Business Systems Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North West

Business System Analyst
England > North West

The median Business System Analyst daily rate in the North West is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 - 123
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs requiring a Business Systems Analyst 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.15% - 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £488 - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £575
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.22% -2.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 3,570 2,000 2,278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 92.25% 95.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,060 1,296 1,345
10th Percentile £297 £268 £275
25th Percentile £403 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
75th Percentile £600 £556 £588
90th Percentile £687 £658 £675
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 158 187
10th Percentile £16.50 £13.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.30 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.56 £24.88 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.08% -28.91% +14.60%
75th Percentile £72.47 £49.28 £54.00
90th Percentile £83.60 £71.77 £70.90
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.86%

Business Systems Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Business Systems Analyst job vacancy trend in the North West

Business Systems Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Systems Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 September 2026. 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
Manchester - 5 £600 - 4
Business Systems Analyst
England

Business Systems Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 3 September 2026, Business Systems 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 Systems Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Salesforce
2 5 (83.33%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (66.67%) CRM
3 4 (66.67%) Data Integration
3 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
4 3 (50.00%) AWS
4 3 (50.00%) Azure
4 3 (50.00%) BPMN
4 3 (50.00%) GCP
4 3 (50.00%) Logistics
5 2 (33.33%) Business Process Mapping
5 2 (33.33%) Data Mapping
5 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (16.67%) B2C
6 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
6 1 (16.67%) Confluence
6 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
6 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
6 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (16.67%) JIRA
6 1 (16.67%) Migration
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving

Business Systems 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 (16.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Retail
3 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (33.33%) Banking
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (66.67%) CRM
3 4 (66.67%) Data Integration
3 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
4 3 (50.00%) BPMN
4 3 (50.00%) Logistics
5 2 (33.33%) Business Process Mapping
5 2 (33.33%) Data Mapping
5 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
6 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
6 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow