Business Analyst Contracts in Manchester

Business Analyst (BA)
North West > Manchester

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Manchester is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 31 55
Rank change year-on-year -3 +24 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 64 93 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 4.44% 5.23% 4.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.64% 5.44% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 76 87
10th Percentile £361 £378 £350
25th Percentile £401 £404 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% +7.35% -5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £513 £500
90th Percentile £609 £569 £505
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,378 1,708 2,569
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.56% 96.06% 97.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 951 1,271 1,999
10th Percentile £313 £313 £230
25th Percentile £400 £413 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% +2.56% +12.07%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £661
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 48 61
10th Percentile £12.07 £14.53 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% +12.50% +23.23%
75th Percentile £63.13 £40.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £30.00 £24.10
% change year-on-year +9.65% +24.48% +33.89%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Manchester

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Salford -1 1 - - 1
Wigan - 1 £400 -
Bolton - 1 £325 - 1
Business Analyst
North West

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (40.63%) Workshop Facilitation
2 21 (32.81%) Requirements Gathering
3 19 (29.69%) Requirements Workshops
4 16 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 13 (20.31%) Public Sector
6 12 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
7 10 (15.63%) Finance
8 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (14.06%) Project Management
8 9 (14.06%) Degree
8 9 (14.06%) BPMN
8 9 (14.06%) Target Operating Model
8 9 (14.06%) Social Skills
8 9 (14.06%) Customer Service
9 8 (12.50%) Migration
10 7 (10.94%) Agile
10 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
10 7 (10.94%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (10.94%) Project Delivery
11 6 (9.38%) Roadmaps
11 6 (9.38%) Records Management
11 6 (9.38%) Requirements Engineering
11 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (9.38%) User Stories
12 5 (7.81%) Waterfall
12 5 (7.81%) ServiceNow
12 5 (7.81%) Product Management
12 5 (7.81%) CRM
12 5 (7.81%) MS Visio
12 5 (7.81%) Microsoft

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
2 1 (1.56%) LiveLink
Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.81%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.56%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.69%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.13%) Azure
2 2 (3.13%) SaaS
3 1 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) Power BI
2 2 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.13%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 13 (20.31%) Public Sector
2 10 (15.63%) Finance
3 9 (14.06%) Social Skills
4 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.81%) Retail
6 3 (4.69%) Billing
7 2 (3.13%) Banking
7 2 (3.13%) Local Government
7 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.13%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.56%) Games
8 1 (1.56%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.56%) Legal
8 1 (1.56%) Marketing
8 1 (1.56%) Military
8 1 (1.56%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
1 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (1.56%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (1.56%) IoT
1 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.56%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (40.63%) Workshop Facilitation
2 21 (32.81%) Requirements Gathering
3 19 (29.69%) Requirements Workshops
4 16 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 12 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
6 9 (14.06%) BPMN
6 9 (14.06%) Customer Service
6 9 (14.06%) Project Management
6 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (14.06%) Target Operating Model
7 8 (12.50%) Migration
8 7 (10.94%) Agile
8 7 (10.94%) Project Delivery
8 7 (10.94%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (9.38%) Records Management
9 6 (9.38%) Requirements Engineering
9 6 (9.38%) Roadmaps
9 6 (9.38%) User Stories
10 5 (7.81%) Product Management
10 5 (7.81%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) Degree
2 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.56%) CBAP
3 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) ISEB
3 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft
1 5 (7.81%) ServiceNow
2 2 (3.13%) Workday
3 1 (1.56%) Google
3 1 (1.56%) Pega
3 1 (1.56%) SAP