Business Analysis Contracts in Preston

Business Analysis
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 15 22
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 0
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 2.90% 1.82% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.13% 2.00% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £471 - -
25th Percentile £484 £525 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £443
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +24.28% -26.24%
75th Percentile £534 £575 £474
90th Percentile £544 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £475 £550 £443
% change year-on-year -13.64% +24.28% +10.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 50 78
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 92.75% 90.91% 98.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 16 28
10th Percentile £350 £356 £303
25th Percentile £447 £459 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £571 £438
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% +30.62% +4.48%
75th Percentile £575 £743 £532
90th Percentile £630 £981 £771
Lancashire median daily rate £533 £538 £533
% change year-on-year -0.93% +0.94% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 32 39
10th Percentile £24.76 £12.20 £23.60
25th Percentile £26.88 - £29.00
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -62.21% +6.99%
75th Percentile £31.07 £19.05 £49.52
90th Percentile £43.39 £46.18 £54.03
Lancashire median hourly rate £28.75 £19.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year +49.90% -54.87% +7.59%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Preston

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Preston.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in Preston

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Preston.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in Preston

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation