Senior Business Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in Scotland is £418 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 120 142 141
Rank change year-on-year +22 -1 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 10 21 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.45% 0.73% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.77% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 31
10th Percentile £382 £313 £375
25th Percentile £409 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £418 £423
Median % change year-on-year - -1.18% +9.74%
75th Percentile £435 £435 £481
90th Percentile £448 £466 £488
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -2.33%

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%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in Scotland

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in Scotland

Senior 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 Senior 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
Edinburgh +28 5 £426 +2.10%
Glasgow +6 4 £409 -8.29%
Senior Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Agile
1 9 (90.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (30.00%) Service Design
4 3 (30.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (30.00%) User Stories
4 3 (30.00%) Product Management
5 2 (20.00%) Requirements Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) IIBA
5 2 (20.00%) Six Sigma
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 2 (20.00%) User Experience
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (20.00%) Wireframes
5 2 (20.00%) Value Proposition
5 2 (20.00%) Wardley Maps
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (20.00%) Backlog Management
5 2 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 2 (20.00%) Lean UX
5 2 (20.00%) Epics
5 2 (20.00%) Product Roadmap

Senior 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Reinsurance
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Agile
1 9 (90.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Product Management
3 3 (30.00%) Service Design
3 3 (30.00%) User Stories
3 3 (30.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Epics
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Requirements Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Six Sigma
4 2 (20.00%) User Experience
4 2 (20.00%) Value Proposition
4 2 (20.00%) Wardley Maps
4 2 (20.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) IIBA
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Google