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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 52 57
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 16 12 15
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.88% 2.10% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 2.31% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 13
10th Percentile £356 £463 £413
25th Percentile £400 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £559 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.47% +17.58% +8.57%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £538
90th Percentile £647 £759 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -8.47% +7.50% -

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 741 520 638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.87% 90.91% 82.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 355 405
10th Percentile £263 £200 £246
25th Percentile £401 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +10.81% -7.50%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £575
90th Percentile £673 £700 £670
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 14 44
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.24 £13.48
25th Percentile £16.02 £16.34 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.28 £29.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.03% +3.51% +105.41%
75th Percentile £23.56 £47.04 £67.50
90th Percentile £29.07 £56.65 £68.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £20.12 £23.83
% change year-on-year +6.66% -15.55% +34.60%

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 22 February 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (6.25%) Aareon QL
2 1 (6.25%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (6.25%) NEC Housing
2 1 (6.25%) OPENHousing
2 1 (6.25%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) Power Platform
2 8 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (43.75%) Azure
4 4 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 4 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Power BI
2 4 (25.00%) Data Mining
2 4 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Social Housing
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Analyst
1 10 (62.50%) Business Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Business Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 4 (25.00%) TOGAF Architect
2 4 (25.00%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) GDPR Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Junior Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Logistics Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Network Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Process Mapping Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Process Mapping Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Agile
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (31.25%) AI
4 4 (25.00%) Analytics
4 4 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (25.00%) DevOps
4 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Records Management
4 4 (25.00%) TOGAF
4 4 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
5 3 (18.75%) CRM
5 3 (18.75%) Data Migration
5 3 (18.75%) Migration
5 3 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (18.75%) User Stories
6 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Aareon
2 1 (6.25%) Capita
2 1 (6.25%) Civica
2 1 (6.25%) NEC
2 1 (6.25%) Northgate
2 1 (6.25%) Oneserve
2 1 (6.25%) Orchard