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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 60 49
Rank change year-on-year -3 -11 +11
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 14 12 20
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.97% 1.63% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.90% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 19
10th Percentile £417 £463 £420
25th Percentile £450 £491 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £567 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +19.37% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £531
90th Percentile £650 £775 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -

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 633 630 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 89.15% 85.37% 83.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 416 423
10th Percentile £231 £198 £271
25th Percentile £378 £379 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £638 £738 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 16 19
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £13.81
25th Percentile £13.25 £21.63 £15.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.23 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% -45.05% +205.56%
75th Percentile £23.52 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £27.56 £56.25 £67.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.01 £22.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.46% -8.80% +41.24%

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 27 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 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 6 (42.86%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (35.71%) Azure
3 5 (35.71%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (35.71%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (35.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 5 (35.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Broadband
1 1 (7.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) Power BI
2 5 (35.71%) Data Mining
2 5 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Architect
1 6 (42.86%) Business Architect
1 6 (42.86%) Enterprise Architect
2 5 (35.71%) Azure Architect
2 5 (35.71%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 5 (35.71%) TOGAF Architect
2 5 (35.71%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Business Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
5 2 (14.29%) Network Manager
5 2 (14.29%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (14.29%) Network Services Manager
6 1 (7.14%) Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (42.86%) Agile
2 6 (42.86%) Analytics
2 6 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (35.71%) AI
3 5 (35.71%) Data Modelling
3 5 (35.71%) DevOps
3 5 (35.71%) Records Management
3 5 (35.71%) TOGAF
3 5 (35.71%) Zachman Framework
4 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Virtual Team Management
4 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
5 2 (14.29%) Business Case
5 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) IIBA
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) SAP