Business Analysis Contracts in the North West

Business Analysis
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 84 95
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 54 73 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.95% 2.27% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 2.51% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 51 72
10th Percentile £363 £400 £350
25th Percentile £405 £413 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.57%
75th Percentile £561 £528 £528
90th Percentile £613 £730 £625
England median daily rate £540 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -0.92% +3.81% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £71.54 £38.10 -
25th Percentile £73.54 £42.75 -
Median hourly rate £79.47 £50.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +57.37% - -
75th Percentile £82.81 £58.25 -
90th Percentile £83.25 £62.90 -
England median hourly rate £72.70 £62.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +15.85% +0.40% +133.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,385 2,910 3,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.57% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 2,071 2,633
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £401 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 145 164
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.49 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.28 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +10.64%
75th Percentile £45.44 £48.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +7 28 £475 -2.56% 11
Cheshire -1 18 £450 +1.12% 2
Cumbria -18 6 £575 - 1
Merseyside +16 1 £500 +3.09%
Lancashire 0 1 £550 +24.28% 4
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 3 (5.56%) Confluence
1 3 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.85%) LiveLink
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.85%) SAP BPC
2 1 (1.85%) SAP EWM
2 1 (1.85%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.96%) Power Platform
2 5 (9.26%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) Azure
3 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.85%) GCP
3 1 (1.85%) SaaS
3 1 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) Power BI
2 3 (5.56%) Tableau
3 2 (3.70%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.85%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.85%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.85%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.85%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (1.85%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 16 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.37%) Finance
3 10 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (18.52%) Manufacturing
3 10 (18.52%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (12.96%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.26%) Banking
5 5 (9.26%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (9.26%) Retail Banking
6 4 (7.41%) Police
7 3 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.70%) Legal
9 1 (1.85%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.85%) Law
9 1 (1.85%) Local Government
9 1 (1.85%) Military
9 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (64.81%) Analyst
2 29 (53.70%) Business Analyst
3 8 (14.81%) Senior
4 6 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
5 5 (9.26%) Architect
5 5 (9.26%) Integration Analyst
5 5 (9.26%) SAP Analyst
6 4 (7.41%) Designer
6 4 (7.41%) Interaction Designer
7 3 (5.56%) Business Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Business Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Integration Specialist
8 2 (3.70%) Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) Lead
8 2 (3.70%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Business Analyst
9 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
9 1 (1.85%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.41%) CSS
1 4 (7.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Virtual Team
2 5 (9.26%) Industry 4.0
2 5 (9.26%) IoT
2 5 (9.26%) Robotics
3 3 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.85%) Life Science
5 1 (1.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Linux
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 16 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (20.37%) Change Management
4 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (18.52%) Project Management
4 10 (18.52%) Workshop Facilitation
5 9 (16.67%) Business Case
5 9 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 7 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (12.96%) Decision-Making
6 7 (12.96%) Requirements Engineering
6 7 (12.96%) Use Case
7 6 (11.11%) Agile
7 6 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 6 (11.11%) Six Sigma
7 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Analysis
8 5 (9.26%) Business Process Modelling
8 5 (9.26%) Mentoring
8 5 (9.26%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (22.22%) Degree
2 6 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.26%) IIBA
4 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) CBAP
5 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) ISEB
5 1 (1.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) GDPR
1 6 (11.11%) GxP
2 5 (9.26%) Good Clinical Practice
3 2 (3.70%) QA
4 1 (1.85%) COREP
4 1 (1.85%) FINREP
4 1 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 9 (16.67%) SAP
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.70%) Ariba
4 1 (1.85%) Hyperion
4 1 (1.85%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.85%) VMware