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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 84 81
Rank change year-on-year -21 -3 +17
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 46 39 57
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.78% 1.85% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 2.10% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 25 48
10th Percentile £350 £352 £396
25th Percentile £358 £400 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £488 £545 £595
90th Percentile £633 £611 £613
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £71.76 -
25th Percentile £58.65 £74.10 -
Median hourly rate £63.37 £80.59 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.36% - -
75th Percentile £68.09 £84.48 -
90th Percentile - £85.26 -
England median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +18.08% -22.35% +44.68%

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 2,268 1,861 2,403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.67% 88.28% 87.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,486 1,071 1,612
10th Percentile £213 £275 £306
25th Percentile £358 £389 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £650 £656 £685
England median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 97 192
10th Percentile £16.47 £16.04 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.75 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.40 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.96% -16.71% -2.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £51.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.85 £61.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -26.03% -9.93% +8.51%

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 23 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 23 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 -11 24 £405 -14.74% 13
Cheshire -15 18 £390 -13.24% 3
Lancashire -10 3 £435 -20.91% 11
Merseyside -16 1 £625 +2.04% 6
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 (6.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.17%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.04%) Apigee
1 6 (13.04%) AWS
1 6 (13.04%) Kong
2 2 (4.35%) Azure
2 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.17%) Figma
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.17%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 18 (39.13%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
3 14 (30.43%) Finance
4 6 (13.04%) Banking
5 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Retail
8 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.17%) Front Office
8 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.17%) Law
8 1 (2.17%) Legal
8 1 (2.17%) Local Government
8 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (84.78%) Analyst
2 32 (69.57%) Business Analyst
3 8 (17.39%) Senior
4 6 (13.04%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Technical Business Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (6.52%) Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.52%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Banking Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Banking Business Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Digital Business Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.35%) SailPoint Architect
7 2 (4.35%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 2 (4.35%) Transformation Analyst
8 1 (2.17%) Finance Business Analyst
8 1 (2.17%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) JSON
1 6 (13.04%) JWT
1 6 (13.04%) OAuth
1 6 (13.04%) OpenAPI
1 6 (13.04%) REST
1 6 (13.04%) SOAP
1 6 (13.04%) Swagger
1 6 (13.04%) XML
2 3 (6.52%) SailPoint
3 2 (4.35%) Kafka
4 1 (2.17%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (45.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (39.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 17 (36.96%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (30.43%) GAP Analysis
6 11 (23.91%) Agile
6 11 (23.91%) Validation
6 11 (23.91%) Workshop Facilitation
7 10 (21.74%) Change Management
8 8 (17.39%) Business Case
8 8 (17.39%) DevOps
8 8 (17.39%) Microservices
8 8 (17.39%) Use Case
9 7 (15.22%) Decision-Making
9 7 (15.22%) Traceability Matrix
9 7 (15.22%) Translating Business Requirements
10 6 (13.04%) API Management
10 6 (13.04%) API Testing
10 6 (13.04%) CI/CD
10 6 (13.04%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.57%) SQL
2 1 (2.17%) Python
2 1 (2.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) Degree
2 6 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.52%) CBAP
5 2 (4.35%) APMG
5 2 (4.35%) CSPO
5 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.17%) IIBA
6 1 (2.17%) ISEB
6 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.17%) PMP
6 1 (2.17%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) GDPR
2 2 (4.35%) ISO 20022
2 2 (4.35%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) NIST
3 1 (2.17%) PSD2
3 1 (2.17%) QA
3 1 (2.17%) SEPA
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) MuleSoft
3 5 (10.87%) SAP
4 3 (6.52%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.35%) IBM
5 2 (4.35%) IBM Sterling
6 1 (2.17%) Databricks
6 1 (2.17%) Epicor
6 1 (2.17%) OpenAI
6 1 (2.17%) Oracle