Data Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Data Business Analyst (Data BA)
England > West Midlands

The median Data Business Analyst (Data BA) daily rate in the West Midlands is £455, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 100 111
Rank change year-on-year -34 +11 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Data Business Analyst 3 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.13% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.32% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £431 £367 £414
25th Percentile £436 £373 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £475 £448
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +6.15% -0.56%
75th Percentile £476 £488 £466
90th Percentile £483 £495 £468
England median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +9.09%

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 1,988 1,557 1,716
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.75% 93.63% 93.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,267 1,005 1,177
10th Percentile £258 £207 £220
25th Percentile £400 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £704 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 58 59
10th Percentile £13.03 £13.58 £15.25
25th Percentile £14.25 £16.81 £17.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%
75th Percentile £30.25 £32.27 £39.88
90th Percentile £49.33 £50.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.39% -20.00% +38.46%

Data Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Data Business Analyst job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Data Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Data Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in the West Midlands

Data 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 Data Business Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Warwickshire - 2 £435 -
Worcestershire - 1 £475 -
Data Business Analyst
England

Data Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Data Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Data Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Building Information Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Lucidchart
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering

Data Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft