Lead Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Barnsley

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
South Yorkshire > Barnsley

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) daily rate in Barnsley is £460, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
14 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barnsley 20.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £460 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Barnsley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barnsley. 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 Barnsley with a recognized job title 5 3 13
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 8
10th Percentile £436 £430 £405
25th Percentile £451 £475 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £420
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +30.95% +46.09%
75th Percentile £556 £558 £432
90th Percentile £568 £562 £441
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £520 £529
% change year-on-year -8.65% -1.65% +0.71%

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barnsley

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Lead 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 Barnsley region featuring Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Lead Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barnsley 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Lead Business Analyst jobs