Business Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh

Business Analyst (BA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Edinburgh is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 23 41
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 54 52 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.64% 6.38% 6.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.29% 6.68% 6.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 21 59
10th Percentile £402 £409 £357
25th Percentile £410 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £418
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +7.78% -1.76%
75th Percentile £463 £488 £450
90th Percentile £485 £500 £488
Scotland median daily rate £434 £450 £427
% change year-on-year -3.67% +5.39% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.32 - -
Median hourly rate £27.35 - -
75th Percentile £28.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £23.47 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 581 778 1,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.46% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 441 887
10th Percentile £211 £206 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.84% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 12
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £50.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +135.18% -10.48%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £66.00 £54.43
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Business Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (57.41%) Business Analysis
2 28 (51.85%) Public Sector
3 21 (38.89%) User Stories
4 18 (33.33%) Agile
5 16 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (29.63%) Social Skills
6 14 (25.93%) Requirements Gathering
6 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (18.52%) Wireframes
8 10 (18.52%) Degree
8 10 (18.52%) MS Visio
8 10 (18.52%) User Research
9 9 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
9 9 (16.67%) Banking
9 9 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
10 8 (14.81%) User Experience
10 8 (14.81%) Target Operating Model
10 8 (14.81%) JIRA
11 7 (12.96%) Requirements Analysis
11 7 (12.96%) Finance
11 7 (12.96%) Project Management
11 7 (12.96%) Service Design
11 7 (12.96%) Confluence
11 7 (12.96%) Story Mapping
11 7 (12.96%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (12.96%) Roadmaps
12 6 (11.11%) Systems Thinking
12 6 (11.11%) Lean UX
12 6 (11.11%) IIBA

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 7 (12.96%) Confluence
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 10 (18.52%) MS Visio
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Fidessa
1 1 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.85%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) AWS
2 4 (7.41%) SaaS
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.70%) IBM Blueworks
4 2 (3.70%) OCI
4 2 (3.70%) Oracle CX
5 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 28 (51.85%) Public Sector
2 16 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 11 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (16.67%) Banking
5 7 (12.96%) Finance
6 4 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 3 (5.56%) Retail Banking
8 2 (3.70%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.85%) Front Office
9 1 (1.85%) Marketing
9 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) Middleware
1 2 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.85%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) CMDB
2 2 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.70%) Derivative
2 2 (3.70%) Educational Technology
2 2 (3.70%) Equities
2 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.85%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (57.41%) Business Analysis
2 21 (38.89%) User Stories
3 18 (33.33%) Agile
4 16 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (25.93%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (18.52%) User Research
6 10 (18.52%) Wireframes
7 9 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
7 9 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
8 8 (14.81%) Target Operating Model
8 8 (14.81%) User Experience
9 7 (12.96%) Project Management
9 7 (12.96%) Requirements Analysis
9 7 (12.96%) Roadmaps
9 7 (12.96%) Service Design
9 7 (12.96%) Story Mapping
9 7 (12.96%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (11.11%) Systems Thinking
10 6 (11.11%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) Java
2 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (18.52%) Degree
2 6 (11.11%) IIBA
3 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.56%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.85%) GDPR
3 1 (1.85%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.70%) Fiserv
2 2 (3.70%) IBM
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe
3 1 (1.85%) Bloomberg
3 1 (1.85%) Calypso
3 1 (1.85%) Murex
3 1 (1.85%) Reuters