Business Analyst Contracts in the North West

Business Analyst (BA)
England > North West

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the North West is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 47 38
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 93 103 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.73% 3.74% 5.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.11% 3.96% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 75 126
10th Percentile £321 £363 £378
25th Percentile £358 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £456
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +4.11% +1.39%
75th Percentile £504 £550 £537
90th Percentile £550 £621 £613
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.26 - -
Median hourly rate £31.52 - £27.98
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile £54.50 - -
England median hourly rate £32.82 £22.50 £60.25
% change year-on-year +45.84% -62.66% +129.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
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 Analyst 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 +17 44 £395 -3.66% 24
Manchester -21 27 £475 - 40
Merseyside +10 11 £425 -5.56% 6
Lancashire +5 6 £523 +15.79% 20
Cumbria - 4 - - 3
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 36 (38.71%) Agile
2 32 (34.41%) Business Analysis
3 28 (30.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (25.81%) Social Skills
5 22 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (23.66%) Finance
6 21 (22.58%) Change Management
7 20 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (17.20%) Business Case
8 16 (17.20%) Degree
9 15 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (15.05%) User Acceptance Testing
11 13 (13.98%) Migration
11 13 (13.98%) Workshop Facilitation
11 13 (13.98%) User Stories
12 12 (12.90%) Public Sector
12 12 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
13 11 (11.83%) Banking
13 11 (11.83%) Process Improvement
14 10 (10.75%) Waterfall
14 10 (10.75%) GAP Analysis
14 10 (10.75%) SAP
14 10 (10.75%) Microsoft
15 9 (9.68%) JIRA
15 9 (9.68%) Feasibility Study
16 8 (8.60%) ServiceNow
16 8 (8.60%) Data Analysis
16 8 (8.60%) Test Strategy
16 8 (8.60%) Confluence

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 8 (8.60%) Confluence
2 2 (2.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (8.60%) MS Visio
2 7 (7.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.30%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (7.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (6.45%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (1.08%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.08%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.08%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.30%) Azure
2 2 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (2.15%) Entra ID
2 2 (2.15%) SaaS
3 1 (1.08%) AWS
3 1 (1.08%) Boomi
3 1 (1.08%) GCP
3 1 (1.08%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.08%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.08%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.08%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.08%) Power BI
2 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (9.68%) JIRA
General
1 24 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 22 (23.66%) Finance
3 20 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 11 (11.83%) Banking
6 6 (6.45%) Legal
6 6 (6.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.30%) Automotive
7 4 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.23%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.15%) Local Government
9 2 (2.15%) Marketing
9 2 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.15%) Retail
10 1 (1.08%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.08%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.08%) Law
10 1 (1.08%) Military
10 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.08%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.08%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.53%) CMDB
2 3 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.15%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.15%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.08%) Life Science
4 1 (1.08%) LIMS
4 1 (1.08%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (38.71%) Agile
2 32 (34.41%) Business Analysis
3 28 (30.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (22.58%) Change Management
6 16 (17.20%) Business Case
7 15 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (15.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (15.05%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (13.98%) Migration
9 13 (13.98%) User Stories
9 13 (13.98%) Workshop Facilitation
10 12 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
11 11 (11.83%) Process Improvement
12 10 (10.75%) GAP Analysis
12 10 (10.75%) Waterfall
13 9 (9.68%) Feasibility Study
14 8 (8.60%) Data Analysis
14 8 (8.60%) Risk Management
14 8 (8.60%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (17.20%) Degree
2 7 (7.53%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.38%) ISEB
3 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.30%) IIBA
5 1 (1.08%) CBAP
5 1 (1.08%) CIPD
5 1 (1.08%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.08%) PMP
5 1 (1.08%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) GDPR
2 2 (2.15%) COREP
2 2 (2.15%) FINREP
2 2 (2.15%) QA
3 1 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.08%) GxP
3 1 (1.08%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.08%) PSD2
Systems Management
1 2 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (10.75%) Microsoft
1 10 (10.75%) SAP
2 8 (8.60%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.15%) Ariba
3 2 (2.15%) Varonis
3 2 (2.15%) Verint
4 1 (1.08%) Intapp
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle