Business Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Business Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Business Architect daily rate in Birmingham is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 59 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Architect 8 9 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.11% 1.30% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile £585 - -
25th Percentile £600 £650 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -
75th Percentile £641 £775 -
90th Percentile £661 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £625 £725 -
% change year-on-year -13.79% - -

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 644 653 684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.32% 94.64% 93.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 448 466
10th Percentile £213 £190 £256
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £461
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.40% -2.89%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £588
90th Percentile £638 £731 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 20
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.33 £14.05
25th Percentile £13.09 £23.78 £15.41
Median hourly rate £17.85 £30.45 £43.02
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% -29.22% +126.42%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £32.63 £56.45 £67.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
% change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%

Business Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Business Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Business Architect job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Business Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Architect job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Architect job vacancies in Birmingham

Business Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Business Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Business Architect in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Azure
1 7 (87.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 7 (87.50%) Dynamics 365
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Business Analysis
2 6 (75.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (62.50%) AI
3 5 (62.50%) Analytics
3 5 (62.50%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (62.50%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (62.50%) Data Mining
3 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
3 5 (62.50%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (62.50%) DevOps
3 5 (62.50%) Power BI
3 5 (62.50%) Power Platform
3 5 (62.50%) Records Management
3 5 (62.50%) SaaS
3 5 (62.50%) TOGAF
3 5 (62.50%) Zachman Framework
4 2 (25.00%) Data Design
4 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) Data Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement

Business Architect Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
1 7 (87.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 7 (87.50%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (62.50%) Azure Data Factory
2 5 (62.50%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (62.50%) Power Platform
2 5 (62.50%) SaaS
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) Data Mining
1 5 (62.50%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (62.50%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Business Analysis
1 6 (75.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (62.50%) AI
2 5 (62.50%) Analytics
2 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
2 5 (62.50%) DevOps
2 5 (62.50%) Records Management
2 5 (62.50%) TOGAF
2 5 (62.50%) Zachman Framework
3 2 (25.00%) Data Design
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Data Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft