Business Analyst Contracts in Sheffield

Business Analyst (BA)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Sheffield is £518, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 47 25
Rank change year-on-year +5 -22 0
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 8 8 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 2.51% 2.11% 6.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.75% 2.35% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 29
10th Percentile £448 - -
25th Percentile £450 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £378 £500
Median % change year-on-year +36.90% -24.40% +17.65%
75th Percentile £529 £448 £550
90th Percentile £605 £491 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £468 £500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -6.50% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 291 340 445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 89.71% 98.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 210 311
10th Percentile £220 £360 £363
25th Percentile £381 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £481 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -12.50% +10.00%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £675
90th Percentile £641 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -1.05% -13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.10
25th Percentile £18.10 £11.33 £11.25
Median hourly rate £18.35 £22.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +24.15% +8.21%
75th Percentile £18.50 £23.75 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 - £33.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £17.72
% change year-on-year +34.99% -23.28% +0.45%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Sheffield

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Sheffield

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Sheffield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Sheffield

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Sheffield region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) JIRA
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) Confluence
3 3 (37.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (37.50%) Power BI
3 3 (37.50%) Banking
3 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) Tableau
4 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Tableau Certification
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
5 1 (12.50%) Service Catalogue
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (12.50%) Backlog Refinement

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 3 (37.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Kerberos
1 1 (12.50%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Back Office
5 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth
1 1 (12.50%) OpenID
1 1 (12.50%) SailPoint
1 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Backlog Refinement
4 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (12.50%) RBAC
4 1 (12.50%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (12.50%) Sprint Review
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Tableau Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CISA
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) MuleSoft
1 1 (12.50%) Okta
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow