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 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 59 29
Rank change year-on-year +14 -30 0
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 79 77 196
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.94% 2.87% 5.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.37% 3.11% 6.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 57 142
10th Percentile £353 £334 £375
25th Percentile £375 £363 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -7.37% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £547
90th Percentile £588 £584 £602
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 £40.81 £22.50 £60.25
% change year-on-year +81.36% -62.66% +130.53%

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 1,807 2,476 3,119
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 92.22% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,193 1,687 2,193
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -2.63% +2.70%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 216 117
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.83 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £19.13 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% -6.71% +17.14%
75th Percentile £25.83 £35.00 £32.00
90th Percentile £40.77 £52.45 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.73% -17.97% +95.42%

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 20 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 20 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 +4 49 £500 +11.11% 45
East Midlands +14 30 £390 -8.24% 18
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 24 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 23 (29.11%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (27.85%) Business Analysis
4 21 (26.58%) Agile
4 21 (26.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (20.25%) Data Analysis
6 15 (18.99%) Finance
7 13 (16.46%) Waterfall
7 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (15.19%) Workshop Facilitation
9 11 (13.92%) Requirements Gathering
9 11 (13.92%) Migration
10 10 (12.66%) Change Management
10 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
10 10 (12.66%) Business Case
11 9 (11.39%) User Stories
11 9 (11.39%) Banking
12 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 7 (8.86%) Data Modelling
13 7 (8.86%) Manufacturing
13 7 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
13 7 (8.86%) Decision-Making
13 7 (8.86%) Business Process Modelling
14 6 (7.59%) Feasibility Study
14 6 (7.59%) Process Improvement
14 6 (7.59%) Change Control
14 6 (7.59%) ERP
14 6 (7.59%) MS Visio
14 6 (7.59%) JIRA
14 6 (7.59%) Azure

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 (2.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (7.59%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.27%) Maximo
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.59%) Azure
2 5 (6.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.53%) Figma
4 2 (2.53%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.53%) SaaS
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.27%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) Power BI
2 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (7.59%) JIRA
General
1 24 (30.38%) Social Skills
2 23 (29.11%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.99%) Finance
4 9 (11.39%) Banking
5 7 (8.86%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.33%) Retail
7 4 (5.06%) Legal
8 2 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.53%) Law
8 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.27%) Advertising
9 1 (1.27%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.27%) Local Government
9 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) ADO
1 1 (1.27%) Gherkin
1 1 (1.27%) NETCONF
1 1 (1.27%) OLE
1 1 (1.27%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.27%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.33%) Data Structures
2 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.80%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.27%) EPoS
4 1 (1.27%) IoT
4 1 (1.27%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.27%) NHS
4 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.27%) Smart Energy
4 1 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.85%) Business Analysis
2 21 (26.58%) Agile
2 21 (26.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (20.25%) Data Analysis
4 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (16.46%) Waterfall
5 12 (15.19%) Workshop Facilitation
6 11 (13.92%) Migration
6 11 (13.92%) Requirements Gathering
7 10 (12.66%) Business Case
7 10 (12.66%) Change Management
8 9 (11.39%) User Stories
9 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (8.86%) Business Process Modelling
10 7 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (8.86%) Data Modelling
10 7 (8.86%) Decision-Making
11 6 (7.59%) ERP
11 6 (7.59%) Feasibility Study
11 6 (7.59%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (3.80%) Degree
2 2 (2.53%) CBAP
2 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.53%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.27%) ACCA
3 1 (1.27%) CIMA
3 1 (1.27%) CIPFA
3 1 (1.27%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) NIST
1 4 (5.06%) QA
2 2 (2.53%) COREP
2 2 (2.53%) FINREP
3 1 (1.27%) GRC
3 1 (1.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.53%) Informatica
2 2 (2.53%) Oracle
2 2 (2.53%) Salesforce
2 2 (2.53%) SAP
2 2 (2.53%) Varonis
3 1 (1.27%) Adobe
3 1 (1.27%) AVEVA
3 1 (1.27%) Civica
3 1 (1.27%) IBM
3 1 (1.27%) Remedy
3 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow