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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 39 52
Rank change year-on-year -7 +13 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 99 149 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.56% 4.95% 4.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.76% 5.22% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 119 141
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £404 £411 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% -2.22%
75th Percentile £566 £550 £500
90th Percentile £624 £638 £553
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +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% -60.40%
England median hourly rate £25.25 £62.50 £24.20
% change year-on-year -59.60% +158.26% -39.50%

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 2,631 2,854 3,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 94.72% 96.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,629 2,025 2,844
10th Percentile £268 £300 £219
25th Percentile £385 £406 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £575
90th Percentile £673 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 132 164
10th Percentile £11.71 £14.56 £11.83
25th Percentile £14.17 £17.72 £15.30
Median hourly rate £32.95 £29.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year +13.61% +17.17% +37.50%
75th Percentile £48.00 £43.75 £51.95
90th Percentile £71.87 £59.08 £75.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

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 9 June 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 9 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
Manchester 0 64 £500 +11.11% 18
Cheshire -3 23 £410 -33.06% 2
Lancashire -1 6 £451 -17.95% 1
Merseyside +7 5 £450 -5.26% 2
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 North West region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 40 (40.40%) Requirements Gathering
2 29 (29.29%) Workshop Facilitation
3 28 (28.28%) Business Analysis
4 23 (23.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (20.20%) Requirements Workshops
6 19 (19.19%) Degree
7 18 (18.18%) Social Skills
8 17 (17.17%) Public Sector
8 17 (17.17%) Finance
9 12 (12.12%) GAP Analysis
9 12 (12.12%) Agile
10 11 (11.11%) Manufacturing
10 11 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (11.11%) Requirements Engineering
11 10 (10.10%) Roadmaps
11 10 (10.10%) BPMN
11 10 (10.10%) Project Management
11 10 (10.10%) Change Management
12 9 (9.09%) Six Sigma
12 9 (9.09%) Use Case
12 9 (9.09%) Data Protection
12 9 (9.09%) Customer Service
12 9 (9.09%) Target Operating Model
13 8 (8.08%) Waterfall
13 8 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
13 8 (8.08%) Project Delivery
13 8 (8.08%) Business Case
13 8 (8.08%) JIRA
13 8 (8.08%) Data Analysis

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 (4.04%) Confluence
2 3 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.01%) LiveLink
Applications
1 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.05%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.01%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.07%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.05%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (3.03%) Azure
3 3 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.03%) SaaS
4 2 (2.02%) IaaS
5 1 (1.01%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.01%) Internet
1 1 (1.01%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.07%) Power BI
2 2 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.02%) EDRMS
2 2 (2.02%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.02%) Tableau
3 1 (1.01%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.01%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (8.08%) JIRA
2 1 (1.01%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.01%) PyCharm
General
1 18 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.17%) Finance
2 17 (17.17%) Public Sector
3 11 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 11 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
4 8 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.06%) Banking
6 5 (5.05%) Retail
7 3 (3.03%) Billing
8 2 (2.02%) Legal
8 2 (2.02%) Local Government
8 2 (2.02%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.01%) Games
9 1 (1.01%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.01%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.01%) Marketing
9 1 (1.01%) Military
9 1 (1.01%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.05%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (5.05%) IoT
1 5 (5.05%) Robotics
2 4 (4.04%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.01%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.01%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.01%) Life Science
3 1 (1.01%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.01%) NHS
3 1 (1.01%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.01%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (40.40%) Requirements Gathering
2 29 (29.29%) Workshop Facilitation
3 28 (28.28%) Business Analysis
4 23 (23.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (20.20%) Requirements Workshops
6 12 (12.12%) Agile
6 12 (12.12%) GAP Analysis
7 11 (11.11%) Requirements Engineering
7 11 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (10.10%) BPMN
8 10 (10.10%) Change Management
8 10 (10.10%) Project Management
8 10 (10.10%) Roadmaps
9 9 (9.09%) Customer Service
9 9 (9.09%) Data Protection
9 9 (9.09%) Six Sigma
9 9 (9.09%) Target Operating Model
9 9 (9.09%) Use Case
10 8 (8.08%) Migration
10 8 (8.08%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.02%) SQL
2 1 (1.01%) Groovy
2 1 (1.01%) Java
2 1 (1.01%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.01%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (19.19%) Degree
2 5 (5.05%) IIBA
2 5 (5.05%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.02%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.01%) CBAP
4 1 (1.01%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.01%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.06%) GDPR
1 6 (6.06%) Good Clinical Practice
1 6 (6.06%) GxP
2 3 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.02%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.03%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 8 (8.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.05%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.02%) Workday
4 1 (1.01%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.01%) Google
4 1 (1.01%) Pega
4 1 (1.01%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.01%) SAP