Business Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh

Business Analyst (BA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Edinburgh is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 40 35
Rank change year-on-year +15 -5 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 50 83 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 6.18% 6.39% 6.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.48% 6.68% 6.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 59 78
10th Percentile £409 £357 £386
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £418 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -1.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £488 £450 £479
90th Percentile £500 £488 £497
Scotland median daily rate £450 £427 £425
% change year-on-year +5.39% +0.47% +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 772 1,242 1,864
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.61% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 885 1,275
10th Percentile £204 £246 £230
25th Percentile £404 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £558
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 12 22
10th Percentile £16.10 £13.62 £11.66
25th Percentile £17.86 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -10.48% -58.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
% change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%

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 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024, 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 29 (58.00%) Business Analysis
2 21 (42.00%) Public Sector
3 18 (36.00%) Agile
4 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
5 13 (26.00%) Finance
6 12 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (24.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 11 (22.00%) User Stories
7 11 (22.00%) Roadmaps
8 10 (20.00%) Value Proposition
8 10 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Identification
9 8 (16.00%) User Experience
9 8 (16.00%) Service Design
9 8 (16.00%) Impact Assessments
10 7 (14.00%) User Research
10 7 (14.00%) Epics
10 7 (14.00%) Scrum
10 7 (14.00%) Microsoft
10 7 (14.00%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (14.00%) Data Protection
11 6 (12.00%) Cadence
11 6 (12.00%) Story Mapping
11 6 (12.00%) UX Research
11 6 (12.00%) Coaching
11 6 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
12 5 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
12 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel

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 3 (6.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (6.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.00%) IBM Blueworks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JIRA
General
1 21 (42.00%) Public Sector
2 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (26.00%) Finance
4 6 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (10.00%) Banking
6 4 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Legal
8 1 (2.00%) Billing
8 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.00%) NHS
2 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.00%) Reinsurance
2 1 (2.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (58.00%) Business Analysis
2 18 (36.00%) Agile
3 12 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (24.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 11 (22.00%) Roadmaps
4 11 (22.00%) User Stories
5 10 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (20.00%) Value Proposition
6 8 (16.00%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (16.00%) Service Design
6 8 (16.00%) Stakeholder Identification
6 8 (16.00%) User Experience
7 7 (14.00%) Data Protection
7 7 (14.00%) Epics
7 7 (14.00%) Scrum
7 7 (14.00%) User Research
8 6 (12.00%) Coaching
8 6 (12.00%) Story Mapping
8 6 (12.00%) UX Research
9 5 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
Qualifications
1 2 (4.00%) Degree
1 2 (4.00%) IIBA
2 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (4.00%) QA
3 1 (2.00%) PMO
3 1 (2.00%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.00%) Cadence
3 2 (4.00%) Oracle
3 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco
4 1 (2.00%) Dell
4 1 (2.00%) Google
4 1 (2.00%) Splunk
4 1 (2.00%) VMware