Improvement
10 8 (13.11%) Waterfall
11 7 (11.48%) Acceptance Criteria
11 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (11.48%) Impact Assessments
11 7 (11.48%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.20%) SQL
2 1 (1.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.92%) Degree
2 3 (4.92%) IIBA
3 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.64%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.31%) Data Quality
2 5 (8.20%) GRC
3 4 (6.56%) PMO
4 3 (4.92%) Accessibility
5 2 (3.28%) QA
6 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 7 (11.48%) Salesforce
2 6 (9.84%) SAP
3 5 (8.20%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.28%) Guidewire
5 2 (3.28%) Infor
5 2 (3.28%) Oracle
6 1 (1.64%) Commvault
6 1 (1.64%) IFS
6 1 (1.64%) Veeam