Business Analyst Contracts in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst (BA)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in West Yorkshire is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 27 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 -13 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 60 102 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 6.12% 6.25% 9.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.58% 6.40% 9.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 83 133
10th Percentile £348 £413 £400
25th Percentile £413 £459 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £493
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +4.06% +27.10%
75th Percentile £508 £575 £525
90th Percentile £545 £598 £575
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £18.29
25th Percentile - - £18.75
Median hourly rate - - £21.20
75th Percentile - - £22.40
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £21.20
% change year-on-year - - -2.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 912 1,593 1,855
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 97.61% 97.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 1,104 1,342
10th Percentile £296 £327 £244
25th Percentile £400 £445 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £576 £618 £560
90th Percentile £668 £700 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 52
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £10.24
25th Percentile £12.25 £13.16 £11.88
Median hourly rate £14.34 £22.50 £17.18
Median % change year-on-year -36.29% +31.00% -21.00%
75th Percentile £29.25 £63.75 £21.59
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £26.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.25 £22.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -35.23% +25.71% -7.89%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Leeds -1 38 £475 -5.00% 13
Bradford 0 15 £490 -10.91% 3
Huddersfield - 1 £375 -
Business Analyst
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 33 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 30 (50.00%) Agile
3 25 (41.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 25 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (40.00%) User Stories
5 19 (31.67%) Business Analysis
6 16 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 15 (25.00%) Waterfall
8 13 (21.67%) Acceptance Criteria
9 12 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (18.33%) Degree
10 11 (18.33%) SAP
11 10 (16.67%) Scrum
12 9 (15.00%) DevOps
13 8 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
13 8 (13.33%) Product Ownership
14 7 (11.67%) SAP PM
14 7 (11.67%) SDLC
15 6 (10.00%) ERP
15 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
16 5 (8.33%) Decision-Making
16 5 (8.33%) Project Management
16 5 (8.33%) Data Analysis
16 5 (8.33%) User Experience
16 5 (8.33%) CBAP
17 4 (6.67%) Project Planning
17 4 (6.67%) JIRA
17 4 (6.67%) Retail
17 4 (6.67%) MS Visio
17 4 (6.67%) CRM

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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 3 (5.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (11.67%) SAP PM
3 2 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (3.33%) SaaS
3 1 (1.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (5.00%) GIS
1 3 (5.00%) Power BI
2 2 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 33 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.67%) Finance
4 4 (6.67%) Retail
5 2 (3.33%) Legal
5 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Banking
6 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.67%) Games
6 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) OAuth
1 1 (1.67%) OpenID
1 1 (1.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.67%) NHS
3 1 (1.67%) PMI
3 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.67%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.00%) Agile
2 25 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (41.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 24 (40.00%) User Stories
4 19 (31.67%) Business Analysis
5 16 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 13 (21.67%) Acceptance Criteria
8 10 (16.67%) Scrum
9 9 (15.00%) DevOps
10 7 (11.67%) SDLC
11 6 (10.00%) ERP
12 5 (8.33%) Data Analysis
12 5 (8.33%) Decision-Making
12 5 (8.33%) Project Management
12 5 (8.33%) User Experience
13 4 (6.67%) Backlog Refinement
13 4 (6.67%) CRM
13 4 (6.67%) Project Planning
14 3 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.67%) Java
1 1 (1.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (18.33%) Degree
2 5 (8.33%) CBAP
3 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (18.33%) SAP
2 3 (5.00%) ESRI
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow