Business Analyst Contracts in Leeds

Business Analyst (BA)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Leeds is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 38 39
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 20 27 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 3.34% 3.77% 4.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.43% 4.10% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 37
10th Percentile £356 £431 £416
25th Percentile £400 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £516 £500 £575
90th Percentile £581 £542 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 583 659 1,074
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.49% 91.91% 97.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 435 744
10th Percentile £307 £350 £341
25th Percentile £400 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £628
90th Percentile £625 £650 £707
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 25 13
10th Percentile £25.15 £16.70 £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £29.56 £25.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.22% +31.58% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £48.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £79.33 - £23.45
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.00 £25.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +38.89% -8.77%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Leeds

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Leeds

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Leeds over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Leeds

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Leeds

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 17 August 2025, 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 Leeds region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (55.00%) Business Analysis
3 10 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (45.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 9 (45.00%) Agile
5 8 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
5 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (30.00%) Finance
6 6 (30.00%) JIRA
6 6 (30.00%) Confluence
7 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (25.00%) User Stories
7 5 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (20.00%) BPMN
8 4 (20.00%) Change Management
8 4 (20.00%) Scrum
9 3 (15.00%) Migration
9 3 (15.00%) Six Sigma
9 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
9 3 (15.00%) Data Analysis
9 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
9 3 (15.00%) Data Integration
9 3 (15.00%) Kanban
9 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
9 3 (15.00%) Critical Thinking
9 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
9 3 (15.00%) Journey Map

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 (30.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Lucidchart
1 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
1 2 (10.00%) Tableau
2 1 (5.00%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (30.00%) Finance
4 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (10.00%) Banking
5 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Retail
6 1 (5.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Business Analysis
2 10 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 10 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (45.00%) Agile
3 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (45.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (40.00%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (25.00%) User Stories
6 4 (20.00%) BPMN
6 4 (20.00%) Change Management
6 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (20.00%) Scrum
7 3 (15.00%) Data Analysis
7 3 (15.00%) Data Integration
7 3 (15.00%) Kanban
7 3 (15.00%) Migration
7 3 (15.00%) Six Sigma
7 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) ACCA
2 1 (5.00%) CBAP
2 1 (5.00%) IIBA
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (10.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Dell
1 2 (10.00%) Veritas
2 1 (5.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Progress
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow