Management consultants and business analysts in Cheshire West and Chester

Official occupation group: Management consultants and business analystsSOC 2431 · Updated through Q2 2026 · Cheshire West and Chester

Official definition

Management consultants and business analysts advise industrial, commercial and other establishments on a variety of management and business-related matters to assist in the formulation of financial and business policies in order to maximise growth or improve business performance.

e.g. Business analyst · Team leader · Risk analyst · BI consultant · Quality coach

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Profession summary · Jobmundo analysis

Management consultants and business analysts demand is rising in Cheshire West and Chester.

ONS recorded 39 new online adverts for management consultants and business analysts in Cheshire West and Chester in Q2 2026. That is 30.0% higher than a year earlier. Typical advertised pay in Cheshire West and Chester for the broader business, media and public service professionals is £44,000.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation. ONS data is generally two months late.
New adverts · Cheshire West and Chester39Q2 2026 · +30.0% YoY
Advertised salary · Cheshire West and Chester£44,0002025 · lags hiring by about a year · broader occupation group

Management consultants and business analysts hiring demand

New online job adverts for management consultants and business analysts in Cheshire West and Chester

New online job adverts have increased since Apr 2025.

39

Apr 2026 · Cheshire West and Chester

+30.0%change over period · from Apr 2025
ONS · Cheshire West and ChesterSources & methodology ↗

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for business, media and public service professionals in Cheshire West and Chester

Advertised pay is 2.2% lower than a year earlier, before inflation.

£44,000

Jan 2025 · Cheshire West and Chester

-2.2%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · Cheshire West and Chester · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. This salary series is typically about a year behind the hiring figures. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 1.1 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years68.4%
21 years3.4%
32 years6.7%
43 years7.6%
54+ years13.9%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

Cheshire West and Chester compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

#AreaNew advertsView
1Cheshire West and Chester39
2United Kingdom11,034
ONS · Cheshire West and ChesterSources & methodology ↗

Cheshire West and Chester accounts for 0.35% of aligned UK new adverts · Q2 2026.

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Business, media and public service professionals

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1West Devon£65,000
2London£57,300
3Reading£55,000
4Wokingham£55,000
5Isle of Wight£55,000
6Three Rivers£55,000
7Knowsley£55,000
8Watford£54,800
9Inverclyde£54,000
10Bristol, City of£52,500

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 243) across the UK

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1Management consultants and business analystsYou’re viewing this

Business analyst · Team leader · Risk analyst — 35.2% of group adverts

4,234+12.2%
2Marketing and commercial managers

Marketing manager · Ppc manager · SEO manager — 30.9% of group adverts

3,718+7.7%
3Actuaries, economists and statisticians

Economist · Web analyst · Data scientist — 17.2% of group adverts

2,065+18.0%
4Business and related research professionals

Research worker · Crime analyst · Media analyst — 12.2% of group adverts

1,467-42.6%
5Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c.

Band 1 · Band 2 · Band f — 4.6% of group adverts

551-8.9%
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.