Data Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Data Business Analyst (Data BA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Data Business Analyst (Data BA) daily rate in Edinburgh is £685, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 63 79
Rank change year-on-year -2 +16 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Data Business Analyst 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.33% 0.16% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.17% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £685 - -
Scotland median daily rate £434 £438 -
% change year-on-year -0.91% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 552 580 863
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 94.77% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 313 508
10th Percentile £232 £198 £237
25th Percentile £410 £389 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £599 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £638 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 24 46
10th Percentile £19.25 £20.51 £16.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £21.03 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.59 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.35% -60.68% +210.88%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £62.50
90th Percentile £81.24 £27.26 £66.50
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £22.94 £45.00
% change year-on-year +5.02% -49.03% +148.48%

Data Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Business Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Data Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Data Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh

Data Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Data Business Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh

Data Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 7 February 2026, Data Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Data Business Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) QlikView
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

Data Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
2 1 (50.00%) QlikView
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality