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 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 73 86
Rank change year-on-year -26 +13 +24
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 43 43 53
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.72% 2.03% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 2.33% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 27 42
10th Percentile £348 £354 £401
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 £476 £541 £588
90th Percentile £598 £608 £601
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
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 2,203 1,844 2,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.94% 87.10% 88.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,437 1,047 1,619
10th Percentile £213 £263 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £570 £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 190 95 153
10th Percentile £16.49 £16.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £21.51 £21.05 £18.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -25.00% +46.79%
75th Percentile £57.30 £48.59 £46.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £69.12 £64.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 -15 25 £413 -13.16% 16
Cheshire -11 15 £363 -19.35% 10
Lancashire -11 3 £435 -19.07% 21
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 3 (6.98%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) Apigee
1 6 (13.95%) AWS
1 6 (13.95%) Kong
2 3 (6.98%) Azure
2 3 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.33%) Figma
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) EDRMS
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) JIRA
General
1 17 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 16 (37.21%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (27.91%) Finance
4 7 (16.28%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.30%) Banking
5 4 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Retail
8 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.33%) Front Office
8 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.33%) Law
8 1 (2.33%) Legal
8 1 (2.33%) Local Government
8 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (83.72%) Analyst
2 30 (69.77%) Business Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Senior
3 6 (13.95%) Technical Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Technical Business Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) Architect
5 4 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.98%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Banking Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Banking Business Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Digital Business Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Lead
7 2 (4.65%) SailPoint Architect
7 2 (4.65%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Transformation Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Finance Business Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) JSON
1 6 (13.95%) JWT
1 6 (13.95%) OAuth
1 6 (13.95%) OpenAPI
1 6 (13.95%) REST
1 6 (13.95%) SOAP
1 6 (13.95%) Swagger
1 6 (13.95%) XML
2 3 (6.98%) SailPoint
3 2 (4.65%) Kafka
4 1 (2.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.30%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.65%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.65%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Android
1 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (46.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (39.53%) Requirements Gathering
3 15 (34.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (30.23%) Agile
5 13 (30.23%) GAP Analysis
6 11 (25.58%) Validation
6 11 (25.58%) Workshop Facilitation
7 10 (23.26%) Change Management
8 9 (20.93%) DevOps
9 8 (18.60%) Business Case
9 8 (18.60%) Decision-Making
9 8 (18.60%) Microservices
9 8 (18.60%) Use Case
10 7 (16.28%) Traceability Matrix
10 7 (16.28%) Translating Business Requirements
11 6 (13.95%) API Testing
11 6 (13.95%) Business Process Analysis
11 6 (13.95%) Feasibility Study
11 6 (13.95%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) SQL
2 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (23.26%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.98%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.98%) CBAP
3 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) APMG
4 2 (4.65%) CSPO
5 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.33%) IIBA
5 1 (2.33%) ISEB
5 1 (2.33%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.33%) PMP
5 1 (2.33%) SAFe Agilist
5 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) GDPR
2 2 (4.65%) ISO 20022
2 2 (4.65%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.33%) NIST
3 1 (2.33%) PSD2
3 1 (2.33%) QA
3 1 (2.33%) SEPA
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) MuleSoft
3 5 (11.63%) SAP
4 3 (6.98%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.65%) IBM
5 2 (4.65%) IBM Sterling
6 1 (2.33%) Databricks
6 1 (2.33%) Epicor
6 1 (2.33%) OpenAI
6 1 (2.33%) Oracle