The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 29 30 21
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 64 74 114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 5.965% 5.390% 7.480%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.232% 5.640% 7.851%
Number of salaries quoted 28 59 79
Average salary £43,750 £39,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.17% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,924 £36,800
10% offered a salary of more than £58,250 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.65% +2.50%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1027 1312 1452
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.71% 95.56% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 596 960 1055
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
Scotland

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Edinburgh Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited 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 IT job ads sampled with Business Analyst in their job title.

1 97 (57.74%) Business Analysis
2 92 (54.76%) Finance
3 69 (41.07%) ISEB
4 61 (36.31%) Banking
5 30 (17.86%) SQL
6 28 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (15.48%) UML
7 26 (15.48%) Degree
8 24 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (13.10%) User Acceptance Testing
10 21 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
10 21 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
11 18 (10.71%) SAS
12 17 (10.12%) MS Visio
12 17 (10.12%) Process Management
12 17 (10.12%) Investment Management
13 16 (9.524%) BPMN
13 16 (9.524%) Asset Management
13 16 (9.524%) Basel II
13 16 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
14 15 (8.929%) Project Management
14 15 (8.929%) DMAIC
14 15 (8.929%) Zachman Framework
14 15 (8.929%) TOGAF
14 15 (8.929%) Requirements Management
14 15 (8.929%) CBAP
15 14 (8.333%) Mainframe
16 13 (7.738%) Business Objects
16 13 (7.738%) Use Case
17 12 (7.143%) ISEB Practitioner

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited 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 IT job ads sampled with Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.786%) .NET
2 2 (1.190%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 18 (10.71%) SAS
2 3 (1.786%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (10.12%) MS Visio
2 8 (4.762%) MS Office
3 7 (4.167%) MS Excel
3 7 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (2.381%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.381%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.786%) Temenos T24
2 3 (1.786%) SAP HCM
3 2 (1.190%) Oracle 11i
3 2 (1.190%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.595%) MultiFonds
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.786%) Broadband
1 3 (1.786%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (7.143%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.786%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.595%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (0.595%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.595%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (0.595%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.595%) RDBMS
General
1 92 (54.76%) Finance
2 61 (36.31%) Banking
3 12 (7.143%) Front Office
4 10 (5.952%) Investment Banking
5 9 (5.357%) Retail
6 7 (4.167%) Legal
7 5 (2.976%) French Language
7 5 (2.976%) German Language
7 5 (2.976%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.786%) Back Office
9 1 (0.595%) Marketing
9 1 (0.595%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.333%) Mainframe
2 9 (5.357%) Economics
3 7 (4.167%) SWIFT
4 4 (2.381%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.190%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.595%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (57.74%) Business Analysis
2 28 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (15.48%) UML
4 24 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 22 (13.10%) User Acceptance Testing
6 21 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
6 21 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
7 17 (10.12%) Process Management
7 17 (10.12%) Investment Management
8 16 (9.524%) BPMN
8 16 (9.524%) Asset Management
9 15 (8.929%) Project Management
9 15 (8.929%) DMAIC
9 15 (8.929%) Zachman Framework
9 15 (8.929%) TOGAF
9 15 (8.929%) Requirements Management
10 13 (7.738%) Use Case
11 11 (6.548%) Data Analysis
12 9 (5.357%) Regression Testing
13 8 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.86%) SQL
2 4 (2.381%) PL/SQL
3 3 (1.786%) C#
3 3 (1.786%) Java
3 3 (1.786%) PHP
Qualifications
1 69 (41.07%) ISEB
2 26 (15.48%) Degree
3 15 (8.929%) CBAP
4 12 (7.143%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.524%) Basel II
2 12 (7.143%) Solvency II
3 8 (4.762%) FATCA
4 1 (0.595%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.595%) Basel III
Vendors
1 13 (7.738%) Business Objects
2 11 (6.548%) Oracle
3 10 (5.952%) Microsoft
4 7 (4.167%) Fundtech
5 3 (1.786%) SAP
6 2 (1.190%) Cadis
6 2 (1.190%) Sybase
6 2 (1.190%) Charles River
6 2 (1.190%) thinkFolio
7 1 (0.595%) Cognos
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Job Profile. You will have a minimum of 3 years experience as a Business Analyst and will have spent some of this time working on projects within the...
Net Talent
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The successful Technical Business Analyst will have the skills listed below: - Business Intelligence (BI) Tools - Data Warehouse Technical Experience - Requirements Gathering (Gather Requirement) - Writing Technical Designs - Writing Technical...
Clearwater People Solutions
Salary: £40000 - 70000 Per Annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client, a highly regarded financial organisation, is looking for a number of Senior Technical Business Analysts to join their Edinburgh team. The job requires Technical Business Analysis...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The job requires a mix of Financial / Statistical Modelling experience and Database skills including SAS/SQL... They will provide first class documents and presentation materials of relevant findings...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Leading software services company supporting clients in the financial services sector are urgently recruiting for an experienced Business Analyst with experienced gained from working on Wealth Management / retail...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Leading software services company supporting clients in the financial services sector are urgently recruiting for an experienced Business Analyst with experienced gained from working on Wealth Management / retail...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Today over 75 retail, wealth management and universal banks in 20 countries rely on Avaloq as a competent innovation partner and advisor.Duties of the Senior Business Analyst...
Avaloq
Salary: £45,000 - £65,000+ DOE
Posted: 20 May 2013