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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 100 77
Rank change year-on-year -67 -23 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 80 185 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.07% 2.96% 3.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 3.28% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 56 126 237
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 7,048 5,636 7,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 90.15% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,268 3,225 4,768
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +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 18 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 18 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 -54 33 £45,000 -10.00% 7
Warwickshire +29 8 £57,500 +15.00% 4
Worcestershire -21 8 £43,000 -4.44%
Walsall +17 6 £38,750 -22.50% 1
Staffordshire -29 6 £50,000 -2.44% 3
Shropshire -9 5 £32,500 -46.94% 1
Coventry +24 4 £46,750 -6.50% 1
Solihull +2 3 £40,000 - 1
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 18 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 47 (58.75%) Business Analysis
2 32 (40.00%) Agile
3 27 (33.75%) Social Skills
4 23 (28.75%) User Stories
5 21 (26.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (26.25%) Degree
5 21 (26.25%) GAP Analysis
6 18 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (21.25%) Process Improvement
8 16 (20.00%) Retail
9 15 (18.75%) Scrum
9 15 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
10 14 (17.50%) Impact Assessments
10 14 (17.50%) Project Management
10 14 (17.50%) SaaS
10 14 (17.50%) DevOps
11 13 (16.25%) Technical Analysis
11 13 (16.25%) Change Control
11 13 (16.25%) Decision-Making
11 13 (16.25%) Conflict Resolution
11 13 (16.25%) Feasibility Study
12 12 (15.00%) Waterfall
12 12 (15.00%) ITIL
12 12 (15.00%) Microsoft
12 12 (15.00%) Logistics
13 11 (13.75%) Software Testing
13 11 (13.75%) Finance
13 11 (13.75%) SQL
13 11 (13.75%) Azure
13 11 (13.75%) Analytical Skills

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 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.25%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.50%) SaaS
2 11 (13.75%) Azure
2 11 (13.75%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (13.75%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.25%) GCP
5 1 (1.25%) Mavenlink
5 1 (1.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.25%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) Power BI
2 3 (3.75%) Tableau
3 1 (1.25%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (11.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Postman
General
1 27 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.00%) Retail
3 11 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (13.75%) Finance
4 8 (10.00%) Legal
5 4 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.75%) Digital Healthcare
6 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.50%) German Language
8 1 (1.25%) Marketing
8 1 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) JSON
1 1 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.75%) Data Structures
1 3 (3.75%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.50%) EPoS
2 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.50%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.50%) Wiki
3 1 (1.25%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.25%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (58.75%) Business Analysis
2 32 (40.00%) Agile
3 23 (28.75%) User Stories
4 21 (26.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (26.25%) GAP Analysis
5 18 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (21.25%) Process Improvement
7 15 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
7 15 (18.75%) Scrum
8 14 (17.50%) DevOps
8 14 (17.50%) Impact Assessments
8 14 (17.50%) Project Management
9 13 (16.25%) Change Control
9 13 (16.25%) Conflict Resolution
9 13 (16.25%) Decision-Making
9 13 (16.25%) Feasibility Study
9 13 (16.25%) Technical Analysis
10 12 (15.00%) ITIL
10 12 (15.00%) Logistics
10 12 (15.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (26.25%) Degree
2 3 (3.75%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.25%) CBAP
3 1 (1.25%) IIBA
3 1 (1.25%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.75%) QA
2 1 (1.25%) GDPR
2 1 (1.25%) PMO
Vendors
1 12 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.25%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.25%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.25%) Google
3 1 (1.25%) Oracle
3 1 (1.25%) SAP