Business Analysis Jobs in the West Midlands

Business Analysis
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 137 111
Rank change year-on-year -15 -26 -13
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 45 125 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.09% 1.59% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.96% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 37 86 113
10th Percentile £41,763 £31,208 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.95% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,500 £62,500 £70,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,781 6,392 5,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.20% 81.17% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,553 4,666 3,157
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,625
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in the West Midlands

Business Analysis
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Business Analysis in the West Midlands

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in the West Midlands

Business Analysis
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +19 19 £55,000 +15.79% 26
Solihull +15 8 £60,000 +50.00% 1
Staffordshire +7 4 £97,500 +62.50% 19
Walsall +5 4 £51,250 +36.67%
Warwickshire -6 4 £55,000 +81.84% 3
Worcestershire +26 1 £56,500 +2.73% 15
Business Analysis
England

Business Analysis
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) AWS
2 3 (6.67%) Azure
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.44%) SaaS
4 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.22%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Data Lake
1 3 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (6.67%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.22%) Power BI
3 1 (2.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Git
1 1 (2.22%) JIRA
1 1 (2.22%) Postman
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 15 (33.33%) Finance
2 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Law
5 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.44%) Marketing
5 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Retail
6 1 (2.22%) Banking
6 1 (2.22%) Billing
6 1 (2.22%) Legal
6 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (57.78%) Analyst
1 26 (57.78%) Business Analyst
2 9 (20.00%) Senior
3 5 (11.11%) Data Business Analyst
4 4 (8.89%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.89%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Data Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Developer
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Data Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) AWS Architect
6 2 (4.44%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.44%) Software Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Software Project Manager
6 2 (4.44%) SQL Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) SQL Data Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Technical Architect
7 1 (2.22%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) MACH
2 2 (4.44%) .NET
2 2 (4.44%) Middleware
3 1 (2.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.22%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) Agile
2 14 (31.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (28.89%) Requirements Gathering
4 12 (26.67%) Project Management
5 11 (24.44%) Decision-Making
5 11 (24.44%) SDLC
6 10 (22.22%) User Stories
7 9 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (17.78%) BPMN
8 8 (17.78%) Data Analysis
8 8 (17.78%) Waterfall
9 7 (15.56%) Analytics
9 7 (15.56%) CRM
9 7 (15.56%) ITIL
9 7 (15.56%) Migration
10 6 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (13.33%) MoSCoW
10 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (13.33%) Project Delivery
10 6 (13.33%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.67%) T-SQL
3 2 (4.44%) C#
3 2 (4.44%) Python
4 1 (2.22%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (44.44%) Degree
2 9 (20.00%) CBAP
3 6 (13.33%) IIBA
3 6 (13.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (4.44%) ISEB
4 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.44%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.22%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.33%) QA
2 2 (4.44%) PMO
3 1 (2.22%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Guidewire
2 2 (4.44%) Salesforce
2 2 (4.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.22%) IBM
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle