Business Analyst Contracts in Birmingham

Business Analyst (BA)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Birmingham is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 43 27
Rank change year-on-year +18 -16 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 25 24 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.79% 3.10% 5.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.34% 3.36% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 20 34
10th Percentile £425 £369 £391
25th Percentile £463 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £556 £538
90th Percentile £739 £583 £596
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 468 715 870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.50% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 502 583
10th Percentile £160 £250 £263
25th Percentile £363 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 40 35
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.10 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +14.35%
75th Percentile £22.91 £48.75 £24.94
90th Percentile £30.68 £57.91 £60.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Birmingham

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Birmingham

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Birmingham

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Birmingham

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (28.00%) Agile
2 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Business Analysis
2 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 5 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Validation
3 5 (20.00%) Migration
3 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (20.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.00%) ERP
4 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (16.00%) Data Mapping
4 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.00%) Power BI
5 3 (12.00%) ETL Development
5 3 (12.00%) Prototyping
5 3 (12.00%) Data Transformation
5 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
5 3 (12.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (12.00%) Data Integration
5 3 (12.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (12.00%) Azure
5 3 (12.00%) ETL
5 3 (12.00%) Informatica
6 2 (8.00%) SQL
6 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (8.00%) GAP Analysis

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
1 3 (12.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (8.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Advertising
5 1 (4.00%) Local Government
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) IoT
1 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.00%) NHS
1 1 (4.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Agile
2 6 (24.00%) Business Analysis
2 6 (24.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 5 (20.00%) ERP
3 5 (20.00%) Migration
3 5 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (20.00%) Validation
4 4 (16.00%) Data Mapping
4 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.00%) Data Integration
5 3 (12.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (12.00%) Data Transformation
5 3 (12.00%) ETL
5 3 (12.00%) ETL Development
5 3 (12.00%) Prototyping
5 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (8.00%) Cash Management
6 2 (8.00%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (8.00%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) ACCA
1 1 (4.00%) CBAP
1 1 (4.00%) CIMA
1 1 (4.00%) CIPFA
1 1 (4.00%) Degree
1 1 (4.00%) ICAEW
1 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Informatica
3 2 (8.00%) Varonis
4 1 (4.00%) Adobe
4 1 (4.00%) AVEVA
4 1 (4.00%) Civica
4 1 (4.00%) Oracle