Business Analysis Contracts in Cheshire

Business Analysis
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 37 42
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 -4
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 17 24 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.37% 4.44% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 4.88% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 9
10th Percentile - £382 £355
25th Percentile £405 £414 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £432
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% +3.01% -10.93%
75th Percentile £488 £680 £626
90th Percentile £546 £710 £635
North West median daily rate £475 £450 £460
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.17% +5.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 431 492 433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.35% 90.94% 85.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 336 246
10th Percentile £292 £269 £212
25th Percentile £401 £385 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +2.86%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £539
90th Percentile £623 £653 £632
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 21 24
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.75 £11.13
25th Percentile £16.67 £22.41 £16.02
Median hourly rate £26.66 £27.98 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +19.06% -22.79%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £37.93
90th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £61.73
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +19.02%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Cheshire

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in Cheshire

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Cheshire over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Cheshire

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in Cheshire

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Macclesfield -9 15 £450 +5.88% 1
Knutsford +2 1 £375 -44.85%
Business Analysis
North West

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.88%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) SAP HANA
3 1 (5.88%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 10 (58.82%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (52.94%) Manufacturing
3 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Finance
6 1 (5.88%) Banking
6 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.88%) Legal
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Analyst
2 11 (64.71%) Business Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Integration Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) SAP Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Integration Specialist
4 3 (17.65%) Senior
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Business Integration Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Consultant
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Virtual Team
2 4 (23.53%) Industry 4.0
2 4 (23.53%) IoT
2 4 (23.53%) Robotics
3 1 (5.88%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Requirements Gathering
2 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (35.29%) Six Sigma
3 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Analysis
4 5 (29.41%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (29.41%) Business Process Modelling
4 5 (29.41%) Change Management
4 5 (29.41%) Data Governance
4 5 (29.41%) Data Protection
4 5 (29.41%) Lean Six Sigma
4 5 (29.41%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (29.41%) Requirements Engineering
4 5 (29.41%) Use Case
5 4 (23.53%) Business Case
5 4 (23.53%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 4 (23.53%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (17.65%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 5 (29.41%) IIBA
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) GxP
2 5 (29.41%) GDPR
2 5 (29.41%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) SAP
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) Ariba
4 1 (5.88%) Hyperion