Business Analysis Contracts in Edinburgh

Business Analysis
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 33 52
Rank change year-on-year +2 +19 -8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 37 40 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 5.92% 4.91% 5.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.23% 5.56% 5.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 46
10th Percentile £404 £409 £383
25th Percentile £413 £413 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £450 £418
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.78% -1.76%
75th Percentile £463 £495 £450
90th Percentile £513 £500 £488
Scotland median daily rate £430 £450 £430
% change year-on-year -4.44% +4.65% +1.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Edinburgh

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in Edinburgh

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Edinburgh

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in Edinburgh

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 8 (21.62%) Confluence
2 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) AWS
2 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
2 3 (8.11%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (8.11%) Power BI
3 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (24.32%) JIRA
General
1 20 (54.05%) Public Sector
2 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (21.62%) Banking
4 5 (13.51%) Finance
5 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Retail
6 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (91.89%) Analyst
2 31 (83.78%) Business Analyst
3 11 (29.73%) Senior
4 10 (27.03%) Senior Analyst
4 10 (27.03%) Senior Business Analyst
5 7 (18.92%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (10.81%) Technical Business Analyst
7 3 (8.11%) Business Data Analyst
7 3 (8.11%) Cloud Technical Analyst
7 3 (8.11%) Data Analyst
7 3 (8.11%) ETL Analyst
7 3 (8.11%) Re-Platforming Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Azure Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Business IT Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Data Business Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) IT Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) IT Business Analyst
8 1 (2.70%) Principal Data Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Project Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Tableau Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) CMDB
1 4 (10.81%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.41%) Educational Technology
2 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.70%) Derivative
3 1 (2.70%) Equities
3 1 (2.70%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (43.24%) Agile
2 15 (40.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (40.54%) User Stories
3 10 (27.03%) User Research
4 9 (24.32%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (24.32%) Translating Business Requirements
5 8 (21.62%) ETL
5 8 (21.62%) GAP Analysis
6 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
6 7 (18.92%) Roadmaps
6 7 (18.92%) Service Design
6 7 (18.92%) Story Mapping
6 7 (18.92%) Wireframes
7 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (16.22%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (13.51%) Data Modelling
8 5 (13.51%) Minimum Viable Product
8 5 (13.51%) Project Management
8 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 5 (13.51%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Degree
2 3 (8.11%) IIBA
3 1 (2.70%) ISEB
3 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Data Quality
2 4 (10.81%) QA
3 2 (5.41%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Bloomberg
2 1 (2.70%) Databricks
2 1 (2.70%) Fiserv
2 1 (2.70%) Hitachi
2 1 (2.70%) Pega
2 1 (2.70%) Reuters
2 1 (2.70%) SAP