Business Analyst Jobs in the Midlands

Business Analyst (BA)
England > Midlands

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the Midlands is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 101 104
Rank change year-on-year -80 +3 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 134 299 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.16% 3.10% 3.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 3.47% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 107 202 300
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,125 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,125 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £48,826
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +2.40% +8.50%
75th Percentile £51,541 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £56,000 £67,470 £63,075
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,887
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.36% +6.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,915 8,626 10,315
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 89.38% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,220 4,767 7,141
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -69 73 £43,000 -14.00% 18
East Midlands -46 57 £42,500 -11.46% 13
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 69 (51.49%) Agile
2 61 (45.52%) Business Analysis
3 47 (35.07%) Requirements Gathering
4 42 (31.34%) User Stories
5 36 (26.87%) Social Skills
6 31 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (20.90%) JIRA
8 25 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
9 23 (17.16%) Confluence
9 23 (17.16%) Project Management
10 20 (14.93%) Scrum
10 20 (14.93%) Degree
10 20 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (14.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (14.18%) Finance
12 18 (13.43%) Waterfall
13 17 (12.69%) GAP Analysis
14 16 (11.94%) Law
14 16 (11.94%) SaaS
15 15 (11.19%) DevOps
15 15 (11.19%) Business Case
16 14 (10.45%) Product Backlog
17 13 (9.70%) Retail
17 13 (9.70%) Microsoft
17 13 (9.70%) SQL
17 13 (9.70%) Actionable Insight
17 13 (9.70%) Technical Analysis
17 13 (9.70%) Software Delivery
17 13 (9.70%) Change Control
17 13 (9.70%) Conflict Resolution

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 23 (17.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.73%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.49%) SAP PP
1 2 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.94%) SaaS
2 11 (8.21%) Azure
2 11 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (8.21%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (4.48%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.49%) Miro
5 1 (0.75%) GCP
5 1 (0.75%) Intacct
5 1 (0.75%) Mavenlink
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (0.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.48%) Power BI
2 3 (2.24%) Tableau
3 2 (1.49%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.49%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (20.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) Postman
General
1 36 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.66%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (14.18%) Finance
4 16 (11.94%) Law
5 13 (9.70%) Retail
6 12 (8.96%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.24%) Digital Healthcare
7 3 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.24%) Legal
7 3 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.49%) German Language
9 1 (0.75%) Banking
9 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Marketing
9 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.75%) JSON
1 1 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.72%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.73%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.24%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.24%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.49%) Wiki
7 1 (0.75%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.75%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.75%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (51.49%) Agile
2 61 (45.52%) Business Analysis
3 47 (35.07%) Requirements Gathering
4 42 (31.34%) User Stories
5 31 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (17.16%) Project Management
7 20 (14.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (14.93%) Scrum
8 19 (14.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (13.43%) Waterfall
10 17 (12.69%) GAP Analysis
11 15 (11.19%) Business Case
11 15 (11.19%) DevOps
12 14 (10.45%) Product Backlog
13 13 (9.70%) Actionable Insight
13 13 (9.70%) Business Process Modelling
13 13 (9.70%) Change Control
13 13 (9.70%) Conflict Resolution
13 13 (9.70%) Decision-Making
13 13 (9.70%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.70%) SQL
2 1 (0.75%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (14.93%) Degree
2 6 (4.48%) SC Cleared
2 6 (4.48%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.24%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.75%) CBAP
4 1 (0.75%) IIBA
4 1 (0.75%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.73%) QA
2 2 (1.49%) PMO
3 1 (0.75%) GDPR
Vendors
1 13 (9.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.73%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.49%) IFS
3 2 (1.49%) Oracle
3 2 (1.49%) SAP
4 1 (0.75%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.75%) Google
4 1 (0.75%) Sage