Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Business Analysis
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 14 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 5.26% 1.88% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.71% 2.03% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 4
10th Percentile £319 £403 £426
25th Percentile £354 £406 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £425 £463
Median % change year-on-year -15.76% -8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £381 £454 £488
90th Percentile £401 £464 £489
East Midlands median daily rate £358 £425 £483
% change year-on-year -15.76% -11.92% +13.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

Business Analysis 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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 245 148 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 92.11% 92.50% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 116 110
10th Percentile £314 £307 £258
25th Percentile £358 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £408 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -15.98% +10.23%
75th Percentile £475 £506 £534
90th Percentile £550 £616 £588
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £436 £475
% change year-on-year -3.56% -8.32% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 14
10th Percentile - - £13.16
25th Percentile - £23.10 £18.01
Median hourly rate - £24.20 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year - -52.55% +177.55%
75th Percentile - £25.30 £51.50
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £22.05 £21.52
% change year-on-year -14.40% +2.46% +27.84%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Northamptonshire

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Northampton -8 14 £358 -15.76% 5
Business Analysis
East Midlands

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (14.29%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (7.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Marketing
5 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Legal
6 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Analyst
1 13 (92.86%) Business Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) ETL Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Payments Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Payments Business Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Salesforce Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Salesforce Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Finance Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Financial Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Financial Services Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) ITSM Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Product Owner
5 1 (7.14%) Project Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 4 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
3 2 (14.29%) PMI
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Agile
2 8 (57.14%) Scrum
2 8 (57.14%) Waterfall
3 7 (50.00%) Kanban
3 7 (50.00%) User Stories
4 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (35.71%) Acceptance Criteria
5 5 (35.71%) CRM
6 4 (28.57%) Business Strategy
6 4 (28.57%) Customer Experience
6 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
6 4 (28.57%) Epics
6 4 (28.57%) ETL
6 4 (28.57%) KYC
6 4 (28.57%) Microservices
6 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (28.57%) Project Management
6 4 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CBAP
1 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO 8583
1 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
1 2 (14.29%) PSD2
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) Remedy
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow