Business Analyst Contracts in Chester

Business Analyst (BA)
Cheshire > Chester

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Chester is £436 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 16 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 6 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 12.50% 4.76% -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% 4.88% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £225 - -
25th Percentile £273 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.22% - -
75th Percentile £619 £463 -
90th Percentile £675 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £410 £463 £429
% change year-on-year -11.35% +7.93% -13.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 42 82 58
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 97.62% 96.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 47 26
10th Percentile £199 £270 £191
25th Percentile £225 £299 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £413 £413
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - +39.24%
75th Percentile £675 £508 £528
90th Percentile £723 £665 £622
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £475 £426
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.50% -2.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 6
10th Percentile £34.19 £23.15 £14.37
25th Percentile £41.25 £27.25 £16.49
Median hourly rate £42.50 £32.88 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +29.27% +95.41% -6.01%
75th Percentile £44.69 £35.00 £20.42
90th Percentile £47.50 £36.50 £24.69
Cheshire median hourly rate £20.11 £23.15 £21.00
% change year-on-year -13.13% +10.24% +17.32%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Chester

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Chester

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Chester over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Chester

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Chester

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 16 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 Chester region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Workflow
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (50.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Wealth Management
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills

Business 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:

General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Workflow
2 3 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Data Quality