Business Analyst Jobs in Leeds

Business Analyst (BA)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Leeds is £50,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 116 86
Rank change year-on-year +47 -30 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 7 16 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.90% 0.67% 3.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.70% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 51
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £53,188 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,000 £59,500 £67,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £51,750 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +3.50% +2.04% +8.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 733 2,287 2,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 96.38% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 482 1,652 1,636
10th Percentile £28,525 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,900 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -0.18% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £69,914 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,250 £84,959 £86,875
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +9.62%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Leeds

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Leeds.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Leeds

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Leeds over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Business Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the Leeds region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Confluence
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
3 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) BPMN
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) UML
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Business Process Mapping
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (14.29%) Business Process Modelling

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (14.29%) Miro
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) BPMN
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Epics
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (14.29%) UML
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree