Business Analyst Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst (BA)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in West Yorkshire is £45,497 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 98 99
Rank change year-on-year +30 +1 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 54 12 42
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 2.97% 0.82% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.17% 0.85% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 37 6 29
10th Percentile - £40,500 £38,608
25th Percentile £28,250 £43,750 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.34% -4.55% +6.80%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,938 £71,250
90th Percentile - £70,625 £75,200
Yorkshire median annual salary £41,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.90% -4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

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

Permanent vacancies in West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,706 1,418 1,913
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 96.92% 96.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 703 1,455
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,445 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% -8.28% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,993 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £51,498
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% -1.91%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Business Analyst job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Business Analyst job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in West Yorkshire

Business Analyst
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leeds +23 48 £45,497 -13.34% 8
Bradford -12 5 £72,500 +70.59% 3
Business Analyst
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Business Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 28 (51.85%) Business Analysis
2 20 (37.04%) Degree
3 18 (33.33%) Project Management
4 17 (31.48%) Change Management
5 15 (27.78%) Agile
5 15 (27.78%) Mentoring
5 15 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
7 12 (22.22%) Coaching
8 11 (20.37%) Analytics
9 10 (18.52%) Cisco
9 10 (18.52%) Salesforce
9 10 (18.52%) Software Engineering
10 9 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (12.96%) Data Modelling
11 7 (12.96%) JIRA
11 7 (12.96%) Process Improvement
11 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (11.11%) Confluence
12 6 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
12 6 (11.11%) Project Delivery
12 6 (11.11%) Security Cleared
12 6 (11.11%) Validation
13 5 (9.26%) Acceptance Criteria
13 5 (9.26%) Customer Service
13 5 (9.26%) DevOps
14 4 (7.41%) Azure
14 4 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
14 4 (7.41%) Decision-Making

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 6 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.41%) Azure
1 4 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon Cognito
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.85%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.85%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) JIRA
General
1 22 (40.74%) Finance
2 12 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (18.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) OpenAPI
1 1 (1.85%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
1 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.85%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (51.85%) Business Analysis
2 18 (33.33%) Project Management
3 17 (31.48%) Change Management
4 15 (27.78%) Agile
4 15 (27.78%) Mentoring
4 15 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (22.22%) Coaching
6 11 (20.37%) Analytics
7 10 (18.52%) Software Engineering
8 9 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (12.96%) Data Modelling
9 7 (12.96%) Process Improvement
9 7 (12.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
10 6 (11.11%) Project Delivery
10 6 (11.11%) Validation
11 5 (9.26%) Acceptance Criteria
11 5 (9.26%) Customer Service
11 5 (9.26%) DevOps
12 4 (7.41%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.56%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (37.04%) Degree
2 6 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) IIBA
4 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.85%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
2 10 (18.52%) Cisco
2 10 (18.52%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.85%) ESRI
3 1 (1.85%) Oracle