Business Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Business Analyst (BA)
England > Midlands

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the Midlands is £475, 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 45 56 33
Rank change year-on-year +11 -23 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 71 80 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.71% 2.90% 5.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.12% 3.16% 6.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 59 143
10th Percentile £358 £334 £375
25th Percentile £385 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £512 £538
90th Percentile £593 £575 £588
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
England median hourly rate £32.82 £22.50 £60.25
% change year-on-year +45.84% -62.66% +129.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 +11 46 £500 +11.11% 33
East Midlands +5 25 £390 -7.14% 17
Business Analyst
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (30.99%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (29.58%) Agile
2 21 (29.58%) Social Skills
3 20 (28.17%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (26.76%) Business Analysis
5 14 (19.72%) Data Analysis
6 12 (16.90%) Finance
6 12 (16.90%) Waterfall
7 11 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (15.49%) Workshop Facilitation
8 9 (12.68%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (12.68%) Business Case
8 9 (12.68%) Migration
8 9 (12.68%) Microsoft
9 8 (11.27%) Banking
9 8 (11.27%) User Stories
10 7 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (9.86%) Manufacturing
10 7 (9.86%) ERP
10 7 (9.86%) Change Management
10 7 (9.86%) Decision-Making
10 7 (9.86%) Business Process Modelling
11 6 (8.45%) Data Modelling
11 6 (8.45%) User Acceptance Testing
12 5 (7.04%) Data Mapping
12 5 (7.04%) Analytics
12 5 (7.04%) Change Control
12 5 (7.04%) Data Analytics
12 5 (7.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 5 (7.04%) Test Scripting

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 1 (1.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.41%) Maximo
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.04%) Azure
2 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.82%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.82%) Figma
4 2 (2.82%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.82%) SaaS
5 1 (1.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) Power BI
2 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (5.63%) JIRA
General
1 21 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 20 (28.17%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (16.90%) Finance
4 8 (11.27%) Banking
5 7 (9.86%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.04%) Retail
7 3 (4.23%) Legal
7 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Advertising
9 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.41%) Law
9 1 (1.41%) Local Government
9 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) .NET
1 1 (1.41%) ADO
1 1 (1.41%) Gherkin
1 1 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.04%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.23%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.23%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.41%) EPoS
4 1 (1.41%) IoT
4 1 (1.41%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.41%) NHS
4 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.41%) Smart Energy
4 1 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.99%) Stakeholder Management
2 21 (29.58%) Agile
3 19 (26.76%) Business Analysis
4 14 (19.72%) Data Analysis
5 12 (16.90%) Waterfall
6 11 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (15.49%) Workshop Facilitation
7 9 (12.68%) Business Case
7 9 (12.68%) Migration
7 9 (12.68%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (11.27%) User Stories
9 7 (9.86%) Business Process Modelling
9 7 (9.86%) Change Management
9 7 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (9.86%) Decision-Making
9 7 (9.86%) ERP
10 6 (8.45%) Data Modelling
10 6 (8.45%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (7.04%) Data Mapping
11 5 (7.04%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
1 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.41%) ACCA
2 1 (1.41%) CBAP
2 1 (1.41%) CIMA
2 1 (1.41%) CIPFA
2 1 (1.41%) Degree
2 1 (1.41%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) NIST
2 3 (4.23%) QA
3 2 (2.82%) COREP
3 2 (2.82%) FINREP
4 1 (1.41%) GRC
4 1 (1.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) Informatica
3 2 (2.82%) Oracle
3 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.82%) SAP
3 2 (2.82%) Varonis
4 1 (1.41%) Adobe
4 1 (1.41%) AVEVA
4 1 (1.41%) Civica
4 1 (1.41%) IBM