Business Analyst Contracts in the West Midlands

Business Analyst (BA)
England > West Midlands

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the West 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 29 30
Rank change year-on-year -33 +1 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 47 161 214
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.44% 6.76% 6.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.67% 7.12% 6.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 116 165
10th Percentile £333 £381 £363
25th Percentile £393 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £451
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.44% +6.00%
75th Percentile £538 £541 £538
90th Percentile £578 £601 £575
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,758 2,260 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 94.96% 96.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,555 2,513
10th Percentile £259 £250 £213
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 66 83
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.02 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.25 £19.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +14.10% +12.85% +9.71%
75th Percentile £42.31 £26.82 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £55.63 £23.45
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the West Midlands

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the West Midlands

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the West Midlands

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the West Midlands

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham -15 24 £475 +5.56% 6
Worcestershire +9 4 £400 -13.98% 1
Staffordshire +3 4 £356 -20.83% 1
Warwickshire -25 3 £475 -9.52% 6
Coventry -2 2 £538 +16.72% 1
Wolverhampton +5 1 £525 -22.22%
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 West Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 19 (40.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (38.30%) Business Analysis
3 15 (31.91%) Agile
4 13 (27.66%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (21.28%) Social Skills
5 10 (21.28%) User Stories
6 8 (17.02%) ERP
6 8 (17.02%) CRM
6 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
7 7 (14.89%) Change Management
7 7 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (14.89%) Azure
7 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (12.77%) Degree
8 6 (12.77%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (12.77%) Scrum
8 6 (12.77%) Finance
9 5 (10.64%) Retail
9 5 (10.64%) SAP
9 5 (10.64%) Change Control
10 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (8.51%) Technical Analysis
10 4 (8.51%) Waterfall
10 4 (8.51%) Project Management
10 4 (8.51%) Data Analysis
10 4 (8.51%) Workshop Facilitation
10 4 (8.51%) Project Delivery
10 4 (8.51%) Conflict Resolution
11 3 (6.38%) Power BI
11 3 (6.38%) Azure DevOps

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (4.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.13%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.89%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (6.38%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.38%) SaaS
3 2 (4.26%) Boomi
4 1 (2.13%) AWS
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.13%) WhatsApp
4 1 (2.13%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Firewall
1 1 (2.13%) Internet
1 1 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.13%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
General
1 10 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.77%) Finance
4 5 (10.64%) Retail
5 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.26%) Automotive
6 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.26%) Marketing
6 2 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Local Government
7 1 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) JSON
1 1 (2.13%) Middleware
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.13%) REST
1 1 (2.13%) SOAP
1 1 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.26%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.13%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.13%) IVR
3 1 (2.13%) NHS
3 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.13%) PKI
3 1 (2.13%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (38.30%) Business Analysis
3 15 (31.91%) Agile
4 13 (27.66%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (21.28%) User Stories
6 8 (17.02%) CRM
6 8 (17.02%) ERP
7 7 (14.89%) Change Management
7 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (12.77%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (12.77%) Scrum
9 5 (10.64%) Change Control
10 4 (8.51%) Conflict Resolution
10 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (8.51%) Data Analysis
10 4 (8.51%) Project Delivery
10 4 (8.51%) Project Management
10 4 (8.51%) Technical Analysis
10 4 (8.51%) Waterfall
10 4 (8.51%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) Python
1 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Degree
2 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.13%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.13%) NIST
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) SAP
3 1 (2.13%) Ariba
3 1 (2.13%) Cadence
3 1 (2.13%) Jitterbit
3 1 (2.13%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (2.13%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.13%) SnapLogic
3 1 (2.13%) Software AG
3 1 (2.13%) Talend
3 1 (2.13%) TIBCO