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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 82 87
Rank change year-on-year +9 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 47 55 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.39% 2.00% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 2.31% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 39 51
10th Percentile £268 £363 £400
25th Percentile £400 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £540 £561 £528
90th Percentile £593 £613 £730
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £41.33 £71.54 £38.10
25th Percentile £52.16 £73.54 £42.75
Median hourly rate £75.40 £79.47 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +57.37% -
75th Percentile £83.18 £82.81 £58.25
90th Percentile £84.74 £83.25 £62.90
England median hourly rate £63.00 £72.70 £62.75
% change year-on-year -13.34% +15.85% +0.40%

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 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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 1 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 1 May 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 +6 25 £443 -1.56% 13
Manchester -1 11 £475 - 20
Merseyside +9 6 £413 -17.50% 1
Lancashire +5 3 £475 -13.64% 14
Cumbria -3 2 - - 2
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 5 (10.64%) Confluence
2 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (12.77%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (6.38%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (2.13%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.02%) Azure
2 4 (8.51%) Anthropic Claude
2 4 (8.51%) AWS
2 4 (8.51%) Azure AI
2 4 (8.51%) GCP
2 4 (8.51%) Google Gemini
3 3 (6.38%) SaaS
4 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Neo4j
2 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.13%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) JIRA
2 4 (8.51%) Git
General
1 19 (40.43%) Finance
2 16 (34.04%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (23.40%) Legal
4 8 (17.02%) Social Skills
5 7 (14.89%) Banking
5 7 (14.89%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (12.77%) Manufacturing
6 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
7 4 (8.51%) Automotive
7 4 (8.51%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (6.38%) Law
9 2 (4.26%) Local Government
10 1 (2.13%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (2.13%) Military
10 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (2.13%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (68.09%) Business Analyst
2 31 (65.96%) Analyst
3 9 (19.15%) Senior
4 6 (12.77%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) Senior Business Analyst
4 6 (12.77%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.38%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) Procurement Manager
8 2 (4.26%) Technical Analyst
9 1 (2.13%) Data Migration Specialist
9 1 (2.13%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 1 (2.13%) Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (2.13%) IT Procurement Manager
9 1 (2.13%) Junior
9 1 (2.13%) Junior Business Analyst
9 1 (2.13%) Project Analyst
9 1 (2.13%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) PyTorch
1 4 (8.51%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.13%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) CMDB
2 5 (10.64%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.51%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.26%) NHS
5 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.13%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Linux
1 2 (4.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (42.55%) Agile
2 17 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (27.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (23.40%) Decision-Making
4 11 (23.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (21.28%) Risk Management
5 10 (21.28%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (19.15%) Change Management
7 8 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (17.02%) Test Strategy
8 7 (14.89%) Process Improvement
8 7 (14.89%) Waterfall
9 6 (12.77%) Focus Group
9 6 (12.77%) ITSM
9 6 (12.77%) Migration
9 6 (12.77%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (12.77%) Scrum
9 6 (12.77%) Service Catalogue
9 6 (12.77%) Service Management
9 6 (12.77%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) Python
2 3 (6.38%) Scala
3 1 (2.13%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (25.53%) Degree
2 5 (10.64%) ISEB
3 4 (8.51%) IIBA
4 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) CBAP
5 1 (2.13%) CIPD
5 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) GDPR
2 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.13%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (8.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (14.89%) ServiceNow
2 6 (12.77%) SAP
3 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.26%) VMware
5 1 (2.13%) Ariba
5 1 (2.13%) Databricks
5 1 (2.13%) Hitachi
5 1 (2.13%) Pega