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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 58 38
Rank change year-on-year +17 -20 +21
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 28 20 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.27% 2.38% 5.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 2.79% 6.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 50
10th Percentile £405 £413 £359
25th Percentile £413 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £450 £497 £488
90th Percentile £453 £500 £494
Scotland median daily rate £434 £463 £440
% change year-on-year -6.27% +5.23% +2.93%

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 620 716 1,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.51% 85.04% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 398 703
10th Percentile £265 £209 £213
25th Percentile £413 £358 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £537 £540 £538
90th Percentile £589 £640 £600
Scotland median daily rate £466 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.56% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 22 4
10th Percentile £17.08 £13.21 £21.59
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.00 £34.23
Median hourly rate £17.87 £17.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -63.16% +111.58%
75th Percentile £41.44 £23.89 £55.94
90th Percentile £62.38 £36.62 £59.88
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.59 £18.33
% change year-on-year +2.09% +6.90% -47.64%

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
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 6 (21.43%) Confluence
2 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (21.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 3 (10.71%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (14.29%) Power BI
3 1 (3.57%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Banking
3 8 (28.57%) Finance
3 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (89.29%) Analyst
2 21 (75.00%) Business Analyst
3 7 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Data Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Senior
4 5 (17.86%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (14.29%) Data Business Analyst
5 4 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Business Data Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Cloud Technical Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Consultant
6 3 (10.71%) ETL Analyst
6 3 (10.71%) Re-Platforming Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Data Migration Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Data Migration Business Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Migration Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Migration Consultant
7 2 (7.14%) Solutions Consultant
8 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) CMDB
1 4 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.71%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (10.71%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.14%) Derivative
3 2 (7.14%) Equities
3 2 (7.14%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Migration
2 10 (35.71%) Agile
3 9 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (25.00%) Data Migration
5 7 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (25.00%) User Stories
6 6 (21.43%) Data Modelling
6 6 (21.43%) Data Protection
6 6 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
6 6 (21.43%) Use Case
7 5 (17.86%) ETL
7 5 (17.86%) Wireframes
8 4 (14.29%) Business Case
8 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
8 4 (14.29%) Project Management
8 4 (14.29%) SDLC
8 4 (14.29%) Story Mapping
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) HND
2 2 (7.14%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.57%) IIBA
3 1 (3.57%) ISEB
3 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) QA
2 3 (10.71%) GDPR
3 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 2 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Bloomberg
2 2 (7.14%) Reuters
3 1 (3.57%) Fiserv