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 £431, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 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
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 44 37
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 +7
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 99 87 137
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.46% 3.57% 4.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.84% 3.76% 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 62 112
10th Percentile £321 £364 £364
25th Percentile £358 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £500 £494
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% +1.21% +9.78%
75th Percentile £514 £575 £563
90th Percentile £551 £614 £599
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 £63.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £27.98
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +137.67% +24.38%
75th Percentile £72.50 £69.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.00 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -32.00% -16.67% +90.48%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,044 2,312 2,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 94.79% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,316 1,386 1,855
10th Percentile £263 £276 £285
25th Percentile £363 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £564 £588 £588
90th Percentile £663 £675 £656
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 200 152
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £15.78
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% +11.33% +35.73%
75th Percentile £50.00 £54.31 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.54 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +5.88% +65.50%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies 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 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in the North West

Business Analyst
DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheshire +12 47 £410 -13.68% 16
Manchester -14 41 £451 -11.05% 53
Lancashire -3 7 £453 -4.74% 35
Merseyside +4 4 £431 -9.26% 16
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 August 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 43 (43.43%) Agile
2 37 (37.37%) Social Skills
3 36 (36.36%) Business Analysis
4 35 (35.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (30.30%) Finance
6 25 (25.25%) Requirements Gathering
7 24 (24.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 21 (21.21%) Banking
9 19 (19.19%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (17.17%) Change Management
11 17 (17.17%) JIRA
12 16 (16.16%) User Stories
12 16 (16.16%) Confluence
12 16 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (15.15%) Workshop Facilitation
14 14 (14.14%) Business Case
14 14 (14.14%) ServiceNow
15 13 (13.13%) Waterfall
15 13 (13.13%) Degree
15 13 (13.13%) Scrum
15 13 (13.13%) MS Visio
15 13 (13.13%) Public Sector
16 12 (12.12%) Microsoft
17 11 (11.11%) ITSM
17 11 (11.11%) Service Management
17 11 (11.11%) Migration
17 11 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
17 11 (11.11%) Analytics
17 11 (11.11%) Decision-Making

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 16 (16.16%) Confluence
2 2 (2.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (13.13%) MS Visio
2 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.01%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.01%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.01%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.01%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (1.01%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.09%) Azure
2 6 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.03%) AWS
3 3 (3.03%) Figma
4 2 (2.02%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.02%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.01%) Boomi
5 1 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.01%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.01%) GCP
5 1 (1.01%) Google Docs
5 1 (1.01%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.01%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.01%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.01%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) ATM
1 1 (1.01%) GPRS
1 1 (1.01%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.02%) Power BI
2 1 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (17.17%) JIRA
General
1 37 (37.37%) Social Skills
2 30 (30.30%) Finance
3 21 (21.21%) Banking
4 19 (19.19%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (13.13%) Public Sector
6 6 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.04%) Automotive
7 4 (4.04%) Legal
7 4 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.04%) Retail
8 3 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.02%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.02%) Games
9 2 (2.02%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.01%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.01%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.01%) Local Government
10 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.03%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.01%) LDAP
2 1 (1.01%) OAuth
2 1 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.01%) RAML
2 1 (1.01%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.06%) CMDB
3 5 (5.05%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.04%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.01%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.01%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.01%) EPoS
6 1 (1.01%) IVR
6 1 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.01%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.01%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.01%) PMI
6 1 (1.01%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.01%) Taxonomies
6 1 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (43.43%) Agile
2 36 (36.36%) Business Analysis
3 35 (35.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (25.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 24 (24.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 18 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (17.17%) Change Management
8 16 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (16.16%) User Stories
9 15 (15.15%) Workshop Facilitation
10 14 (14.14%) Business Case
11 13 (13.13%) Scrum
11 13 (13.13%) Waterfall
12 11 (11.11%) Analytics
12 11 (11.11%) Decision-Making
12 11 (11.11%) ITSM
12 11 (11.11%) Migration
12 11 (11.11%) Service Management
12 11 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
13 10 (10.10%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (13.13%) Degree
2 5 (5.05%) ISEB
2 5 (5.05%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.04%) CBAP
3 4 (4.04%) IIBA
4 3 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.02%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.02%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.01%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.01%) CIPD
6 1 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.01%) PMP
6 1 (1.01%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.07%) GDPR
2 4 (4.04%) PSD2
3 3 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.02%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.02%) COBIT
4 2 (2.02%) COREP
4 2 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.02%) FINREP
5 1 (1.01%) Basel III
5 1 (1.01%) GRC
5 1 (1.01%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.01%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.01%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (14.14%) ServiceNow
2 12 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.04%) SAP
4 3 (3.03%) Oracle
5 2 (2.02%) Verint
6 1 (1.01%) Ariba
6 1 (1.01%) Google
6 1 (1.01%) Intapp
6 1 (1.01%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.01%) Okta
6 1 (1.01%) Veeam
6 1 (1.01%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.01%) VMware