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 4 July 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
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 35 41
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 47 43 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.18% 4.92% 5.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.74% 5.19% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 50
10th Percentile £395 £341 £363
25th Percentile £412 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% +1.18% -
75th Percentile £464 £478 £450
90th Percentile £484 £524 £488
Scotland median daily rate £435 £450 £433
% change year-on-year -3.28% +3.99% +1.82%
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 £19.59 -
% change year-on-year +19.81% - -

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 607 829 1,127
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.85% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 457 777
10th Percentile £218 £178 £243
25th Percentile £400 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £534 £550 £538
90th Percentile £600 £646 £601
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 57 12
10th Percentile - £13.58 £17.70
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.38 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +19.73% +3.70% -11.40%
75th Percentile £40.04 £60.75 £27.19
90th Percentile £66.50 £63.00 £52.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.90 £18.38 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.30% +3.70% -52.66%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 25 (53.19%) Business Analysis
2 17 (36.17%) Public Sector
3 15 (31.91%) Agile
3 15 (31.91%) User Stories
4 13 (27.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (25.53%) Social Skills
6 11 (23.40%) Banking
6 11 (23.40%) Finance
7 10 (21.28%) Degree
7 10 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (19.15%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (19.15%) Wireframes
9 8 (17.02%) Confluence
10 7 (14.89%) Use Case
10 7 (14.89%) JIRA
10 7 (14.89%) MS Visio
11 6 (12.77%) GAP Analysis
11 6 (12.77%) Project Management
11 6 (12.77%) Analytics
11 6 (12.77%) User Experience
11 6 (12.77%) User Research
12 5 (10.64%) Lean UX
12 5 (10.64%) Systems Thinking
12 5 (10.64%) Storyboarding
12 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
12 5 (10.64%) Service Design
12 5 (10.64%) SDLC
12 5 (10.64%) Target Operating Model
12 5 (10.64%) Translating Business Requirements

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 8 (17.02%) Confluence
2 2 (4.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) MS Visio
2 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.64%) AWS
2 3 (6.38%) SaaS
3 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.26%) OCI
3 2 (4.26%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) JIRA
General
1 17 (36.17%) Public Sector
2 12 (25.53%) Social Skills
3 11 (23.40%) Banking
3 11 (23.40%) Finance
4 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Corporate Banking
5 3 (6.38%) Investment Banking
5 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Retail
5 3 (6.38%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Legal
6 1 (2.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) Middleware
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.13%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) CMDB
1 4 (8.51%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.38%) Derivative
2 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.26%) Equities
3 2 (4.26%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.13%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (53.19%) Business Analysis
2 15 (31.91%) Agile
2 15 (31.91%) User Stories
3 13 (27.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (19.15%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (19.15%) Wireframes
6 7 (14.89%) Use Case
7 6 (12.77%) Analytics
7 6 (12.77%) GAP Analysis
7 6 (12.77%) Project Management
7 6 (12.77%) User Experience
7 6 (12.77%) User Research
8 5 (10.64%) Data Analysis
8 5 (10.64%) ETL
8 5 (10.64%) Lean UX
8 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
8 5 (10.64%) Six Sigma
8 5 (10.64%) Storyboarding
8 5 (10.64%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Degree
2 5 (10.64%) IIBA
3 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.26%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.13%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) Adobe
1 2 (4.26%) Bloomberg
1 2 (4.26%) Fiserv
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle
1 2 (4.26%) Reuters