Business Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Business Analyst (BA)
England > Midlands

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the Midlands is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -33 0 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 75 199 295
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.79% 5.97% 5.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.03% 6.30% 6.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 143 227
10th Percentile £336 £375 £357
25th Percentile £368 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £531 £538 £522
90th Percentile £585 £602 £550
England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.64 £60.25 £26.14
% change year-on-year -64.09% +130.53% -28.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,476 3,157 4,792
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.72% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,674 2,219 3,496
10th Percentile £213 £220 £213
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £556
90th Percentile £688 £685 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 118 165
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.35 £10.93
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.06 £14.50
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.56 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.03%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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 -39 47 £450 -5.26% 26
East Midlands +12 26 £425 -9.33% 12
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (36.00%) Business Analysis
2 26 (34.67%) Agile
3 22 (29.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (22.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 14 (18.67%) User Stories
5 14 (18.67%) Finance
6 13 (17.33%) Social Skills
7 11 (14.67%) Scrum
7 11 (14.67%) CRM
7 11 (14.67%) ERP
7 11 (14.67%) Project Management
8 10 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 9 (12.00%) Waterfall
9 9 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (10.67%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (10.67%) Change Management
10 8 (10.67%) Azure
11 7 (9.33%) Degree
11 7 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (9.33%) SAP
11 7 (9.33%) Workshop Facilitation
12 6 (8.00%) SuccessFactors
12 6 (8.00%) SQL
12 6 (8.00%) GAP Analysis
12 6 (8.00%) Data Analysis
12 6 (8.00%) BPMN
13 5 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
13 5 (6.67%) Retail
13 5 (6.67%) DevOps
13 5 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (2.67%) Confluence
1 2 (2.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.33%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.67%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.33%) Maximo
2 1 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.67%) Azure
2 6 (8.00%) SuccessFactors
3 5 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (5.33%) SaaS
5 3 (4.00%) Boomi
5 3 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.33%) AWS
6 1 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.33%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.33%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.33%) Internet
1 1 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.67%) Power BI
2 3 (4.00%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 14 (18.67%) Finance
2 13 (17.33%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.67%) Retail
5 4 (5.33%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.67%) Automotive
7 2 (2.67%) Banking
7 2 (2.67%) Front Office
7 2 (2.67%) Marketing
7 2 (2.67%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.33%) Local Government
8 1 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.33%) JSON
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.33%) REST
2 1 (1.33%) SOAP
2 1 (1.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.00%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.00%) NHS
3 2 (2.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.67%) Taxonomies
3 2 (2.67%) Wiki
4 1 (1.33%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.33%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.33%) IVR
4 1 (1.33%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.33%) Smart Meter
4 1 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.00%) Business Analysis
2 26 (34.67%) Agile
3 22 (29.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (22.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 14 (18.67%) User Stories
6 11 (14.67%) CRM
6 11 (14.67%) ERP
6 11 (14.67%) Project Management
6 11 (14.67%) Scrum
7 9 (12.00%) Waterfall
8 8 (10.67%) Change Management
8 8 (10.67%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (9.33%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (8.00%) BPMN
10 6 (8.00%) Data Analysis
10 6 (8.00%) GAP Analysis
11 5 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 5 (6.67%) Project Delivery
11 5 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.00%) SQL
2 2 (2.67%) Python
3 1 (1.33%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (9.33%) Degree
2 4 (5.33%) CBAP
3 3 (4.00%) ISEB
4 2 (2.67%) IIBA
5 1 (1.33%) APMP
5 1 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.33%) NIST
2 1 (1.33%) PMO
2 1 (1.33%) PSD2
Vendors
1 10 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.33%) SAP
3 4 (5.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.67%) Ariba
6 1 (1.33%) Cadence
6 1 (1.33%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.33%) IFS
6 1 (1.33%) Jitterbit
6 1 (1.33%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (1.33%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.33%) Oracle
6 1 (1.33%) SnapLogic
6 1 (1.33%) Software AG
6 1 (1.33%) Talend
6 1 (1.33%) TIBCO
6 1 (1.33%) Workday