Payments Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Business Analyst - Payments (Payments BA) daily rate in Knutsford is £401, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 28 -
Rank change year-on-year -22 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Business Analyst 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.83% 0.81% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.87% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £401 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £267 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.28% - -
75th Percentile £402 - -
90th Percentile £402 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £401 £267 -
% change year-on-year +50.28% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. 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 Knutsford with a recognized job title 225 115 76
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 92.74% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 96 55
10th Percentile £310 £329 £415
25th Percentile £358 £356 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £395 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.10% -21.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £575
90th Percentile £576 £638 £586
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £24.33 £22.09 £23.61
% change year-on-year +10.12% -6.44% +33.69%

Payments Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Payments Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Payments Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Payments Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Payments Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Knutsford region featuring Payments Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) API Design
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) PSD2
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Swagger
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 2 (100.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 8583
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

Payments Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) Swagger
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Design
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) PSD2
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 8583