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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 55 53
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 19 11 13
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.44% 1.75% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% 1.96% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 12
10th Percentile £364 £463 £451
25th Percentile £404 £488 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +16.77%
75th Percentile £597 £590 £547
90th Percentile £634 £775 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £489 £525 £504
% change year-on-year -6.95% +4.27% +0.70%

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 678 560 596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.92% 88.89% 85.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 378 372
10th Percentile £249 £200 £276
25th Percentile £400 £383 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +10.05% -1.04%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £588
90th Percentile £640 £738 £687
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £515 £495
% change year-on-year -2.91% +4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 15 31
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £14.14
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.25 £22.73
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.10% -36.84% +242.34%
75th Percentile £23.50 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.00 £56.45 £68.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £21.59 £25.50
% change year-on-year -5.05% -15.33% +44.07%

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 17 January 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 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.26%) Aareon QL
2 1 (5.26%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (5.26%) NEC Housing
2 1 (5.26%) OPENHousing
2 1 (5.26%) Orchard Housing
2 1 (5.26%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) Power Platform
2 8 (42.11%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (36.84%) Azure
4 5 (26.32%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (26.32%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (26.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 5 (26.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Broadband
1 1 (5.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) Power BI
2 5 (26.32%) Data Mining
2 5 (26.32%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Law
4 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) Business Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Architect
2 6 (31.58%) Business Architect
2 6 (31.58%) Enterprise Architect
3 5 (26.32%) Azure Architect
3 5 (26.32%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 5 (26.32%) TOGAF Architect
3 5 (26.32%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
4 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Network Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Network Services Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Logistics Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Logistics Business Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Process Mapping Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Process Mapping Business Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Agile
2 8 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (31.58%) AI
3 6 (31.58%) Analytics
3 6 (31.58%) Enterprise Architecture
3 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (26.32%) Data Modelling
4 5 (26.32%) DevOps
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (26.32%) Records Management
4 5 (26.32%) TOGAF
4 5 (26.32%) Zachman Framework
5 4 (21.05%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (15.79%) User Stories
6 3 (15.79%) Virtual Team Management
6 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
6 3 (15.79%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Aareon
2 1 (5.26%) Capita
2 1 (5.26%) Civica
2 1 (5.26%) NEC
2 1 (5.26%) Northgate
2 1 (5.26%) Oneserve
2 1 (5.26%) Orchard
2 1 (5.26%) SAP