The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Business Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Business Analyst
Rank 51 51 43
Rank change year-on-year
0 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 5 14 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.617% 1.266% 1.942%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.657% 1.346% 2.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 23
Average daily rate £438 £425 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% +30.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £261 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £493 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £405 £400
% change year-on-year
+4.93% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £46.50 £32.25
% change year-on-year
- +44.18%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
761 1040 1269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 93.95% 94.03% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 520 626
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 35
Average hourly rate £15.50 £24.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.41% +56.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.41 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Senior Business Analyst
Scotland

Senior Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Business Analyst across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Senior Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Business Analyst across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Senior Business Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Business Analyst
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Senior Business Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Senior Business Analyst in their job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Asset Management
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Investment Management
4 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 2 (28.57%) BPR
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Fund Accounting
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Retail
5 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Marketing
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis

Senior Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Senior Business Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Senior Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Asset Management
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Investment Management
4 2 (28.57%) BPR
4 2 (28.57%) Fund Accounting
5 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
Edinburgh, Midlothian
It is essential that candidates have a strong back ground within Financial Services and have completed at least one major regulatory programme preferably E2E. The roles are business...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
It is essential that candidates have a strong back ground within Financial Services and have completed at least one major regulatory programme preferably E2E. The roles are business...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
A leading investment/asset management organisation has urgent requirements for Senior Business Analysts who will be expected to apply fund accounting experience and knowledge of fund administration functions...
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Analysis, Documentation, Specifications, Functional, Data Analysis, Data Warehouse, MI My banking client in Edinburgh are actively recruiting for a number of business analysts for a major transformation programme...
Aston Carter
Rate: £325 - £375 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013