Business Analyst Contracts in Birmingham

Business Analyst (BA)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Birmingham is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

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

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 22 53 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.96% 5.95% 5.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.17% 6.16% 5.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 33 50
10th Percentile £373 £400 £374
25th Percentile £413 £413 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £580 £550 £500
90th Percentile £596 £598 £616
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £478 £450
% change year-on-year -5.76% +6.11% +5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 695 860 1,249
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 96.52% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 563 902
10th Percentile £250 £263 £225
25th Percentile £338 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £599
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 35 21
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.20 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.63 £13.10 £13.75
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.98 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +4.88% +17.65% +13.33%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Birmingham

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Birmingham

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Birmingham

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (40.91%) User Stories
2 8 (36.36%) Agile
3 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (31.82%) Business Analysis
4 6 (27.27%) Azure
4 6 (27.27%) Scrum
4 6 (27.27%) ERP
4 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 6 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (22.73%) Finance
5 5 (22.73%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) CRM
6 4 (18.18%) Change Control
6 4 (18.18%) Conflict Resolution
6 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
6 4 (18.18%) Technical Analysis
7 3 (13.64%) DevOps
7 3 (13.64%) Boomi
7 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (13.64%) Order to Cash
7 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (13.64%) Product Ownership
7 3 (13.64%) Business Transformation
7 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
7 3 (13.64%) Waterfall
7 3 (13.64%) SAP
7 3 (13.64%) Change Management
8 2 (9.09%) Project Management

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (9.09%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (13.64%) Boomi
2 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (9.09%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.55%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (4.55%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.55%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) JSON
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (4.55%) REST
1 1 (4.55%) SOAP
1 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (9.09%) Taxonomies
3 1 (4.55%) Housing Association
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) User Stories
2 8 (36.36%) Agile
3 7 (31.82%) Business Analysis
3 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (27.27%) ERP
4 6 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (27.27%) Scrum
5 5 (22.73%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) Change Control
6 4 (18.18%) Conflict Resolution
6 4 (18.18%) CRM
6 4 (18.18%) Technical Analysis
7 3 (13.64%) Business Transformation
7 3 (13.64%) Change Management
7 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (13.64%) DevOps
7 3 (13.64%) Order to Cash
7 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
7 3 (13.64%) Waterfall
8 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.55%) Guidewire
4 1 (4.55%) Jitterbit
4 1 (4.55%) MuleSoft
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) SnapLogic
4 1 (4.55%) Software AG
4 1 (4.55%) Talend
4 1 (4.55%) TIBCO