Business Analyst Contracts in the North West

Business Analyst (BA)
England > North West

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the North West is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 37 52
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 103 162 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.86% 5.28% 4.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.08% 5.56% 4.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 127 131
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £405 £410 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -
75th Percentile £566 £550 £500
90th Percentile £620 £630 £575
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £27.98 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year - +28.47% -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £60.25 £26.14
% change year-on-year -62.66% +130.53% -28.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,525 2,915 3,889
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 94.95% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,640 2,070 2,834
10th Percentile £276 £300 £213
25th Percentile £390 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £569
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 124 179
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.58 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £19.22 £15.51
Median hourly rate £27.75 £30.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.14% +22.16% +38.45%
75th Percentile £46.91 £48.91 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.70 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
% change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the North West

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the North West

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 Business Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Manchester 0 67 £500 +7.24% 11
Cheshire -9 23 £410 -11.35% 7
Merseyside +10 6 £450 - 2
Lancashire 0 6 £451 -5.00% 5
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 North West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 39 (37.86%) Requirements Gathering
2 31 (30.10%) Business Analysis
3 29 (28.16%) Workshop Facilitation
4 24 (23.30%) Social Skills
5 22 (21.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (20.39%) Degree
7 20 (19.42%) Requirements Workshops
8 19 (18.45%) Finance
9 18 (17.48%) Public Sector
10 14 (13.59%) Agile
11 13 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
12 12 (11.65%) User Acceptance Testing
12 12 (11.65%) Project Management
13 11 (10.68%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (10.68%) GAP Analysis
13 11 (10.68%) Manufacturing
13 11 (10.68%) Use Case
13 11 (10.68%) Requirements Engineering
14 10 (9.71%) Customer Service
14 10 (9.71%) Roadmaps
14 10 (9.71%) Change Management
14 10 (9.71%) Microsoft
15 9 (8.74%) Six Sigma
15 9 (8.74%) Microsoft Office
15 9 (8.74%) BPMN
15 9 (8.74%) Data Protection
15 9 (8.74%) Business Case
15 9 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (8.74%) Target Operating Model
15 9 (8.74%) User Stories

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (3.88%) Confluence
2 3 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.97%) LiveLink
Applications
1 9 (8.74%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.83%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.97%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.80%) Power Platform
2 5 (4.85%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.91%) SaaS
5 2 (1.94%) IaaS
6 1 (0.97%) Azure
6 1 (0.97%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.97%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.80%) Power BI
2 2 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.94%) EDRMS
2 2 (1.94%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.94%) Tableau
3 1 (0.97%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.97%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (7.77%) JIRA
2 1 (0.97%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.97%) PyCharm
2 1 (0.97%) Rational Software Modeler
General
1 24 (23.30%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.45%) Finance
3 18 (17.48%) Public Sector
4 13 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (10.68%) Manufacturing
5 11 (10.68%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (6.80%) Banking
7 4 (3.88%) Legal
7 4 (3.88%) Retail
8 3 (2.91%) Billing
9 2 (1.94%) Local Government
9 2 (1.94%) Marketing
9 2 (1.94%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.97%) Games
10 1 (0.97%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.97%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.97%) Law
10 1 (0.97%) Military
10 1 (0.97%) Police
10 1 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.85%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (4.85%) IoT
1 5 (4.85%) Robotics
2 4 (3.88%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.94%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.94%) Tandem
4 1 (0.97%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.97%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.97%) Life Science
4 1 (0.97%) NHS
4 1 (0.97%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.97%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (37.86%) Requirements Gathering
2 31 (30.10%) Business Analysis
3 29 (28.16%) Workshop Facilitation
4 22 (21.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (19.42%) Requirements Workshops
6 14 (13.59%) Agile
7 12 (11.65%) Project Management
7 12 (11.65%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (10.68%) GAP Analysis
8 11 (10.68%) Requirements Engineering
8 11 (10.68%) Use Case
9 10 (9.71%) Change Management
9 10 (9.71%) Customer Service
9 10 (9.71%) Roadmaps
10 9 (8.74%) BPMN
10 9 (8.74%) Business Case
10 9 (8.74%) Data Protection
10 9 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (8.74%) Six Sigma
10 9 (8.74%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.94%) SQL
2 1 (0.97%) Groovy
2 1 (0.97%) Java
2 1 (0.97%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.97%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (20.39%) Degree
2 6 (5.83%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.85%) IIBA
4 3 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.91%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.94%) ISEB
6 1 (0.97%) CBAP
6 1 (0.97%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.80%) GDPR
2 6 (5.83%) Good Clinical Practice
2 6 (5.83%) GxP
3 3 (2.91%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.91%) QA
4 1 (0.97%) COREP
4 1 (0.97%) FINREP
Systems Management
1 3 (2.91%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (9.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.85%) ServiceNow
3 2 (1.94%) Workday
4 1 (0.97%) Blue Prism
4 1 (0.97%) Pega
4 1 (0.97%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.97%) SAP