Business Analysis Contracts in Scotland

Business Analysis
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 52 58
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 -11
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 52 80 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.20% 3.61% 4.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.43% 4.08% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 50 91
10th Percentile £402 £388 £378
25th Percentile £413 £411 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £450 £430
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +4.65% +1.18%
75th Percentile £472 £500 £500
90th Percentile £538 £538 £550
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -0.94% +0.95% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £36.13 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.22% -18.60%
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £59.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +6.78% -5.60% +17.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +2 37 £428 -5.00% 17
Glasgow -4 12 £437 +3.43% 10
Stirling - 1 £400 -
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (19.23%) Confluence
2 3 (5.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.62%) AWS
2 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.77%) SaaS
3 2 (3.85%) Azure
3 2 (3.85%) Miro
4 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.77%) Power BI
3 1 (1.92%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 25 (48.08%) Public Sector
2 22 (42.31%) Social Skills
3 13 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (21.15%) Banking
5 10 (19.23%) Finance
6 4 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.92%) Retail
8 1 (1.92%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (90.38%) Analyst
2 45 (86.54%) Business Analyst
3 13 (25.00%) Senior
4 12 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
4 12 (23.08%) Senior Business Analyst
5 7 (13.46%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Business Data Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Cloud Technical Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Data Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) ETL Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Re-Platforming Analyst
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Architect
8 1 (1.92%) Data Business Analyst
8 1 (1.92%) Finance Business Analyst
8 1 (1.92%) Fraud Business Analyst
8 1 (1.92%) IT Analyst
8 1 (1.92%) Principal Architect
8 1 (1.92%) Principal Data Architect
8 1 (1.92%) Tableau Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) CMDB
1 4 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (5.77%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.85%) Educational Technology
3 2 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.92%) Derivative
4 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.92%) Equities
4 1 (1.92%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) Agile
2 18 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (34.62%) User Stories
3 11 (21.15%) Requirements Gathering
3 11 (21.15%) Translating Business Requirements
4 10 (19.23%) User Research
5 9 (17.31%) GAP Analysis
5 9 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (15.38%) Data Analysis
6 8 (15.38%) ETL
6 8 (15.38%) Project Management
6 8 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (13.46%) Migration
7 7 (13.46%) Roadmaps
7 7 (13.46%) Service Design
7 7 (13.46%) Story Mapping
7 7 (13.46%) Wireframes
8 6 (11.54%) Data Modelling
8 6 (11.54%) Requirements Analysis
8 6 (11.54%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (23.08%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) IIBA
3 1 (1.92%) CBAP
3 1 (1.92%) ISEB
3 1 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) Data Quality
1 7 (13.46%) QA
2 2 (3.85%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.92%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.85%) Pega
3 1 (1.92%) Bloomberg
3 1 (1.92%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (1.92%) Databricks
3 1 (1.92%) Fiserv
3 1 (1.92%) Hitachi
3 1 (1.92%) Reuters
3 1 (1.92%) SAP
3 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow