Business Analysis Contracts in the North West

Business Analysis
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 73 84
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 +6
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 51 57 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.43% 2.06% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 2.44% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 39 47
10th Percentile £268 £363 £400
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £537 £534 £600
90th Percentile £600 £613 £731
England median daily rate £538 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £72.87 £38.10
25th Percentile - £76.88 £42.75
Median hourly rate £34.11 £83.55 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +65.45% +98.90%
75th Percentile - £84.67 £58.25
90th Percentile - £85.33 £62.90
England median hourly rate £64.50 £42.50 £66.00
% change year-on-year +51.76% -35.61% +133.63%

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 1,863 2,335 2,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.59% 84.51% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,231 1,421 1,912
10th Percentile £296 £300 £313
25th Percentile £375 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +2.04%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £588
90th Percentile £669 £675 £675
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 264 153
10th Percentile £13.02 £11.00 £15.80
25th Percentile £19.02 £15.43 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.90 £30.50 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% -0.13% +29.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £46.18 £44.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £67.23 £58.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the North West

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in the North West

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 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the North West

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in the North West

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 5 July 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
Cheshire +3 29 £473 +5.11% 37
Manchester -5 14 £500 - 70
Merseyside +5 5 £413 -17.50% 23
Lancashire - 3 £450 - 44
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (17.65%) Confluence
2 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (17.65%) MS Visio
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.92%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (1.96%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.96%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.96%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.96%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.96%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.73%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) AWS
3 4 (7.84%) Anthropic Claude
3 4 (7.84%) Azure AI
3 4 (7.84%) GCP
3 4 (7.84%) Google Gemini
4 3 (5.88%) SaaS
5 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.92%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) Neo4j
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (17.65%) JIRA
2 4 (7.84%) Git
General
1 20 (39.22%) Finance
2 18 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (27.45%) Social Skills
4 10 (19.61%) Legal
5 8 (15.69%) Manufacturing
5 8 (15.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (13.73%) Banking
7 6 (11.76%) Public Sector
8 4 (7.84%) Automotive
8 4 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.92%) Law
9 2 (3.92%) Local Government
9 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.96%) Military
10 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (72.55%) Business Analyst
2 34 (66.67%) Analyst
3 8 (15.69%) Senior
3 8 (15.69%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (7.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Architect
6 2 (3.92%) Consultant
6 2 (3.92%) Data Migration Expert
6 2 (3.92%) Procurement Manager
6 2 (3.92%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) SAP Business Analyst
6 2 (3.92%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.92%) Technical Business Analyst
7 1 (1.96%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (1.96%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (1.96%) IT Manager
7 1 (1.96%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) PyTorch
1 4 (7.84%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.96%) LDAP
2 1 (1.96%) OAuth
2 1 (1.96%) OLE
2 1 (1.96%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.76%) CMDB
3 4 (7.84%) Algorithms
4 3 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.92%) NHS
6 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.96%) EPoS
6 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.96%) PMI
6 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (47.06%) Agile
2 17 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (25.49%) Requirements Gathering
4 12 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (19.61%) Change Management
5 10 (19.61%) Decision-Making
6 9 (17.65%) Project Management
6 9 (17.65%) Risk Management
7 8 (15.69%) ITSM
7 8 (15.69%) Service Management
7 8 (15.69%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (13.73%) Migration
8 7 (13.73%) Process Improvement
8 7 (13.73%) Test Strategy
9 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (11.76%) Scrum
9 6 (11.76%) Six Sigma
9 6 (11.76%) Waterfall
9 6 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) Python
2 3 (5.88%) Scala
3 2 (3.92%) SQL
4 1 (1.96%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (27.45%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) CBAP
2 4 (7.84%) IIBA
2 4 (7.84%) ISEB
3 2 (3.92%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.96%) CIPD
4 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.96%) PMP
4 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) COBIT
1 2 (3.92%) GDPR
1 2 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.96%) Basel III
2 1 (1.96%) GRC
2 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.96%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (7.84%) Docker
2 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (19.61%) ServiceNow
2 8 (15.69%) SAP
3 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.96%) Ariba
4 1 (1.96%) Okta