Business Analyst Jobs in the Midlands

Business Analyst (BA)
England > Midlands

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the Midlands is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 112 92
Rank change year-on-year -64 -20 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 153 265 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.21% 2.99% 3.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 3.34% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 100 176 330
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,313 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £48,576
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +2.93% +7.95%
75th Percentile £51,541 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,250
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.60% +5.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,993 7,945 10,641
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 89.60% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,815 4,539 7,084
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,565
25th Percentile £33,932 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £60,489 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the Midlands

Business Analyst
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -68 81 £42,500 -15.00% 19
East Midlands -33 69 £42,500 -11.46% 9
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Business Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 86 (56.21%) Business Analysis
2 57 (37.25%) Agile
3 47 (30.72%) Degree
3 47 (30.72%) Requirements Gathering
4 46 (30.07%) GAP Analysis
5 42 (27.45%) User Stories
6 39 (25.49%) SDLC
6 39 (25.49%) Retail
7 38 (24.84%) Process Improvement
8 36 (23.53%) Social Skills
9 35 (22.88%) Impact Assessments
10 34 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (22.22%) Feasibility Study
10 34 (22.22%) Logistics
11 33 (21.57%) ITIL
12 32 (20.92%) QA
12 32 (20.92%) Software Testing
13 31 (20.26%) Requirements Analysis
14 30 (19.61%) Business Process Analysis
15 29 (18.95%) Resource Allocation
15 29 (18.95%) Coaching
15 29 (18.95%) Stakeholder Analysis
15 29 (18.95%) Telematics
15 29 (18.95%) Business Process Improvement
15 29 (18.95%) Disaster Recovery
15 29 (18.95%) Legal
16 28 (18.30%) JIRA
17 25 (16.34%) Project Management
18 23 (15.03%) Confluence
19 22 (14.38%) Analytical Skills

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 23 (15.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.58%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.31%) SAP WM
2 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.65%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.80%) SaaS
2 11 (7.19%) Azure
2 11 (7.19%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (7.19%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (2.61%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.31%) Miro
6 1 (0.65%) GCP
6 1 (0.65%) Mavenlink
6 1 (0.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.31%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.61%) Power BI
2 3 (1.96%) Tableau
3 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.65%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (18.30%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) Postman
General
1 39 (25.49%) Retail
2 36 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 29 (18.95%) Legal
4 22 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (11.11%) Finance
6 13 (8.50%) Law
7 8 (5.23%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.96%) Digital Healthcare
9 3 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.31%) German Language
10 2 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Banking
11 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Marketing
11 1 (0.65%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.65%) JSON
1 1 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.23%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.61%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.96%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.96%) FMCG
5 2 (1.31%) EPoS
5 2 (1.31%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.31%) Wiki
6 1 (0.65%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (56.21%) Business Analysis
2 57 (37.25%) Agile
3 47 (30.72%) Requirements Gathering
4 46 (30.07%) GAP Analysis
5 42 (27.45%) User Stories
6 39 (25.49%) SDLC
7 38 (24.84%) Process Improvement
8 35 (22.88%) Impact Assessments
9 34 (22.22%) Feasibility Study
9 34 (22.22%) Logistics
9 34 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
10 33 (21.57%) ITIL
11 32 (20.92%) Software Testing
12 31 (20.26%) Requirements Analysis
13 30 (19.61%) Business Process Analysis
14 29 (18.95%) Business Process Improvement
14 29 (18.95%) Coaching
14 29 (18.95%) Resource Allocation
14 29 (18.95%) Stakeholder Analysis
14 29 (18.95%) Telematics
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (30.72%) Degree
2 6 (3.92%) SC Cleared
2 6 (3.92%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.96%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.65%) CBAP
4 1 (0.65%) IIBA
4 1 (0.65%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (20.92%) QA
2 2 (1.31%) PMO
3 1 (0.65%) GDPR
Vendors
1 14 (9.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.92%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.96%) SAP
4 1 (0.65%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.65%) Google
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle