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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 58 56
Rank change year-on-year +12 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 24 15 12
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.73% 2.34% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 2.55% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 11
10th Percentile £333 £358 £463
25th Percentile £381 £413 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -11.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £568 £597 £602
90th Percentile £588 £618 £775
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -8.38% - +10.53%

All Process & 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 720 588 607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 81.82% 91.59% 83.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 386 394
10th Percentile £300 £250 £200
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £688 £649 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £517
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.29% +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 54 10
10th Percentile £13.46 £12.62 £19.65
25th Percentile £19.51 £12.78 £22.33
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -59.42% +55.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £22.08 £54.56
90th Percentile £75.00 £26.51 £57.53
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.00 £23.05 £23.89
% change year-on-year -0.22% -3.52% -13.13%

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 10 October 2026.

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 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.17%) Metadata
2 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 11 (45.83%) Finance
2 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
5 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 3 (12.50%) Banking
7 2 (8.33%) Investment Banking
7 2 (8.33%) Local Government
8 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (4.17%) Law
8 1 (4.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (95.83%) Analyst
2 21 (87.50%) Business Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Principal Business Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Accounts Receivable Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Business Process Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) ERP Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Functional Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Process Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Project Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Sales Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Sales Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.17%) CMDB
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 11 (45.83%) Process Improvement
3 8 (33.33%) Business Case
3 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (29.17%) User Stories
5 6 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (20.83%) Impact Assessments
6 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
7 4 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
7 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
8 3 (12.50%) Agile
8 3 (12.50%) Data Governance
8 3 (12.50%) Data Lineage
8 3 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
9 2 (8.33%) Data Management
9 2 (8.33%) Data Modelling
9 2 (8.33%) Migration
9 2 (8.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
1 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (4.17%) CBAP
2 1 (4.17%) CISM
2 1 (4.17%) CISSP
2 1 (4.17%) CRISC
2 1 (4.17%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) Epicor
2 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow