Analyst Contracts in Chester

Analyst
Cheshire > Chester

The median Analyst daily rate in Chester is £450, 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 4 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 19 9 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 27.94% 16.67% 18.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 30.16% 18.75% 19.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 3
10th Percentile £416 £225 -
25th Percentile £422 £269 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £436 £225
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +93.56% -41.94%
75th Percentile £513 £591 £350
90th Percentile £580 £675 £418
Cheshire median daily rate £398 £488 £435
% change year-on-year -18.46% +12.07% +8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £17.80 - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - £23.15
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £35.00
75th Percentile £50.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £47.50 £17.72 £27.98
% change year-on-year +168.06% -36.67% +53.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 63 48 83
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 88.89% 97.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 28 47
10th Percentile £325 £199 £270
25th Percentile £385 £244 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £400
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +26.56% -5.88%
75th Percentile £706 £678 £525
90th Percentile £738 £738 £665
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 10
10th Percentile £19.00 £36.54 £23.15
25th Percentile £31.10 £41.25 £29.10
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £30.65
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +38.67% +82.15%
75th Percentile £86.00 £47.50 £35.00
90th Percentile - - £35.50
Cheshire median hourly rate £47.50 £20.11 £29.26
% change year-on-year +136.20% -31.27% +19.43%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Chester

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Chester

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

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

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Chester

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Chester

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Chester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Chester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Chester

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

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

1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Skype
3 6 (31.58%) Cisco
3 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (26.32%) Change Management
4 5 (26.32%) Finance
4 5 (26.32%) Manufacturing
4 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (26.32%) SAP
4 5 (26.32%) Banking
4 5 (26.32%) Product Management
4 5 (26.32%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (26.32%) Manufacturing Engineering
4 5 (26.32%) Active Listening
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (21.05%) Mattermost
5 4 (21.05%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (21.05%) Business Change Management
5 4 (21.05%) WebEx
5 4 (21.05%) Data Analytics
5 4 (21.05%) Analytics
5 4 (21.05%) Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (21.05%) SCOM
5 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
5 4 (21.05%) Skype for Business
5 4 (21.05%) Unified Communications
5 4 (21.05%) Splunk
5 4 (21.05%) Problem Management
5 4 (21.05%) XMPP

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 (21.05%) Mattermost
1 4 (21.05%) Skype for Business
2 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (5.26%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Skype
2 4 (21.05%) Softphone
2 4 (21.05%) Unified Communications
2 4 (21.05%) WebEx
3 3 (15.79%) LAN
3 3 (15.79%) WAN
4 2 (10.53%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Banking
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Manufacturing
3 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Italian Language
4 2 (10.53%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (10.53%) Spanish Language
5 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.26%) German Language
5 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Active Listening
1 5 (26.32%) Change Management
1 5 (26.32%) Manufacturing Engineering
1 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (26.32%) Product Management
1 5 (26.32%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (21.05%) Analytics
2 4 (21.05%) B2B
2 4 (21.05%) Business Change Management
2 4 (21.05%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (21.05%) Data Analytics
2 4 (21.05%) ITIL
2 4 (21.05%) Problem Management
2 4 (21.05%) Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.79%) Internal Audit
3 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Cisco
3 5 (26.32%) SAP
4 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
4 4 (21.05%) Splunk
5 2 (10.53%) Citrix
5 2 (10.53%) Remedy
6 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow