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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 85 92
Rank change year-on-year +12 +7 -2
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 51 57 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.59% 2.14% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 2.48% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 42 49
10th Percentile £268 £363 £400
25th Percentile £400 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £524 £554 £575
90th Percentile £589 £611 £731
England median daily rate £538 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +1.42% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £72.87 £38.10
25th Percentile - £76.88 £42.75
Median hourly rate £34.11 £83.55 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +65.45% +131.86%
75th Percentile - £84.67 £58.25
90th Percentile - £85.33 £62.90
England median hourly rate £63.00 £46.87 £64.50
% change year-on-year +34.41% -27.33% +60.25%

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 1,771 2,295 2,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.04% 86.05% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,154 1,459 1,954
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £388 £406 £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 £663 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 253 136
10th Percentile £15.23 £10.96 £16.44
25th Percentile £22.74 £13.50 £22.97
Median hourly rate £31.88 £24.19 £35.52
Median % change year-on-year +31.79% -31.89% +47.37%
75th Percentile £63.10 £46.18 £49.43
90th Percentile £85.03 £62.50 £66.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.23% +1.39% +44.00%

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 17 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
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 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 +9 28 £456 +1.33% 11
Manchester +2 13 £475 - 20
Merseyside +5 6 £413 -17.50% 8
Lancashire +5 4 £475 -13.64% 13
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 6 (11.76%) Confluence
2 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (15.69%) MS Visio
2 7 (13.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.88%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (1.96%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.96%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.96%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.96%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.69%) Azure
2 4 (7.84%) Anthropic Claude
2 4 (7.84%) AWS
2 4 (7.84%) Azure AI
2 4 (7.84%) GCP
2 4 (7.84%) Google Gemini
3 3 (5.88%) SaaS
4 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.96%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) Neo4j
2 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.96%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) JIRA
2 4 (7.84%) Git
General
1 22 (43.14%) Finance
2 17 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (23.53%) Legal
4 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
5 8 (15.69%) Banking
5 8 (15.69%) Manufacturing
5 8 (15.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (11.76%) Public Sector
7 4 (7.84%) Automotive
7 4 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (5.88%) Law
9 2 (3.92%) Local Government
10 1 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.96%) Military
10 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.96%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (70.59%) Business Analyst
2 35 (68.63%) Analyst
3 10 (19.61%) Senior
4 7 (13.73%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (13.73%) Senior Business Analyst
4 7 (13.73%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
5 4 (7.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Architect
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Data Migration Expert
7 2 (3.92%) Procurement Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Technical Analyst
8 1 (1.96%) Azure Data Architect
8 1 (1.96%) Junior Business Analyst
8 1 (1.96%) Project Analyst
8 1 (1.96%) SAP CO Consultant
8 1 (1.96%) SAP Consultant
8 1 (1.96%) SAP FI Consultant
8 1 (1.96%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) PyTorch
1 4 (7.84%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.96%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) CMDB
2 7 (13.73%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.84%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.92%) NHS
5 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.96%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (45.10%) Agile
2 19 (37.25%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (25.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 13 (25.49%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (23.53%) Decision-Making
5 11 (21.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (19.61%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (19.61%) Risk Management
7 9 (17.65%) Change Management
7 9 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (17.65%) Test Strategy
8 8 (15.69%) Migration
8 8 (15.69%) Service Management
9 7 (13.73%) Focus Group
9 7 (13.73%) ITSM
9 7 (13.73%) Service Catalogue
9 7 (13.73%) Waterfall
9 7 (13.73%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (11.76%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) Python
2 3 (5.88%) Scala
3 1 (1.96%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (27.45%) Degree
2 5 (9.80%) ISEB
3 4 (7.84%) IIBA
4 1 (1.96%) CBAP
4 1 (1.96%) CIPD
4 1 (1.96%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.96%) PMP
4 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) GDPR
2 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.96%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (7.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) SAP
1 8 (15.69%) ServiceNow
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.96%) Ariba
3 1 (1.96%) Databricks
3 1 (1.96%) Hitachi
3 1 (1.96%) Pega