Business Analytics Contracts in the North West

Business Analytics
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Business Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 119 145
Rank change year-on-year -15 +26 +26
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Business Analytics 1 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.045% 0.21% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.24% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £590 £371
25th Percentile £463 £669 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £725 £413
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% +75.76% -9.59%
75th Percentile £488 £741 £434
90th Percentile - £746 £444
England median daily rate £519 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.24% +5.00% -1.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Business Analytics 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,959 2,049 2,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.72% 84.08% 88.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,268 1,229 1,719
10th Percentile £297 £311 £288
25th Percentile £375 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £590
90th Percentile £665 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 147 161
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.16 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% +1.03% +60.70%
75th Percentile £52.50 £53.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +54.55%

Business Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Business Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analytics in the North West

Business Analytics
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Analytics

Business Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Business Analytics

Business Analytics
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 Analytics within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Lancashire - 1 £475 - 3
Business Analytics
England

Business Analytics
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks