Business Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Business Analyst (BA)
England > Midlands

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the Midlands is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 32 29
Rank change year-on-year -30 -3 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 78 201 298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.86% 5.84% 5.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.11% 6.17% 6.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 144 231
10th Percentile £334 £375 £356
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £512 £538 £522
90th Percentile £575 £588 £544
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £60.25 £26.27
% change year-on-year -62.66% +129.35% -27.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,508 3,256 4,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.65% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 2,289 3,556
10th Percentile £213 £223 £206
25th Percentile £325 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +3.83% +14.38%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 177
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.74% +14.47%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.70
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
West Midlands -33 47 £450 -5.26% 20
East Midlands +11 29 £420 -9.19% 15
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 29 (37.18%) Business Analysis
2 25 (32.05%) Agile
3 22 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (21.79%) Requirements Gathering
5 14 (17.95%) Social Skills
6 13 (16.67%) User Stories
6 13 (16.67%) Finance
7 11 (14.10%) Change Management
7 11 (14.10%) Scrum
7 11 (14.10%) ERP
7 11 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (12.82%) CRM
8 10 (12.82%) Project Management
9 9 (11.54%) Microsoft
9 9 (11.54%) Degree
9 9 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (10.26%) Waterfall
10 8 (10.26%) Azure
11 7 (8.97%) SAP
12 6 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
12 6 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (7.69%) Data Analysis
12 6 (7.69%) Project Delivery
13 5 (6.41%) Decision-Making
13 5 (6.41%) Workshop Facilitation
13 5 (6.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 5 (6.41%) Change Control
13 5 (6.41%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (2.56%) Confluence
1 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.28%) Maximo
2 1 (1.28%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.26%) Azure
2 5 (6.41%) SuccessFactors
3 4 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.13%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.13%) SaaS
4 3 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.56%) Boomi
6 1 (1.28%) AWS
6 1 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.28%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.28%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.28%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.28%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) Firewall
1 1 (1.28%) Internet
1 1 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.13%) Electronic Patient Records
1 4 (5.13%) Power BI
2 1 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 14 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.67%) Finance
3 9 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.41%) Retail
5 4 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.56%) Automotive
7 2 (2.56%) Banking
7 2 (2.56%) Front Office
7 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.56%) Marketing
8 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Local Government
8 1 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.56%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.28%) JSON
2 1 (1.28%) Middleware
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.28%) REST
2 1 (1.28%) SOAP
2 1 (1.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.13%) NHS
2 3 (3.85%) Data Structures
2 3 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.56%) Taxonomies
3 2 (2.56%) Wiki
4 1 (1.28%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.28%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.28%) IVR
4 1 (1.28%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.28%) PKI
4 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.28%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (37.18%) Business Analysis
2 25 (32.05%) Agile
3 22 (28.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (21.79%) Requirements Gathering
5 13 (16.67%) User Stories
6 11 (14.10%) Change Management
6 11 (14.10%) ERP
6 11 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (14.10%) Scrum
7 10 (12.82%) CRM
7 10 (12.82%) Project Management
8 8 (10.26%) Waterfall
9 6 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (7.69%) Data Analysis
9 6 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
9 6 (7.69%) Project Delivery
9 6 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (6.41%) BPMN
10 5 (6.41%) Data Modelling
10 5 (6.41%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.13%) SQL
2 2 (2.56%) Python
3 1 (1.28%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (11.54%) Degree
2 3 (3.85%) CBAP
2 3 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.56%) ISEB
3 2 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.28%) APMP
4 1 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.28%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.28%) NIST
2 1 (1.28%) PMO
2 1 (1.28%) PSD2
Vendors
1 9 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.97%) SAP
3 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.56%) Ariba
4 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.28%) Cadence
5 1 (1.28%) Jitterbit
5 1 (1.28%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.28%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle
5 1 (1.28%) SnapLogic
5 1 (1.28%) Software AG
5 1 (1.28%) Talend
5 1 (1.28%) TIBCO
5 1 (1.28%) Workday