Business Analyst Contracts in Cheshire

Business Analyst (BA)
North West > Cheshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Cheshire is £410 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 28 30
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 23 36 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 4.43% 6.70% 5.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.74% 7.55% 5.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 23 15
10th Percentile £335 £413 £364
25th Percentile £384 £424 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +5.88% -13.35%
75th Percentile £500 £665 £488
90th Percentile £645 £712 £523
North West median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.98 -
North West median hourly rate - £27.98 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 485 477 489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 88.83% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 329 275
10th Percentile £276 £262 £184
25th Percentile £390 £389 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £438
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% +10.80% +0.34%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £625 £651 £631
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 21 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.54 £18.82 £16.49
Median hourly rate £22.50 £27.98 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.59% +14.20% +36.87%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.83
90th Percentile £44.25 £40.00 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.25
% change year-on-year -13.59% +50.85% +12.47%

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 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 -14 11 £410 -13.68%
Chester +10 6 £436 -3.22%
Warrington +3 1 - - 1
Knutsford -9 1 £375 -40.00%
Business Analyst
North West

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 Cheshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (52.17%) Requirements Gathering
2 11 (47.83%) Business Analysis
3 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (39.13%) Pharmaceutical
4 9 (39.13%) Manufacturing
4 9 (39.13%) Degree
5 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
6 7 (30.43%) Six Sigma
7 6 (26.09%) Good Clinical Practice
7 6 (26.09%) GxP
7 6 (26.09%) Workflow
7 6 (26.09%) Finance
7 6 (26.09%) Lean Six Sigma
7 6 (26.09%) Use Case
7 6 (26.09%) Data Protection
7 6 (26.09%) Data Governance
7 6 (26.09%) GDPR
8 5 (21.74%) Business Process Modelling
8 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Analysis
8 5 (21.74%) Requirements Engineering
8 5 (21.74%) IIBA
8 5 (21.74%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (21.74%) Change Management
9 4 (17.39%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (17.39%) Banking
9 4 (17.39%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 4 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (17.39%) Robotics
9 4 (17.39%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (17.39%) IoT

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 3 (13.04%) Confluence
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Cloud Computing
1 4 (17.39%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Power BI
2 2 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 2 (8.70%) Tableau
3 1 (4.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.35%) PyCharm
General
1 9 (39.13%) Manufacturing
1 9 (39.13%) Pharmaceutical
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Finance
4 4 (17.39%) Banking
5 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Industry 4.0
1 4 (17.39%) IoT
1 4 (17.39%) Robotics
2 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.35%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Requirements Gathering
2 11 (47.83%) Business Analysis
3 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (30.43%) Six Sigma
5 6 (26.09%) Data Governance
5 6 (26.09%) Data Protection
5 6 (26.09%) Lean Six Sigma
5 6 (26.09%) Use Case
5 6 (26.09%) Workflow
6 5 (21.74%) Business Process Modelling
6 5 (21.74%) Change Management
6 5 (21.74%) Requirements Analysis
6 5 (21.74%) Requirements Engineering
6 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Analysis
7 4 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (17.39%) Business Case
7 4 (17.39%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 4 (17.39%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
8 3 (13.04%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Groovy
1 1 (4.35%) Java
1 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) IIBA
3 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) GDPR
1 6 (26.09%) Good Clinical Practice
1 6 (26.09%) GxP
2 3 (13.04%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft