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 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 101 75
Rank change year-on-year -71 -26 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 89 174 292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.11% 2.99% 3.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 3.32% 4.05%
Number of salaries quoted 57 125 247
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £44,525 £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 £58,630
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%

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 7,573 5,238 7,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 89.94% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,594 3,217 4,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 1 June 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 1 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
Birmingham -55 33 £45,000 -10.00% 2
Warwickshire +22 14 £57,500 +15.00% 1
Worcestershire -29 8 £43,000 -4.44% 1
Staffordshire -23 7 £50,000 - 1
Coventry +26 6 £46,750 -6.50%
Walsall +13 6 £38,750 -22.50%
Shropshire -7 5 £32,500 -46.94% 1
Solihull -6 3 £40,000 -22.33% 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 1 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 West Midlands region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 56 (62.92%) Business Analysis
2 32 (35.96%) Agile
3 29 (32.58%) GAP Analysis
3 29 (32.58%) Degree
4 28 (31.46%) Social Skills
5 25 (28.09%) Process Improvement
6 24 (26.97%) Retail
7 23 (25.84%) User Stories
8 22 (24.72%) Impact Assessments
9 21 (23.60%) Feasibility Study
9 21 (23.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (23.60%) Logistics
10 20 (22.47%) ITIL
11 19 (21.35%) Software Testing
11 19 (21.35%) QA
11 19 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (20.22%) SDLC
12 18 (20.22%) Requirements Analysis
13 17 (19.10%) Business Process Analysis
14 16 (17.98%) Resource Allocation
14 16 (17.98%) Requirements Gathering
14 16 (17.98%) Coaching
14 16 (17.98%) Stakeholder Analysis
14 16 (17.98%) Telematics
14 16 (17.98%) Business Process Improvement
14 16 (17.98%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (17.98%) Legal
15 15 (16.85%) Scrum
15 15 (16.85%) Project Management
16 14 (15.73%) SaaS

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 (8.99%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.62%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.25%) SAP WM
2 1 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (15.73%) SaaS
2 11 (12.36%) Azure
2 11 (12.36%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (12.36%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (4.49%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.12%) GCP
5 1 (1.12%) Mavenlink
5 1 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.25%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) Power BI
2 3 (3.37%) Tableau
3 1 (1.12%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (10.11%) JIRA
2 1 (1.12%) Postman
General
1 28 (31.46%) Social Skills
2 24 (26.97%) Retail
3 16 (17.98%) Legal
4 12 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (12.36%) Finance
6 4 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.49%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.37%) Digital Healthcare
7 3 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.25%) German Language
8 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.12%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.12%) JSON
1 1 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.37%) Data Structures
1 3 (3.37%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.25%) EPoS
2 2 (2.25%) FMCG
2 2 (2.25%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.25%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.25%) Wiki
3 1 (1.12%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (62.92%) Business Analysis
2 32 (35.96%) Agile
3 29 (32.58%) GAP Analysis
4 25 (28.09%) Process Improvement
5 23 (25.84%) User Stories
6 22 (24.72%) Impact Assessments
7 21 (23.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (23.60%) Feasibility Study
7 21 (23.60%) Logistics
8 20 (22.47%) ITIL
9 19 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (21.35%) Software Testing
10 18 (20.22%) Requirements Analysis
10 18 (20.22%) SDLC
11 17 (19.10%) Business Process Analysis
12 16 (17.98%) Coaching
12 16 (17.98%) Requirements Gathering
12 16 (17.98%) Resource Allocation
12 16 (17.98%) Stakeholder Analysis
12 16 (17.98%) Telematics
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (32.58%) Degree
2 3 (3.37%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.12%) CBAP
3 1 (1.12%) IIBA
3 1 (1.12%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (21.35%) QA
2 1 (1.12%) GDPR
2 1 (1.12%) PMO
Vendors
1 13 (14.61%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.62%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.25%) SAP
4 1 (1.12%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.12%) Google
4 1 (1.12%) Oracle