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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 36 51
Rank change year-on-year -33 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 10 11 11
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.09% 2.16% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 2.47% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 9
10th Percentile £305 £340 -
25th Percentile £370 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -3.06%
75th Percentile £438 £550 £488
90th Percentile £485 £590 £515
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% -7.32%

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 775 446 605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 84.42% 87.62% 82.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 307 403
10th Percentile £313 £163 £236
25th Percentile £408 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% -7.54%
75th Percentile £575 £591 £584
90th Percentile £675 £691 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £492
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.73% -4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 24 43
10th Percentile £12.82 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.09 £12.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £21.52 £15.35 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.20% -40.96% +32.64%
75th Percentile £37.50 £22.49 £47.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £38.75 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £34.38 £18.74 £22.50
% change year-on-year +83.43% -16.71% +7.30%

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 May 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 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Aareon QL
2 1 (10.00%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (10.00%) NEC Housing
2 1 (10.00%) OPENHousing
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (10.00%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (30.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Metadata
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Local Government
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Social Housing
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Analyst
1 10 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Accounts Receivable Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Junior
3 1 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Junior Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Process Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Process Mapping Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Process Mapping Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (30.00%) CRM
3 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (30.00%) User Stories
4 2 (20.00%) AI
4 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (10.00%) BPMN
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Logistics
5 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Management
5 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Aareon
2 1 (10.00%) Capita
2 1 (10.00%) Civica
2 1 (10.00%) NEC
2 1 (10.00%) Northgate
2 1 (10.00%) Oneserve
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Orchard