Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Business Analysis
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 56 64
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 11 9 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.83% 1.23% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 1.45% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 14
10th Percentile £353 £439 £390
25th Percentile £413 £478 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £544 £694 £575
90th Percentile £634 £773 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -8.43% -1.19% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 539 620 991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.68% 84.58% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 406 695
10th Percentile £304 £350 £350
25th Percentile £400 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £572 £575 £638
90th Percentile £650 £650 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 24 13
10th Percentile £25.15 - £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £12.15 £15.75
Median hourly rate £29.56 £15.60 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.52% -17.92% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £33.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £79.33 £38.75 £23.26
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.50 £15.68 £18.00
% change year-on-year +62.63% -12.89% -10.00%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Leeds

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Leeds over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Leeds

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Lucidchart
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) JIRA
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Retail
3 1 (9.09%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Analyst
1 11 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Data Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Payments Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Payments Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) HR Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) HR Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Mortgage Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Requirements Gathering
1 7 (63.64%) Workshop Facilitation
2 6 (54.55%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (45.45%) User Stories
4 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (36.36%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) Scrum
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Data Integration
5 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
5 3 (27.27%) Impact Assessments
5 3 (27.27%) Kanban
6 2 (18.18%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (18.18%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (18.18%) Journey Map
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Register
6 2 (18.18%) Story Mapping
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) ACCA
2 1 (9.09%) CBAP
2 1 (9.09%) IIBA
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (18.18%) NetBackup
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Dell
1 2 (18.18%) Veritas
2 1 (9.09%) Atlassian
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Progress
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow