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 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 110 94
Rank change year-on-year -50 -16 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 177 262 388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.35% 3.06% 3.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 3.42% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 100 175 329
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,313 £43,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £51,541 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%

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 12,402 7,667 10,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 89.54% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,032 4,534 7,065
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +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 2 June 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 2 June 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 89 £42,500 -15.00% 14
East Midlands -18 85 £42,500 -14.90% 10
Business Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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.

1 108 (61.02%) Business Analysis
2 69 (38.98%) Degree
3 68 (38.42%) GAP Analysis
4 61 (34.46%) Retail
4 61 (34.46%) SDLC
5 60 (33.90%) Process Improvement
6 57 (32.20%) Impact Assessments
6 57 (32.20%) Agile
7 56 (31.64%) Logistics
7 56 (31.64%) Feasibility Study
8 55 (31.07%) ITIL
9 54 (30.51%) QA
9 54 (30.51%) Software Testing
10 53 (29.94%) Requirements Analysis
11 52 (29.38%) Business Process Analysis
12 51 (28.81%) Resource Allocation
12 51 (28.81%) Business Process Improvement
12 51 (28.81%) Stakeholder Analysis
12 51 (28.81%) Coaching
12 51 (28.81%) Telematics
12 51 (28.81%) Disaster Recovery
12 51 (28.81%) Legal
13 47 (26.55%) Requirements Gathering
14 42 (23.73%) User Stories
15 36 (20.34%) Social Skills
16 34 (19.21%) Problem-Solving
17 28 (15.82%) JIRA
18 25 (14.12%) Project Management
19 23 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
19 23 (12.99%) Confluence

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 (12.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.95%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.13%) SAP WM
2 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.47%) SaaS
2 11 (6.21%) Azure
2 11 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (6.21%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (2.26%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.13%) Miro
6 1 (0.56%) GCP
6 1 (0.56%) Mavenlink
6 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.13%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.26%) Power BI
2 3 (1.69%) Tableau
3 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (15.82%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) Postman
General
1 61 (34.46%) Retail
2 51 (28.81%) Legal
3 36 (20.34%) Social Skills
4 22 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (9.60%) Finance
6 13 (7.34%) Law
7 8 (4.52%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.69%) Digital Healthcare
9 3 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.13%) German Language
10 2 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Banking
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Marketing
11 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) JSON
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.52%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.26%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.69%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.69%) FMCG
5 2 (1.13%) EPoS
5 2 (1.13%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.13%) Wiki
6 1 (0.56%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (61.02%) Business Analysis
2 68 (38.42%) GAP Analysis
3 61 (34.46%) SDLC
4 60 (33.90%) Process Improvement
5 57 (32.20%) Agile
5 57 (32.20%) Impact Assessments
6 56 (31.64%) Feasibility Study
6 56 (31.64%) Logistics
7 55 (31.07%) ITIL
8 54 (30.51%) Software Testing
9 53 (29.94%) Requirements Analysis
10 52 (29.38%) Business Process Analysis
11 51 (28.81%) Business Process Improvement
11 51 (28.81%) Coaching
11 51 (28.81%) Disaster Recovery
11 51 (28.81%) Resource Allocation
11 51 (28.81%) Stakeholder Analysis
11 51 (28.81%) Telematics
12 47 (26.55%) Requirements Gathering
13 42 (23.73%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.21%) SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (38.98%) Degree
2 6 (3.39%) SC Cleared
2 6 (3.39%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.69%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.56%) CBAP
4 1 (0.56%) IIBA
4 1 (0.56%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (30.51%) QA
2 2 (1.13%) PMO
3 1 (0.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 14 (7.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.39%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.82%) SAP
4 1 (0.56%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.56%) Google
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle