Payments Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the North West

Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA)
England > North West

The median Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA) daily rate in the North West is £381, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 127 -
Rank change year-on-year -39 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Business Analyst 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.047% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.050% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £361 - -
25th Percentile £364 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £358 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% - -
75th Percentile £405 - -
90th Percentile £424 - -
England median daily rate £409 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -18.13% - -20.00%

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 3,358 1,981 2,587
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 92.53% 94.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,890 1,300 1,600
10th Percentile £304 £258 £267
25th Percentile £400 £364 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £450 £479
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -6.05% -4.20%
75th Percentile £589 £553 £575
90th Percentile £675 £657 £669
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 365 148 305
10th Percentile £17.58 £13.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.24 £15.22
Median hourly rate £45.56 £29.01 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.03% +0.03% +5.45%
75th Percentile £73.25 £56.90 £47.50
90th Percentile £84.50 £75.93 £70.90
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.71% -30.00% -9.09%

Payments Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Payments Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the North West

Payments Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Payments 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 Payments Business Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 July 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
Cheshire - 4 £381 - 3
Payments Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 July 2026, Payments Business 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 Payments Business Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) PSD2
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) API Design
2 3 (75.00%) API Integration
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Confluence
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Integration Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) JSON
2 3 (75.00%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (75.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (75.00%) Postman
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (75.00%) REST
2 3 (75.00%) SOAP
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Swagger
2 3 (75.00%) System Integration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (75.00%) XML
3 2 (50.00%) ISO 8583
4 1 (25.00%) BPMN
4 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management

Payments Business 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 3 (75.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Payment Gateway
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
1 3 (75.00%) Postman
General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) JSON
1 3 (75.00%) REST
1 3 (75.00%) SOAP
1 3 (75.00%) Swagger
1 3 (75.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Wallet
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) API Design
1 3 (75.00%) API Integration
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Integration Patterns
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) System Integration Testing
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
1 3 (75.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) BPMN
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) PSD2
2 3 (75.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (50.00%) ISO 8583
4 1 (25.00%) SEPA