Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Business Analysis
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 55 54
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 15 13 17
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.19% 1.82% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 2.15% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 16
10th Percentile £387 £463 £413
25th Percentile £426 £467 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £546 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +14.95% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £514
90th Percentile £647 £761 £556
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 622 606 644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 90.67% 84.64% 83.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 393 430
10th Percentile £213 £197 £270
25th Percentile £365 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -0.63%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £641 £738 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 15 21
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.02 £14.54
25th Percentile £13.25 £21.63 £25.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.10% -33.33% +143.24%
75th Percentile £25.00 £51.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.00 £56.45 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.58 £29.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -18.71% +5.45% +55.19%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Birmingham over the 6 months to 13 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Birmingham

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Power Platform
2 6 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (33.33%) Azure
3 5 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 5 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Broadband
1 1 (6.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) Power BI
2 5 (33.33%) Data Mining
2 5 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Architect
1 6 (40.00%) Business Architect
1 6 (40.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Azure Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 5 (33.33%) TOGAF Architect
2 5 (33.33%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Network Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Network Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Network Services Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (40.00%) Agile
2 6 (40.00%) AI
2 6 (40.00%) Analytics
2 6 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 5 (33.33%) DevOps
3 5 (33.33%) Records Management
3 5 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 5 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
4 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
4 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (13.33%) Business Case
5 2 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) IIBA
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) SAP