Business Architect Contracts in the Midlands

Business Architect
England > Midlands

The median Business Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 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
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 118 148
Rank change year-on-year -18 +30 +63
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Business Architect 3 9 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.12% 0.34% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.36% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £566 £568 -
25th Percentile £572 £650 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £700 £725
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% -3.45% +9.43%
75th Percentile £597 £750 £738
90th Percentile £599 £765 -
England median daily rate £559 £650 £638
% change year-on-year -14.04% +1.96% -1.92%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,272 2,483 2,835
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.55% 92.58% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,481 1,638 1,977
10th Percentile £220 £247 £225
25th Percentile £356 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £552 £597 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 135 103
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.74 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £14.58 £16.75
Median hourly rate £24.34 £20.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.70% -6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £31.00 £36.25 £42.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £69.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%

Business Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Architect in the Midlands

Business Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Architect job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Business Architect job vacancies in the Midlands

Business Architect
DemandTrendContract 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 Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -10 3 £588 -16.07% 1
Business Architect
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, Business Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Records Management
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Mining
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Design
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making

Business Architect 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (33.33%) Data Mining
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Design
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Records Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft