Business Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands

Business Analyst (BA)
England > West Midlands

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in the West Midlands is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 100 76
Rank change year-on-year -79 -24 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 78 190 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.06% 2.98% 3.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 3.30% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 57 130 228
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £44,644 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,944 5,756 6,885
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 90.22% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5,216 3,269 4,738
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,563 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in the West Midlands

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in the West Midlands

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
Birmingham -52 34 £46,250 -7.50% 8
Worcestershire -24 8 £43,000 -4.44% 1
Staffordshire -24 7 £50,000 -4.76% 3
Walsall +16 6 £38,750 -20.10% 1
Warwickshire +29 5 £57,500 +15.00% 6
Shropshire -8 5 £32,500 -46.94% 1
Coventry +28 4 £51,000 +2.00% 1
Solihull 0 3 £40,000 -20.00% 2
Wolverhampton +15 2 £48,750 -9.72%
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 West Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 44 (56.41%) Business Analysis
2 34 (43.59%) Agile
3 28 (35.90%) Social Skills
4 23 (29.49%) User Stories
5 21 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (21.79%) Degree
7 17 (21.79%) GAP Analysis
8 15 (19.23%) Scrum
8 15 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
9 14 (17.95%) Project Management
9 14 (17.95%) DevOps
9 14 (17.95%) SaaS
10 13 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
10 13 (16.67%) Process Improvement
10 13 (16.67%) Change Control
10 13 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
10 13 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 13 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (15.38%) Waterfall
11 12 (15.38%) Microsoft
11 12 (15.38%) SQL
12 11 (14.10%) Finance
12 11 (14.10%) Retail
12 11 (14.10%) Azure
12 11 (14.10%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (14.10%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (12.82%) Impact Assessments
13 10 (12.82%) UML
14 9 (11.54%) JIRA

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 8 (10.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.13%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.28%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.95%) SaaS
2 11 (14.10%) Azure
2 11 (14.10%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (14.10%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (6.41%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.28%) GCP
5 1 (1.28%) Mavenlink
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.41%) Power BI
2 3 (3.85%) Tableau
3 1 (1.28%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (11.54%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Postman
General
1 28 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.10%) Finance
3 11 (14.10%) Retail
4 6 (7.69%) Legal
5 5 (6.41%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.85%) Digital Healthcare
7 3 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.56%) German Language
8 2 (2.56%) Law
9 1 (1.28%) Marketing
9 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) JSON
1 1 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.85%) Data Structures
1 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.56%) EPoS
2 2 (2.56%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.56%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.56%) Wiki
3 1 (1.28%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.28%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (56.41%) Business Analysis
2 34 (43.59%) Agile
3 23 (29.49%) User Stories
4 21 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (21.79%) GAP Analysis
7 15 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
7 15 (19.23%) Scrum
8 14 (17.95%) DevOps
8 14 (17.95%) Project Management
9 13 (16.67%) Change Control
9 13 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
9 13 (16.67%) Decision-Making
9 13 (16.67%) Process Improvement
9 13 (16.67%) Technical Analysis
10 12 (15.38%) Waterfall
11 10 (12.82%) Impact Assessments
11 10 (12.82%) UML
12 9 (11.54%) BPMN
12 9 (11.54%) Feasibility Study
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (1.28%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (21.79%) Degree
2 3 (3.85%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.28%) CBAP
3 1 (1.28%) IIBA
3 1 (1.28%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.97%) QA
2 1 (1.28%) GDPR
2 1 (1.28%) PMO
Vendors
1 12 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.41%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle
4 1 (1.28%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.28%) Google
4 1 (1.28%) IFS
4 1 (1.28%) SAP