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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 30 15
Rank change year-on-year +8 -15 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 64 82 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 6.60% 5.44% 9.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.13% 5.56% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 66 125
10th Percentile £325 £413 £400
25th Percentile £417 £458 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% +3.00% +29.03%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £525
90th Percentile £538 £600 £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 898 1,476 1,802
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 97.94% 97.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 553 1,027 1,319
10th Percentile £289 £325 £240
25th Percentile £400 £438 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £663
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 18 52
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £10.64
25th Percentile £12.53 £13.81 £12.21
Median hourly rate £15.50 £20.75 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.30% +13.70% -15.12%
75th Percentile £48.75 £50.44 £21.88
90th Percentile £53.75 £65.63 £26.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.50 £21.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year -27.91% +17.81% -3.95%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +7 45 £475 -5.00% 7
Bradford +5 13 £490 -10.91%
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 1 June 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 36 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 27 (42.19%) Agile
3 24 (37.50%) User Stories
4 22 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (31.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 20 (31.25%) Business Analysis
6 17 (26.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (18.75%) Waterfall
7 12 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
8 9 (14.06%) Scrum
8 9 (14.06%) Degree
9 8 (12.50%) DevOps
9 8 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (12.50%) Product Ownership
10 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
10 7 (10.94%) SAP
11 6 (9.38%) GAP Analysis
11 6 (9.38%) Finance
11 6 (9.38%) SAP PM
11 6 (9.38%) SDLC
11 6 (9.38%) SAP S/4HANA
12 5 (7.81%) User Experience
12 5 (7.81%) CBAP
12 5 (7.81%) JIRA
12 5 (7.81%) ERP
13 4 (6.25%) MS Visio
13 4 (6.25%) WAN
13 4 (6.25%) Project Management
13 4 (6.25%) Migration
13 4 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements

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 (4.69%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (9.38%) SAP PM
1 6 (9.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (3.13%) SaaS
3 1 (1.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (4.69%) GIS
1 3 (4.69%) Power BI
2 2 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) JIRA
General
1 36 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.94%) Public Sector
4 6 (9.38%) Finance
5 3 (4.69%) Retail
6 2 (3.13%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.56%) Front Office
7 1 (1.56%) Games
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) JSON
1 2 (3.13%) JSON Schema
2 1 (1.56%) OAuth
2 1 (1.56%) OpenID
2 1 (1.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.13%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.13%) NHS
3 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.56%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.56%) PMI
3 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.56%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Android
1 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (42.19%) Agile
2 24 (37.50%) User Stories
3 22 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (31.25%) Business Analysis
4 20 (31.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 17 (26.56%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
6 12 (18.75%) Waterfall
7 9 (14.06%) Scrum
8 8 (12.50%) DevOps
9 6 (9.38%) GAP Analysis
9 6 (9.38%) SDLC
10 5 (7.81%) ERP
10 5 (7.81%) User Experience
11 4 (6.25%) Backlog Refinement
11 4 (6.25%) Migration
11 4 (6.25%) Project Management
11 4 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
11 4 (6.25%) Web Development
11 4 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.69%) SQL
2 1 (1.56%) Java
2 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) Degree
2 5 (7.81%) CBAP
3 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.69%) QA
2 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 7 (10.94%) SAP
2 3 (4.69%) ESRI
3 2 (3.13%) F5
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.56%) Brio
4 1 (1.56%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.56%) Murex
4 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow