Business Analyst Jobs in Aberdeen

Business Analyst (BA)
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Aberdeen is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 32 26
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 2 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 0.66% 1.02% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.32% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £70,600 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.47% - -
75th Percentile £40,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £53,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.93% +2.38% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Aberdeen

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 291 152 124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.68% 77.55% 93.23%
Number of salaries quoted 239 80 77
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,425 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% +10.53%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Aberdeen

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Aberdeen.

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Aberdeen

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Aberdeen region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA