Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst (BA)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in West Yorkshire is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 50 34
Rank change year-on-year +16 -16 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 50 14 47
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 5.44% 2.00% 4.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.77% 2.12% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 10 35
10th Percentile £371 £391 £369
25th Percentile £409 £416 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £450 £515
Median % change year-on-year +10.56% -12.62% +3.00%
75th Percentile £528 £527 £559
90th Percentile £549 £552 £575
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £450 £513
% change year-on-year +5.56% -12.20% +2.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 867 661 1,097
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 94.43% 96.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 409 691
10th Percentile £290 £263 £281
25th Percentile £400 £370 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £651 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £460 £500
% change year-on-year +4.78% -8.00% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 32 12
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.88 £15.48
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.50 £17.14
Median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £19.85
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +21.80% -7.66%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £23.17
90th Percentile - £42.40 £29.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £21.31
% change year-on-year +22.22% +5.58% -0.88%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies 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 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies 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 22 December 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
Leeds +20 40 £475 +11.76% 9
Bradford -4 3 £415 -27.83% 1
Wakefield - 3 £525 -
Cleckheaton - 2 £550 -
Business Analyst
Yorkshire

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 28 (56.00%) Agile
2 19 (38.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 18 (36.00%) Business Analysis
3 18 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (26.00%) User Stories
5 12 (24.00%) Six Sigma
6 11 (22.00%) Decision-Making
6 11 (22.00%) Migration
6 11 (22.00%) Power Platform
7 10 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
8 9 (18.00%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (18.00%) Power BI
8 9 (18.00%) Process Improvement
9 8 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (16.00%) Data Governance
9 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (16.00%) Waterfall
10 7 (14.00%) Data Modelling
10 7 (14.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Excel
10 7 (14.00%) SDLC
10 7 (14.00%) Traceability Matrix
11 6 (12.00%) Degree
11 6 (12.00%) MoSCoW
11 6 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
11 6 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
12 5 (10.00%) Confluence
12 5 (10.00%) Impact Analysis
12 5 (10.00%) Lean Six Sigma
12 5 (10.00%) Problem-Solving

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 5 (10.00%) Confluence
2 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.00%) Power Platform
2 9 (18.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.00%) AWS
3 3 (6.00%) Azure
4 2 (4.00%) Amazon S3
4 2 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.00%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.00%) Figma
5 1 (2.00%) IBM Blueworks
5 1 (2.00%) Lucidchart
5 1 (2.00%) Miro
5 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.00%) Power BI
2 2 (4.00%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 23 (46.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (26.00%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (26.00%) Finance
3 7 (14.00%) Retail
4 6 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (10.00%) Banking
5 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.00%) General Ledger
7 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Digital Health
8 1 (2.00%) Health Technology
8 1 (2.00%) Legal
8 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) NHS
2 3 (6.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (56.00%) Agile
2 19 (38.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 18 (36.00%) Business Analysis
3 18 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (26.00%) User Stories
5 12 (24.00%) Six Sigma
6 11 (22.00%) Decision-Making
6 11 (22.00%) Migration
7 10 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
8 9 (18.00%) Process Improvement
9 8 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (16.00%) Data Governance
9 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (16.00%) Waterfall
10 7 (14.00%) Data Modelling
10 7 (14.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 7 (14.00%) SDLC
10 7 (14.00%) Traceability Matrix
11 6 (12.00%) MoSCoW
11 6 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) ACCA
4 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.00%) HL7
3 1 (2.00%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 2 (4.00%) SAP
1 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.00%) Brio
2 1 (2.00%) Dell
2 1 (2.00%) DocuSign
2 1 (2.00%) IBM
2 1 (2.00%) Intel
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft