Business Analyst Contracts in South Yorkshire

Business Analyst (BA)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in South Yorkshire is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 43 27
Rank change year-on-year +6 -16 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 11 13 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 2.96% 2.84% 5.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.25% 3.12% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 29
10th Percentile £389 £378 -
25th Percentile £435 £390 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £468 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -6.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £529 £523 £550
90th Percentile £567 £531 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 338 417 486
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 91.05% 91.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 261 346
10th Percentile £185 £233 £268
25th Percentile £375 £407 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £558 £576 £659
90th Percentile £638 £638 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -1.05% -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.10
25th Percentile £18.10 £12.63 £11.25
Median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +34.99% -23.28% +0.45%
75th Percentile £18.50 £23.31 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 £23.75 £33.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in South Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in South Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in South Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in South Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +7 8 £518 +36.90% 4
Barnsley - 1 £400 -
Business Analyst
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 South Yorkshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Agile
1 7 (63.64%) JIRA
2 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
4 4 (36.36%) Power Platform
4 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
4 4 (36.36%) Power BI
4 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) Confluence
4 4 (36.36%) Migration
4 4 (36.36%) SQL
4 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) Finance
5 3 (27.27%) Banking
5 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Tableau
5 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (18.18%) Tableau Certification
6 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
6 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
6 2 (18.18%) Sprint Review
6 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (18.18%) Azure
6 2 (18.18%) Use Case
6 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (18.18%) Scrum

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 4 (36.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.09%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Kerberos
1 1 (9.09%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Power BI
2 3 (27.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Back Office
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) OAuth
1 1 (9.09%) OpenID
1 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
1 1 (9.09%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
3 4 (36.36%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (27.27%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
5 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Scrum
5 2 (18.18%) Sprint Review
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Use Case
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Information Security
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
6 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) Tableau Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CBAP
2 1 (9.09%) CISA
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) CSPO
2 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
2 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Civica
1 1 (9.09%) Google
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) MuleSoft
1 1 (9.09%) Okta
1 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow