Business Analyst Contracts in Birmingham

Business Analyst (BA)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Birmingham is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 29 24
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 26 53 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.43% 5.74% 6.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.73% 6.00% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 33 54
10th Percentile £373 £378 £358
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £500
90th Percentile £581 £606 £550
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £451
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.44% +6.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 697 883 1,288
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.83% 95.67% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 597 956
10th Percentile £250 £263 £205
25th Percentile £325 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 32 20
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.10 £12.45
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £13.94
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £16.99
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +17.72% -5.61%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.47 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £63.13 £20.23
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.28
% change year-on-year +18.42% +9.95% +6.34%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024, 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 9 (34.62%) Business Analysis
2 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (30.77%) Agile
2 8 (30.77%) User Stories
3 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
4 6 (23.08%) ERP
4 6 (23.08%) Scrum
4 6 (23.08%) Azure
4 6 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
5 5 (19.23%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (19.23%) Finance
6 4 (15.38%) Change Management
6 4 (15.38%) Change Control
6 4 (15.38%) Conflict Resolution
6 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (15.38%) Technical Analysis
6 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (11.54%) DevOps
7 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (11.54%) Business Transformation
7 3 (11.54%) Order to Cash
7 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (11.54%) Waterfall
7 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
7 3 (11.54%) SAP
7 3 (11.54%) CRM

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 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.85%) NetSuite
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (11.54%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (7.69%) Boomi
3 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.69%) SaaS
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.85%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
5 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) JSON
1 1 (3.85%) Middleware
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.85%) REST
1 1 (3.85%) SOAP
1 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Data Structures
1 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (7.69%) NHS
1 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
1 2 (7.69%) Taxonomies
2 1 (3.85%) Housing Association
2 1 (3.85%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Business Analysis
2 8 (30.77%) Agile
2 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (30.77%) User Stories
3 6 (23.08%) ERP
3 6 (23.08%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (23.08%) Scrum
4 5 (19.23%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (15.38%) Change Control
5 4 (15.38%) Change Management
5 4 (15.38%) Conflict Resolution
5 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (15.38%) Technical Analysis
6 3 (11.54%) Business Transformation
6 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (11.54%) DevOps
6 3 (11.54%) Order to Cash
6 3 (11.54%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Python
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) Jitterbit
3 1 (3.85%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) SnapLogic
3 1 (3.85%) Software AG
3 1 (3.85%) Talend
3 1 (3.85%) TIBCO