Business Analysis Jobs in Scotland

Business Analysis
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 130 147
Rank change year-on-year -32 +17 -18
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 130 100 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.94% 2.10% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 2.23% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 30 36 88
10th Percentile £30,525 £36,915 £35,522
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,375 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,237 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.75% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £56,193 £69,213 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,658 £70,600 £70,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% +5.45%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,227 4,478 5,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.90% 94.17% 91.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,245 2,766
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,133 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,810 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +10.11% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -64 68 £42,500 -24.11% 1
Edinburgh +26 34 £53,750 -14.00% 4
Stirling +1 8 £49,500 +3.97% 2
West Lothian 0 5 - -
Aberdeen -8 5 £24,000 -66.01% 3
North Lanarkshire - 4 - -
Lanarkshire -7 2 - - 2
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 21 (16.15%) Apache
2 15 (11.54%) Confluence
3 2 (1.54%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.77%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (5.38%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 40 (30.77%) AWS
2 6 (4.62%) SaaS
3 4 (3.08%) Miro
4 3 (2.31%) GCP
5 1 (0.77%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.77%) Power BI
1 1 (0.77%) QlikView
1 1 (0.77%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.77%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (18.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.77%) Bugzilla
General
1 66 (50.77%) Presentation Skills
2 60 (46.15%) Finance
3 56 (43.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 49 (37.69%) Law
4 49 (37.69%) Marketing
5 47 (36.15%) Social Skills
6 36 (27.69%) Public Sector
7 25 (19.23%) Banking
8 19 (14.62%) Financial Institution
8 19 (14.62%) Games
8 19 (14.62%) Investment Banking
9 11 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.54%) Publishing
12 1 (0.77%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 67 (51.54%) Analyst
2 59 (45.38%) Business Analyst
3 21 (16.15%) Software Engineering Director
3 21 (16.15%) Technology Director
4 19 (14.62%) Principal Engineer
4 19 (14.62%) Principal Software Engineer
4 19 (14.62%) Software Engineer
5 14 (10.77%) AWS Engineer
5 14 (10.77%) AWS Software Engineer
5 14 (10.77%) Python Engineer
5 14 (10.77%) Python Software Engineer
6 10 (7.69%) Principal Modelling Engineer
6 10 (7.69%) Senior
7 7 (5.38%) Market Risk Analyst
7 7 (5.38%) Market Risk Business Analyst
7 7 (5.38%) Risk Analyst
7 7 (5.38%) Risk Business Analyst
7 7 (5.38%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (5.38%) Senior Business Analyst
8 6 (4.62%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (16.15%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (3.85%) GraphQL
2 5 (3.85%) Node.js
2 5 (3.85%) React
2 5 (3.85%) WebGL
3 1 (0.77%) .NET
3 1 (0.77%) CSS
3 1 (0.77%) HTML
3 1 (0.77%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 40 (30.77%) Cloud Native
2 29 (22.31%) Product Ownership
3 21 (16.15%) Taxonomies
4 7 (5.38%) Market Risk
5 5 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.08%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.54%) PMI
8 1 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (46.92%) Agile
2 51 (39.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (36.92%) Data Analysis
4 47 (36.15%) Software Engineering
5 45 (34.62%) Use Case
6 43 (33.08%) Analytics
7 40 (30.77%) Machine Learning
8 26 (20.00%) Data Modelling
8 26 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
9 25 (19.23%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 24 (18.46%) Programme Management
10 24 (18.46%) SDLC
11 23 (17.69%) Business Case
11 23 (17.69%) Decision-Making
11 23 (17.69%) Impact Assessments
11 23 (17.69%) Self-Awareness
12 22 (16.92%) Computer Science
13 21 (16.15%) ETL
13 21 (16.15%) Product Management
13 21 (16.15%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 35 (26.92%) Python
2 5 (3.85%) GLSL
2 5 (3.85%) TypeScript
3 3 (2.31%) SQL
4 1 (0.77%) C#
4 1 (0.77%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.77%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (17.69%) Degree
2 13 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 13 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.54%) HND
3 2 (1.54%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.54%) PMP
4 1 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.77%) CBAP
4 1 (0.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.38%) QA
2 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (0.77%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 21 (16.15%) Databricks
2 3 (2.31%) Anaplan
2 3 (2.31%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.54%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.77%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.77%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.77%) Oracle
4 1 (0.77%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.77%) Splunk