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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 55 52
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 15 13 17
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.08% 1.88% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 2.16% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 16
10th Percentile £384 £463 £438
25th Percentile £426 £469 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £547
90th Percentile £647 £748 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £504
% change year-on-year -4.76% +4.27% +0.70%

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 644 602 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 89.32% 87.25% 83.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 407 401
10th Percentile £219 £198 £275
25th Percentile £370 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% +7.89% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £638 £738 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 16 18
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £13.03
25th Percentile £13.50 £21.63 £14.78
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.23 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% -49.63% +254.30%
75th Percentile £20.56 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £25.00 £56.25 £67.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £23.89 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.19% +3.87% +29.94%

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 18 December 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 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 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%) Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Junior
5 1 (6.67%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Junior Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Virtual Team
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 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
5 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (13.33%) Business Case
6 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 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