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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 79 73
Rank change year-on-year -46 -6 +4
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 54 52 50
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.38% 2.34% 2.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 2.64% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 43 31
10th Percentile £350 £274 £425
25th Percentile £401 £403 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £600 £543 £534
90th Percentile £638 £600 £563
England median daily rate £525 £539 £538
% change year-on-year -2.51% +0.19% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £58.08 - £65.34
25th Percentile £60.06 - £68.46
Median hourly rate £65.75 - £79.47
75th Percentile £69.06 - £84.11
90th Percentile £69.63 - £85.11
England median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +28.44% -3.54%

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 3,235 1,968 2,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.55% 88.73% 83.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,896 1,278 1,233
10th Percentile £289 £297 £313
25th Percentile £400 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% -9.05% -
75th Percentile £594 £575 £588
90th Percentile £680 £671 £679
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 131 159
10th Percentile £16.21 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.16 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -28.14% +9.80%
75th Percentile £72.28 £53.75 £52.20
90th Percentile £85.00 £72.50 £70.90
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +2.41%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -25 33 £550 +12.82% 19
Cheshire -21 11 £525 +10.99% 10
Lancashire -4 6 £325 -31.58% 12
Merseyside -14 1 £408 -4.12% 9
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 8 (14.81%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (9.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.85%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.70%) Azure
3 2 (3.70%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.85%) Cohesity
4 1 (1.85%) Collibra
4 1 (1.85%) Figma
4 1 (1.85%) GitHub
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.85%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (1.85%) Metadata
2 1 (1.85%) Power Query
2 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (18.52%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.85%) Balsamiq
General
1 24 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 21 (38.89%) Finance
3 8 (14.81%) Banking
4 7 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.96%) Manufacturing
5 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 6 (11.11%) Retail
6 5 (9.26%) Local Government
7 4 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.56%) Automotive
8 3 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (5.56%) Retail Banking
9 2 (3.70%) Financial Institution
9 2 (3.70%) Marketing
10 1 (1.85%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.85%) Legal
10 1 (1.85%) Military
10 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (72.22%) Analyst
2 38 (70.37%) Business Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Senior
3 7 (12.96%) Senior Analyst
3 7 (12.96%) Senior Business Analyst
4 5 (9.26%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (9.26%) Technical Business Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Business IT Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Data Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Finance Manager
5 3 (5.56%) IT Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) IT Business Analyst
5 3 (5.56%) Product Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (3.70%) Data Business Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) ERP Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) ERP Business Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Onboarding Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) Gherkin
1 1 (1.85%) OpenAPI
1 1 (1.85%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.41%) CMDB
2 4 (7.41%) Credit Risk
3 3 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.85%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (55.56%) Agile
2 28 (51.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (46.30%) Requirements Gathering
4 22 (40.74%) Workshop Facilitation
5 15 (27.78%) User Stories
6 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (22.22%) Migration
8 9 (16.67%) AI
8 9 (16.67%) Data Analysis
8 9 (16.67%) Data Modelling
9 8 (14.81%) Impact Assessments
9 8 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (14.81%) Waterfall
10 7 (12.96%) Acceptance Criteria
10 7 (12.96%) Data Governance
10 7 (12.96%) Scrum
10 7 (12.96%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (12.96%) Workflow
11 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (11.11%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) SQL
2 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (9.26%) Degree
1 5 (9.26%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.56%) IIBA
3 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.85%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.26%) GRC
3 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.70%) QA
4 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.56%) SAP
4 2 (3.70%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.85%) Commvault
5 1 (1.85%) Infor
5 1 (1.85%) Oracle
5 1 (1.85%) Veeam