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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 72 85
Rank change year-on-year -38 +13 +14
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 35 45 54
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.41% 2.09% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 2.42% 2.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 41
10th Percentile £356 £357 £400
25th Percentile £363 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year -19.50% -6.54% +15.68%
75th Percentile £488 £546 £588
90th Percentile £629 £624 £600
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -
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% +164.84%

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 2,203 1,863 2,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.44% 86.37% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,438 1,054 1,583
10th Percentile £213 £266 £290
25th Percentile £358 £390 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £574 £575 £600
90th Percentile £652 £651 £687
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 108 154
10th Percentile £16.73 £16.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.91 £21.20 £17.81
Median hourly rate £32.00 £32.01 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.03% -9.83% +37.54%
75th Percentile £51.76 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.78 £68.65 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 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
Manchester -19 19 £425 -10.90% 47
Cheshire -17 13 £390 -22.00% 21
Lancashire -9 3 £435 -19.07% 41
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 4 (11.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Chatbot
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.86%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) AWS
1 4 (11.43%) Azure
2 3 (8.57%) Apigee
2 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (8.57%) Kong
3 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.86%) Figma
3 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) EDRMS
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) JIRA
General
1 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (37.14%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (25.71%) Finance
4 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
5 4 (11.43%) Banking
6 3 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.86%) Front Office
7 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.86%) Law
7 1 (2.86%) Legal
7 1 (2.86%) Local Government
7 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.86%) Retail
7 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (80.00%) Analyst
2 22 (62.86%) Business Analyst
3 4 (11.43%) Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Senior
4 3 (8.57%) Support Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Technical Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Banking Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Banking Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Digital Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Digital Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Lead
5 2 (5.71%) SailPoint Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Transformation Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Junior
6 1 (2.86%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.43%) OAuth
1 4 (11.43%) SailPoint
2 3 (8.57%) JSON
2 3 (8.57%) JWT
2 3 (8.57%) OpenAPI
2 3 (8.57%) REST
2 3 (8.57%) SOAP
2 3 (8.57%) Swagger
2 3 (8.57%) XML
3 2 (5.71%) Kafka
4 1 (2.86%) LDAP
4 1 (2.86%) PySpark
4 1 (2.86%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 4 (11.43%) Product Ownership
3 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.71%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.71%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.86%) PMI
5 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Android
1 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 13 (37.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (34.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 11 (31.43%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (28.57%) Agile
5 10 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
6 9 (25.71%) Change Management
7 8 (22.86%) Business Case
7 8 (22.86%) Decision-Making
7 8 (22.86%) Validation
8 7 (20.00%) Traceability Matrix
8 7 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (17.14%) DevOps
9 6 (17.14%) Feasibility Study
10 5 (14.29%) Analytics
10 5 (14.29%) Microservices
10 5 (14.29%) Service Design
10 5 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (14.29%) User Stories
11 4 (11.43%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) SQL
2 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Degree
2 4 (11.43%) CBAP
3 3 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) APMG
4 2 (5.71%) CSPO
4 2 (5.71%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.86%) ISEB
5 1 (2.86%) PMP
5 1 (2.86%) SAFe Agilist
5 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) GDPR
2 2 (5.71%) ISO 20022
2 2 (5.71%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.86%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.86%) NIST
3 1 (2.86%) PSD2
3 1 (2.86%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.86%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) MuleSoft
3 2 (5.71%) IBM
3 2 (5.71%) IBM Sterling
3 2 (5.71%) SAP
4 1 (2.86%) Databricks
4 1 (2.86%) Epicor
4 1 (2.86%) Okta
4 1 (2.86%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.86%) Oracle
4 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow