Business Analysis Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Business Analysis
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 94 80
Rank change year-on-year +8 -14 0
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 75 33 54
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 2.38% 1.43% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 1.66% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 31 49
10th Percentile £354 £413 £413
25th Percentile £362 £461 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +5.00% +6.45%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £575
90th Percentile £604 £638 £625
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.99
Median hourly rate - - £21.52
75th Percentile - - £22.04
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.94 £66.00 £84.75
% change year-on-year +18.08% -22.12% +164.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,726 1,986 2,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.48% 86.05% 84.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 1,252 1,498
10th Percentile £250 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £595
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 69 96
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.97
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% -2.17% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.54 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Business Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in the Midlands

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Business Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -19 42 £500 -4.76% 89
East Midlands +5 33 £358 -15.76% 58
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (8.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (5.33%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.67%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.33%) iTrent
3 1 (1.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.33%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (8.00%) SaaS
3 5 (6.67%) Azure
3 5 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 4 (5.33%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 4 (5.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 3 (4.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (2.67%) Lucidchart
7 1 (1.33%) Figma
7 1 (1.33%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.33%) Broadband
1 1 (1.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.00%) Power BI
2 6 (8.00%) Data Mining
2 6 (8.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.33%) MySQL
3 1 (1.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.33%) Selenium
General
1 42 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 17 (22.67%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (21.33%) Finance
5 10 (13.33%) Fire and Rescue
5 10 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (13.33%) Local Government
6 8 (10.67%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (9.33%) Marketing
7 7 (9.33%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (9.33%) Retail
8 3 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (4.00%) Legal
9 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.33%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (56.00%) Analyst
2 41 (54.67%) Business Analyst
3 10 (13.33%) Project Officer
4 7 (9.33%) Salesforce Analyst
4 7 (9.33%) Salesforce Business Analyst
5 6 (8.00%) Architect
5 6 (8.00%) Business Architect
5 6 (8.00%) Enterprise Architect
6 5 (6.67%) Azure Architect
6 5 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 5 (6.67%) Lead
6 5 (6.67%) TOGAF Architect
6 5 (6.67%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
7 4 (5.33%) Designer
7 4 (5.33%) ETL Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) Finance Business Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) Payments Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) Payments Business Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) Salesforce Trainer
7 4 (5.33%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.33%) EDI
2 4 (5.33%) VML
3 3 (4.00%) Play Framework
4 1 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.33%) Playwright
4 1 (1.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (9.33%) Onboarding
2 7 (9.33%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.33%) e-Learning
3 4 (5.33%) Learning Management System
4 3 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.00%) PMI
4 3 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.67%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.33%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.33%) AIX
1 1 (1.33%) Linux
1 1 (1.33%) Solaris
1 1 (1.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (49.33%) Agile
2 21 (28.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 20 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (22.67%) Project Management
5 16 (21.33%) User Stories
6 14 (18.67%) Scrum
6 14 (18.67%) Waterfall
7 13 (17.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (14.67%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (14.67%) PRINCE2
8 11 (14.67%) Project Governance
9 10 (13.33%) AI
9 10 (13.33%) Decision-Making
10 9 (12.00%) Acceptance Criteria
10 9 (12.00%) DevOps
10 9 (12.00%) Workshop Facilitation
11 8 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (10.67%) Identity Access Management
11 8 (10.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.00%) Scala
1 3 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (12.00%) Degree
2 4 (5.33%) CSPO
2 4 (5.33%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.00%) CBAP
3 3 (4.00%) PMP
4 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.33%) CAPM
5 1 (1.33%) IIBA
5 1 (1.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.00%) QA
2 3 (4.00%) NIST
3 2 (2.67%) GDPR
3 2 (2.67%) ISO 8583
3 2 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.67%) PSD2
4 1 (1.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.33%) GRC
4 1 (1.33%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 12 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.00%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.33%) Google
4 3 (4.00%) SAP
5 2 (2.67%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.67%) OneLogin
6 1 (1.33%) Adobe
6 1 (1.33%) Oracle
6 1 (1.33%) Remedy
6 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.33%) Zoho