Finance Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in Glasgow is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 74 72
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 6 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.79% 0.39% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.40% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £367 £401 -
25th Percentile £418 £402 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £409 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -22.05% -
75th Percentile £525 £421 £538
90th Percentile £660 £425 -
Scotland median daily rate £449 £409 £525
% change year-on-year +9.59% -22.05% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 718 742 804
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 95.50% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 460 524
10th Percentile £306 £300 £251
25th Percentile £363 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £582
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
Scotland median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 37
10th Percentile £16.16 £16.75 £12.03
25th Percentile £17.60 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £19.97 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +162.89% -36.60% +53.66%
75th Percentile £60.91 £27.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £63.41 £67.05 £67.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.20 £20.94 £27.90
% change year-on-year +1.24% -24.93% +26.08%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Finance Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Business Analyst job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Finance Business Analyst job vacancies in Glasgow

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in Glasgow over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Business Analyst in Glasgow

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 8 May 2026, Finance 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 Glasgow region featuring Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (50.00%) Business Case
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Confluence
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (16.67%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (16.67%) BPMN
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) CBAP
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) iTrent
4 1 (16.67%) JIRA
4 1 (16.67%) Kanban

Finance Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (16.67%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (50.00%) Business Case
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (16.67%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP