Business Analyst Contracts in Cheshire

Business Analyst (BA)
North West > Cheshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Cheshire is £395, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 35 27
Rank change year-on-year +17 -8 0
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 44 23 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 9.80% 4.56% 6.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.17% 4.87% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 19 23
10th Percentile £317 £335 £411
25th Percentile £356 £384 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -8.89% +5.02%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £665
90th Percentile £515 £645 £712
North West median daily rate £425 £475 £456
% change year-on-year -10.53% +4.11% +1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £46.63 - -
25th Percentile £47.19 - -
Median hourly rate £48.75 - £27.98
75th Percentile £49.69 - -
90th Percentile £49.88 - -
North West median hourly rate £31.52 - £27.98

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 394 472 477
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.75% 93.65% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 324 329
10th Percentile £313 £275 £263
25th Percentile £358 £374 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £640 £629 £651
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 36 20
10th Percentile £19.00 £14.00 £14.23
25th Percentile £26.71 £16.47 £19.71
Median hourly rate £47.50 £20.11 £29.26
Median % change year-on-year +136.20% -31.27% +19.43%
75th Percentile £86.00 £38.00 £35.00
90th Percentile - £43.75 £42.58
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Cheshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Cheshire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Cheshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Cheshire

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Knutsford +14 23 £358 -4.53% 4
Macclesfield +10 6 £500 +21.95%
Chester -8 4 £600 +37.77% 7
Crewe - 4 £410 - 1
Alderley Edge - 2 £428 -
Wilmslow - 1 £430 - 2
Business Analyst
North West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Cheshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (47.73%) Agile
2 18 (40.91%) Business Analysis
3 17 (38.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (36.36%) Change Management
5 11 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (22.73%) Banking
7 9 (20.45%) JIRA
7 9 (20.45%) User Stories
7 9 (20.45%) Feasibility Study
7 9 (20.45%) Business Case
8 8 (18.18%) Test Strategy
8 8 (18.18%) Confluence
8 8 (18.18%) Degree
8 8 (18.18%) Risk Management
8 8 (18.18%) Finance
8 8 (18.18%) SAP
9 7 (15.91%) CMDB
9 7 (15.91%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (15.91%) ServiceNow
9 7 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (13.64%) Focus Group
10 6 (13.64%) Decision-Making
10 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
10 6 (13.64%) Process Improvement
10 6 (13.64%) ITSM
10 6 (13.64%) Service Management
11 5 (11.36%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (11.36%) MS Visio

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 8 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (11.36%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (11.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.27%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.27%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) GPRS
Development Applications
1 9 (20.45%) JIRA
General
1 10 (22.73%) Banking
2 8 (18.18%) Finance
3 7 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
5 5 (11.36%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (9.09%) Automotive
6 4 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (6.82%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.55%) Legal
8 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
9 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.27%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (2.27%) General Ledger
9 1 (2.27%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.27%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) CMDB
2 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.55%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (47.73%) Agile
2 18 (40.91%) Business Analysis
3 17 (38.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (36.36%) Change Management
5 11 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (20.45%) Business Case
6 9 (20.45%) Feasibility Study
6 9 (20.45%) User Stories
7 8 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 8 (18.18%) Test Strategy
8 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (15.91%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (13.64%) Decision-Making
9 6 (13.64%) Focus Group
9 6 (13.64%) ITSM
9 6 (13.64%) Process Improvement
9 6 (13.64%) Service Management
10 5 (11.36%) Data Analysis
10 5 (11.36%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Degree
2 4 (9.09%) IIBA
2 4 (9.09%) ISEB
3 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) CBAP
4 1 (2.27%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) COREP
1 2 (4.55%) FINREP
1 2 (4.55%) GDPR
2 1 (2.27%) PSD2
Vendors
1 8 (18.18%) SAP
2 7 (15.91%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.55%) Ariba
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.27%) Oracle