Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Business Analysis
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 38 29
Rank change year-on-year -24 -9 +21
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 25 2 26
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 3.50% 0.65% 6.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 0.71% 6.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 9
10th Percentile £361 - £503
25th Percentile £461 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.71%
75th Percentile £675 - £575
90th Percentile - - £710
South Yorkshire median daily rate £501 £225 £538
% change year-on-year +122.67% -58.14% +22.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 685 283 372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 95.80% 91.88% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 161 235
10th Percentile £317 £220 £385
25th Percentile £401 £421 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.14% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £650
90th Percentile £621 £675 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £515 £539
% change year-on-year -6.80% -4.41% +2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £19.10
25th Percentile £14.71 £14.35 £20.00
Median hourly rate £20.08 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -19.58% +18.42%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile - £21.05 £28.25
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.08 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% -19.58% +52.54%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Sheffield over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Sheffield

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 2 (8.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
1 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.00%) GCP
2 1 (4.00%) GitHub
2 1 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) Relational Database
2 2 (8.00%) Power BI
3 1 (4.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Git
2 6 (24.00%) JIRA
3 1 (4.00%) Artifactory
3 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.00%) Postman
3 1 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Banking
4 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Wholesale Banking
6 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Business Analyst
2 11 (44.00%) Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Finance Business Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Financial Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Financial Business Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Technical Business Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Product Owner
5 3 (12.00%) Risk Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Risk Business Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) .NET Developer
6 2 (8.00%) Banking Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Banking Business Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) C# Developer
6 2 (8.00%) Credit Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (32.00%) .NET
2 7 (28.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 7 (28.00%) CSS
2 7 (28.00%) HTML
2 7 (28.00%) jQuery
3 5 (20.00%) Compass CSS Framework
4 4 (16.00%) Anaconda
5 2 (8.00%) .NET Framework
5 2 (8.00%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (4.00%) Middleware
6 1 (4.00%) REST
6 1 (4.00%) RESTful
6 1 (4.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.00%) Credit Risk
3 3 (12.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (12.00%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (12.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.00%) AI Agents
4 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Agile
2 11 (44.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (32.00%) Use Case
4 7 (28.00%) Front End Development
4 7 (28.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 7 (28.00%) MVC
4 7 (28.00%) WFM
5 6 (24.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 6 (24.00%) Code Quality
5 6 (24.00%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (24.00%) OO
5 6 (24.00%) OOP
5 6 (24.00%) Scrum
5 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (24.00%) Test Automation
6 5 (20.00%) Project Management
7 4 (16.00%) Analytics
7 4 (16.00%) Matrix Management
7 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) C#
1 8 (32.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (24.00%) Python
3 4 (16.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.00%) GDPR
2 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Ansible
2 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) GoldenSource
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) Splunk
4 1 (4.00%) Genesys
4 1 (4.00%) SAP