IT Business Analyst Contracts in Scotland

IT Business Analyst (IT BA)
UK > Scotland

The median IT Business Analyst (IT BA) daily rate in Scotland is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 157 167
Rank change year-on-year +36 +10 -20
Contract jobs requiring an IT Business Analyst 9 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.40% 0.21% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.22% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £334 £382 £407
25th Percentile £406 £411 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.49% +9.76%
75th Percentile £469 £488 £493
90th Percentile £470 £495 £517
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,112 2,720 3,382
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 95.17% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,289 1,953 2,401
10th Percentile £204 £233 £211
25th Percentile £369 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 46 54
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.94 £12.24
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.34 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £23.18 £25.55
Median % change year-on-year +50.99% -9.26% -36.14%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.17 £47.99
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.14
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

IT Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured IT Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for IT Business Analyst in Scotland

IT Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for IT Business Analyst in Scotland

IT Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Business Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Business Analyst in Scotland

IT Business Analyst
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 IT Business Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 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
Glasgow +7 2 £413 +10.00%
West Lothian - 2 £230 -
Edinburgh +38 1 £425 +0.29% 1
Perthshire +9 1 £450 -7.69%
Lanarkshire - 1 £425 -
IT Business Analyst
UK

IT Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, IT Business Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring IT Business Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (44.44%) UML
2 4 (44.44%) Wireframes
2 4 (44.44%) Prototyping
2 4 (44.44%) Business Process Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Storyboarding
2 4 (44.44%) Use Case
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) SDLC
3 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 2 (22.22%) Wiki
4 2 (22.22%) ERP
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) System Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (11.11%) Data Security

IT Business Analyst Skill Set
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:

General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Business Process Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) Prototyping
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (44.44%) Storyboarding
2 4 (44.44%) UML
2 4 (44.44%) Use Case
2 4 (44.44%) Wireframes
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 3 (33.33%) SDLC
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) ERP
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland