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Property System Specialist - £500 p/d inside IR35
Posted 2 days ago by Huxley Associates
The Property System Specialist role involves implementing process and system improvements within the banking sector, foc...
- Rate £500 per day
- Category Inside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham
Business Analyst - Finance Transformation - Dynamics 365 OTC, P2P - Outside IR35
Posted 5 days ago by TrinIT Talent Ltd
The role of Business Analyst focuses on Finance Transformation using Dynamics 365, requiring expertise in various financ...
- Rate £400 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location Manchester, UK
Women's Academy Performance Analyst (Casual)
Posted 5 days ago by Manchester United
The Women's Academy Performance Analyst at Manchester United will support the development of academy players through hig...
- Rate Negotiable
- Category Undetermined
- Work type Undetermined
- Location Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Test Analyst - Live Poker
Posted 5 days ago by Fruition Group
The Test Analyst - Live Poker role is a fully remote contract position focused on ensuring the accuracy and consistency...
- Rate Negotiable
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham
Billing Analyst - Legal, Consulting, or Professional Services
Posted 1 week ago by S Merrick LTD
The Billing Analyst position requires a professional with extensive billing experience in a high-volume environment, spe...
- Rate £200 per day
- Category Undetermined
- Work type Hybrid
- Location Manchester (M1)
Business Analyst - £390p/d Inside IR35 - Part time and full time available
Posted 1 week ago by Exalto Consulting
The role of Business Analyst involves supporting an organisational review and improvement project within a public sector...
- Rate Negotiable
- Category Inside
- Work type Undetermined
- Location Manchester
SC Cleared Security Contract Delivery Specialist
Posted 1 week ago by Experis UK
The SC Cleared Cyber Security Governance & Assurance Specialist role involves managing security obligations for customer...
- Rate £800 per day
- Category Inside
- Work type Undetermined
- Location Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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About Our Reporting Analyst Contract Roles in Manchester
What does a reporting analyst contractor do?
Organisations bring in Reporting Analyst contractors to design, build, and maintain the reports, dashboards, and data outputs that enable an organisation's leadership and operational teams to understand performance, track progress against targets, and make informed decisions. The work involves understanding reporting requirements from business stakeholders, extracting and transforming data from relevant source systems, building reports and visualisations using BI tools or Excel, validating data accuracy, maintaining existing reports as systems and data sources change, and communicating reporting outputs to non-technical audiences. Reporting Analyst contractors are brought in to build reporting capability from scratch, to cover a vacancy within a reporting or BI team, or to manage a backlog of reporting requirements that the permanent team cannot clear.
The core competencies for Reporting Analyst contracting include combine data querying ability with proficiency in the relevant reporting and visualisation tools. Strong SQL skills for extracting and manipulating data from relational databases are widely expected, alongside proficiency in the primary BI tool in use at the client, most commonly Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, or Looker. Advanced Excel skills remain relevant, particularly for organisations where Excel-based management reporting is still the dominant output format. The ability to validate data accuracy by cross-referencing multiple sources, to document reporting logic and definitions clearly, and to present data in a way that is visually clear and interpretable by non-technical leadership is expected alongside the technical build capability. Knowledge of data warehousing concepts, including star schema design and the distinction between operational and analytical data sources, is expected at senior Reporting Analyst level.
What is the market like for reporting analyst contractors?
Contract Reporting Analyst work sits within a mature and active market within the data and analytics discipline, driven by the universal demand for performance reporting across organisations of all sizes and sectors. Power BI's widespread adoption has expanded the market for Reporting Analyst contractors, as organisations that previously relied on Excel-based reporting invest in BI tooling and need specialist resource to build out their reporting capability. The market spans a wide range of seniority and rate levels, from junior report-building roles through to senior analytics positions with significant data modelling and business intelligence architecture responsibility. Contractors who combine strong SQL skills with Power BI or Tableau proficiency and the ability to build self-service reporting that genuinely enables business decision-making are consistently in the strongest demand.
What is the contracting market like in Manchester?
Manchester has established itself as the strongest contractor hub outside London, supported by a diverse economy spanning financial services, technology, media, and the public sector. MediaCityUK at Salford Quays anchors a cluster of digital, creative, and broadcasting employers, while Spinningfields and the wider city centre house the financial and professional services concentration. Several major insurers and banks run significant operations from Manchester, and the technology sector has matured considerably, with both established firms and scale-ups competing for software engineering, cloud, and data contractors. The rate gap with London has narrowed over the past few years as employer competition for experienced contractors in the city has intensified, and for many disciplines Manchester now offers comparable depth of opportunity at a materially lower cost base.
How much do reporting analyst contractors usually earn in Manchester?
Contract rates for reporting analyst roles in Manchester typically range from £300 to £600 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement.
How many reporting analyst vacancies in Manchester are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 150 reporting analyst contract roles across the site, with Manchester accounting for a significant portion. Data reviewed up to June 2026.