Business Analyst Contracts in the West Midlands

Business Analyst (BA)
England > West Midlands

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in the West Midlands is £500, 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 52 63 30
Rank change year-on-year +11 -33 0
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 46 48 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.42% 2.47% 6.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.77% 2.70% 7.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 37 116
10th Percentile £375 £334 £381
25th Percentile £450 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.44%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £541
90th Percentile £638 £578 £601
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,221 1,776 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 91.22% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,198 1,556
10th Percentile £200 £259 £250
25th Percentile £369 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £702 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 134 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.01 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £15.02
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%
75th Percentile £28.18 £42.31 £26.82
90th Percentile £35.58 £55.88 £55.63
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in the West Midlands

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in the West Midlands

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in the West Midlands

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in the West Midlands

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham +18 25 £500 +5.26% 13
Warwickshire +14 14 £550 +15.79% 8
Shropshire - 3 £380 - 2
Coventry +8 2 £475 -11.63% 2
Staffordshire -1 2 £488 +30.00% 5
Business Analyst
England

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 West Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (36.96%) Business Analysis
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.78%) Agile
3 15 (32.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (32.61%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (23.91%) Waterfall
5 8 (17.39%) Data Analysis
5 8 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (17.39%) Workshop Facilitation
6 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.22%) Business Process Modelling
6 7 (15.22%) Migration
6 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
6 7 (15.22%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (13.04%) Data Modelling
7 6 (13.04%) ERP
7 6 (13.04%) Finance
8 5 (10.87%) Manufacturing
8 5 (10.87%) Validation
8 5 (10.87%) Change Management
8 5 (10.87%) User Stories
8 5 (10.87%) Change Control
8 5 (10.87%) Data Structures
8 5 (10.87%) Test Scripting
8 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
9 4 (8.70%) Cyber Resilience
9 4 (8.70%) Business Case
9 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
9 4 (8.70%) NIST

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 (2.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Maximo
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.52%) Azure
2 3 (6.52%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.35%) Figma
3 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 15 (32.61%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.04%) Finance
4 5 (10.87%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.35%) Banking
6 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Legal
7 1 (2.17%) Advertising
7 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Law
7 1 (2.17%) Local Government
7 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) .NET
1 1 (2.17%) ADO
1 1 (2.17%) Gherkin
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Data Structures
2 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.52%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.17%) IoT
4 1 (2.17%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (2.17%) Smart Energy
4 1 (2.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Business Analysis
2 16 (34.78%) Agile
3 15 (32.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (23.91%) Waterfall
5 8 (17.39%) Data Analysis
5 8 (17.39%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (17.39%) Workshop Facilitation
6 7 (15.22%) Business Process Modelling
6 7 (15.22%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (15.22%) Migration
6 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (13.04%) Data Modelling
7 6 (13.04%) ERP
8 5 (10.87%) Change Control
8 5 (10.87%) Change Management
8 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
8 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 5 (10.87%) Test Scripting
8 5 (10.87%) User Stories
8 5 (10.87%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.17%) ACCA
2 1 (2.17%) CBAP
2 1 (2.17%) CIMA
2 1 (2.17%) CIPFA
2 1 (2.17%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) NIST
2 1 (2.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) Informatica
3 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.35%) Varonis
4 1 (2.17%) Adobe
4 1 (2.17%) AVEVA
4 1 (2.17%) Civica
4 1 (2.17%) IBM
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) SAP