Business Analyst Contracts in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst (BA)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in West Yorkshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 23 23
Rank change year-on-year -20 0 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 20 62 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 3.54% 6.38% 6.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.68% 6.86% 6.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 39 77
10th Percentile £320 £325 £413
25th Percentile £378 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £489 £504 £575
90th Percentile £502 £541 £600
Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

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 543 904 1,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.11% 93.00% 97.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 553 1,049
10th Percentile £263 £300 £325
25th Percentile £375 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £584 £619
90th Percentile £600 £665 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £525
% change year-on-year - -9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 24 19
10th Percentile - £11.75 £12.00
25th Percentile - £12.25 £14.46
Median hourly rate £22.14 £14.34 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.45% -33.33% +22.37%
75th Percentile £34.46 £29.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £101.31 £53.75 £70.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.24 £14.84 £21.50
% change year-on-year +43.17% -31.00% +21.88%

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 22 May 2025.

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 22 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
Leeds -17 15 £450 -5.26% 23
Bradford -3 3 £398 -18.88% 18
Wakefield - 1 £463 - 11
Business Analyst
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (60.00%) Agile
2 10 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 7 (35.00%) User Stories
4 7 (35.00%) GAP Analysis
4 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (30.00%) JIRA
5 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (25.00%) Confluence
6 5 (25.00%) Scrum
6 5 (25.00%) Finance
6 5 (25.00%) Six Sigma
7 4 (20.00%) Change Management
7 4 (20.00%) SQL
7 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
7 4 (20.00%) Degree
7 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (20.00%) Journey Map
8 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (15.00%) Waterfall
8 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
8 3 (15.00%) CBAP
8 3 (15.00%) Power BI
8 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
8 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
8 3 (15.00%) Lean Six Sigma
8 3 (15.00%) Kanban

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 5 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.00%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Power BI
2 2 (10.00%) Tableau
3 1 (5.00%) Data Vault
3 1 (5.00%) Delta Lake
3 1 (5.00%) GIS
3 1 (5.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (5.00%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (15.00%) Banking
5 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Law
6 1 (5.00%) Local Government
6 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.00%) NHS
1 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Agile
2 10 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 8 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 7 (35.00%) GAP Analysis
4 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (35.00%) User Stories
5 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (25.00%) Scrum
6 5 (25.00%) Six Sigma
7 4 (20.00%) Change Management
7 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
7 4 (20.00%) Journey Map
8 3 (15.00%) BPMN
8 3 (15.00%) Data Integration
8 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
8 3 (15.00%) Kanban
8 3 (15.00%) Lean Six Sigma
8 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) CBAP
3 1 (5.00%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) HP Data Protector
1 2 (10.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Dell
1 2 (10.00%) SAP
1 2 (10.00%) Veritas
2 1 (5.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.00%) ESRI
2 1 (5.00%) JD Edwards
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle
2 1 (5.00%) Progress
2 1 (5.00%) Sage
2 1 (5.00%) Virgin Media