Business Analysis Contracts in Scotland

Business Analysis
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 60 46
Rank change year-on-year +5 -14 +24
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 80 122 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.62% 4.27% 4.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.09% 4.61% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 89 124
10th Percentile £388 £377 £379
25th Percentile £411 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +1.18% +3.03%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £488
90th Percentile £538 £552 £538
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +0.95% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £25.80 - -
25th Percentile £29.50 - £42.50
Median hourly rate £36.13 £35.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.22% -18.60% -
75th Percentile £42.29 - £43.50
90th Percentile £45.72 - -
UK median hourly rate £59.00 £62.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -5.60% +17.92% +100.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,956 2,645 3,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.68% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,903 2,321
10th Percentile £230 £261 £244
25th Percentile £400 £407 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 55 49
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.78 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -46.30% -21.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £54.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +23 40 £450 +7.78% 4
Glasgow -13 19 £423 -2.93% 1
West Lothian +4 6 £230 -
South Lanarkshire 0 3 £700 +52.42% 1
Perthshire +4 1 £525 +5.00%
Lanarkshire +2 1 £425 -12.82% 2
Perth and Kinross +2 1 £525 -
Aberdeen - 1 - - 3
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £375 -
Inverclyde - 1 £375 -
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.25%) SAP MM
1 1 (1.25%) SAP PM
1 1 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.25%) Azure
2 3 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.25%) AWS
4 1 (1.25%) Azure AKS
4 1 (1.25%) Azure API Management
4 1 (1.25%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.25%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.25%) Power BI
1 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.75%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Git
2 1 (1.25%) GitLab
General
1 38 (47.50%) Social Skills
2 31 (38.75%) Public Sector
3 21 (26.25%) Finance
4 10 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (11.25%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.50%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.00%) Banking
8 2 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.25%) Law
9 1 (1.25%) Legal
9 1 (1.25%) Local Government
9 1 (1.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (77.50%) Analyst
2 55 (68.75%) Business Analyst
3 9 (11.25%) Senior
3 9 (11.25%) Senior Analyst
3 9 (11.25%) Senior Business Analyst
4 7 (8.75%) Project Manager
5 6 (7.50%) Business IT Analyst
5 6 (7.50%) IT Analyst
5 6 (7.50%) IT Business Analyst
6 5 (6.25%) Finance Business Analyst
6 5 (6.25%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Business Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Business Relationship Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Change Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Digital Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Digital Business Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Finance Systems Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Portfolio Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Relationships Manager
7 3 (3.75%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) XML
2 1 (1.25%) .NET
2 1 (1.25%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.25%) JSON
2 1 (1.25%) OAuth
2 1 (1.25%) React
2 1 (1.25%) REST
2 1 (1.25%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.75%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (7.50%) Wiki
4 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.25%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.25%) NHS
5 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.25%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (51.25%) Agile
2 24 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 22 (27.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (21.25%) Project Management
4 17 (21.25%) User Stories
5 13 (16.25%) Change Management
5 13 (16.25%) Project Delivery
6 12 (15.00%) Business Case
6 12 (15.00%) Value Proposition
7 11 (13.75%) Requirements Gathering
7 11 (13.75%) User Experience
7 11 (13.75%) Workshop Facilitation
8 10 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
8 10 (12.50%) PRINCE2
9 9 (11.25%) Business Process Modelling
9 9 (11.25%) Coaching
9 9 (11.25%) Scrum
9 9 (11.25%) Service Design
10 8 (10.00%) Epics
10 8 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.50%) Perl
1 2 (2.50%) Python
2 1 (1.25%) C#
2 1 (1.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (10.00%) Degree
2 5 (6.25%) ACCA
2 5 (6.25%) CIMA
3 4 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.75%) APMP
4 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.50%) IIBA
6 1 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.25%) Basel III
2 1 (1.25%) COREP
2 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.25%) FINREP
2 1 (1.25%) IFRS
2 1 (1.25%) IFRS 9
2 1 (1.25%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.25%) PMO
2 1 (1.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.25%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.50%) Cadence
3 5 (6.25%) Oracle
4 2 (2.50%) SAP
5 1 (1.25%) Google
5 1 (1.25%) IFS
5 1 (1.25%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.25%) Splunk