Business Analysis Contracts in Edinburgh

Business Analysis
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 45 42
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 +26
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 40 64 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.93% 4.95% 5.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 5.20% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 43 76
10th Percentile £409 £378 £393
25th Percentile £413 £400 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £418 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -1.76% -
75th Percentile £495 £453 £488
90th Percentile £500 £488 £529
Scotland median daily rate £450 £430 £425
% change year-on-year +4.65% +1.18% +3.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 714 1,230 1,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.04% 95.20% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 880 1,260
10th Percentile £233 £260 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £557
90th Percentile £674 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 13 19
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.07 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.13
Median hourly rate £21.02 £21.26 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -35.58% -39.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £51.25
90th Percentile - £64.90 £53.86
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £31.50
% change year-on-year +9.11% -43.75% -27.59%

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:

Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) SAP MM
1 1 (2.50%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.50%) Azure
2 1 (2.50%) Azure AKS
2 1 (2.50%) Azure API Management
2 1 (2.50%) Azure Functions
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) GitLab
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 21 (52.50%) Public Sector
2 18 (45.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (27.50%) Finance
4 6 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Banking
6 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 33 (82.50%) Analyst
2 29 (72.50%) Business Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Senior
3 5 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Digital Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Digital Business Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Functional Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Business IT Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Data Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) IT Business Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) Project Analyst
6 1 (2.50%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) SAP PM Consultant
6 1 (2.50%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) XML
2 1 (2.50%) .NET
2 1 (2.50%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.50%) JSON
2 1 (2.50%) OAuth
2 1 (2.50%) React
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Data Protection Act
1 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.50%) NHS
2 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.50%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (62.50%) Agile
2 13 (32.50%) User Stories
3 12 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (30.00%) Value Proposition
4 10 (25.00%) User Experience
5 9 (22.50%) Workshop Facilitation
6 8 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 8 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (20.00%) Service Design
7 7 (17.50%) Business Case
7 7 (17.50%) Data Protection
7 7 (17.50%) Epics
7 7 (17.50%) PRINCE2
7 7 (17.50%) User Research
8 6 (15.00%) Acceptance Criteria
8 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Identification
8 6 (15.00%) Story Mapping
8 6 (15.00%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) C#
1 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (7.50%) APMP
2 2 (5.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) IIBA
3 1 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.50%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Cadence
3 1 (2.50%) Google
3 1 (2.50%) SAP
3 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.50%) Splunk