Lead Business Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA)
England > Midlands

The median Lead Business Analyst (Lead BA) daily rate in the Midlands is £550, 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 110 - 158
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Business Analyst 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.052% - 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £459
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £525
75th Percentile - - £572
90th Percentile - - £679
England median daily rate £550 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -6.38% -2.08% +4.35%

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%

Lead Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Business Analyst in the Midlands

Lead Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Business Analyst in the Midlands

Lead 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 Lead 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 - 1 £550 -
Lead Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Business Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIPFA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Civica
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) ICAEW
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) CBAP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Lead 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Receivables
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CBAP
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
1 1 (100.00%) CIPFA
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ICAEW
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Civica
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle