Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in Chester

Business Analysis
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 1.52% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £374 £443 £450
% change year-on-year -15.63% -1.56% +1.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chester

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 93 65 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 70.45% 98.48% 72.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 21 18
10th Percentile £400 £325 £266
25th Percentile £413 £405 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £638
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -13.73% +59.38%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £738
90th Percentile £750 £738 -
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £450 £489
% change year-on-year - -7.98% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 8
10th Percentile £20.60 £19.00 -
25th Percentile £21.75 £43.04 £41.25
Median hourly rate £32.23 £60.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.29% +41.18% +38.19%
75th Percentile £37.50 £86.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £47.20 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.82 £47.50 £26.66
% change year-on-year -24.59% +78.17% -12.70%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in Chester

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Change Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Payments Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Payments Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Transformation Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) BPMN
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (50.00%) MSF
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PSD2
1 1 (50.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft