Business Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North West

Business Data Analyst
England > North West

The median Business Data Analyst daily rate in the North West is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Contract jobs requiring a Business Data Analyst 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.12% - 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £406 - £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £330
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.53%
75th Percentile £538 - £345
90th Percentile £598 - -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £581
% change year-on-year - -13.98% +5.68%

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 2,200 2,180 2,569
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.36% 93.52% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,454 1,149 1,788
10th Percentile £215 £264 £275
25th Percentile £363 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £678 £656 £674
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 156 177
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.42 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £18.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £34.08
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% -4.64% +56.47%
75th Percentile £48.56 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.93 £70.90 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.66 £45.88
% change year-on-year -38.15% -11.37% +52.93%

Business Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Data Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Business Data Analyst job vacancy trend in the North West

Business Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Data Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Data Analyst in the North West

Business Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Data 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 Data Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 4 November 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 - 2 £525 -
Manchester - 1 £400 - 1
Business Data Analyst
England

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Business Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Business Data Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Veeam
2 1 (33.33%) VMware

Business Data Analyst Skill Set
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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Veeam
1 1 (33.33%) VMware