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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 61 61
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -8
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 51 63 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.13% 2.94% 4.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 3.34% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 86
10th Percentile £400 £406 £375
25th Percentile £410 £413 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £436
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +3.15% +2.65%
75th Percentile £472 £500 £500
90th Percentile £523 £538 £555
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
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 £36.13 £64.50
% change year-on-year +74.38% -43.99% +65.38%

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 1,525 1,884 2,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.73% 88.04% 92.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 1,158 1,766
10th Percentile £263 £219 £260
25th Percentile £375 £369 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +1.06%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 92 55
10th Percentile £15.90 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.07 £15.92 £11.25
Median hourly rate £19.83 £19.50 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +21.95% -57.28%
75th Percentile £24.66 £42.71 £50.74
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £67.13
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

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 19 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 19 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 +11 37 £425 -5.56% 8
Glasgow -8 11 £435 +2.41% 12
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 11 (21.57%) Confluence
2 3 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (21.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) AWS
2 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.92%) Azure
3 2 (3.92%) Miro
3 2 (3.92%) SaaS
4 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.88%) Power BI
3 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.96%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (25.49%) JIRA
General
1 23 (45.10%) Public Sector
2 22 (43.14%) Social Skills
3 13 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (21.57%) Banking
5 10 (19.61%) Finance
6 4 (7.84%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.96%) Retail
8 1 (1.96%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (90.20%) Analyst
2 43 (84.31%) Business Analyst
3 12 (23.53%) Senior
4 11 (21.57%) Senior Analyst
4 11 (21.57%) Senior Business Analyst
5 8 (15.69%) Technical Analyst
6 5 (9.80%) Technical Business Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Business Data Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Cloud Technical Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Data Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) ETL Analyst
7 3 (5.88%) Re-Platforming Analyst
8 2 (3.92%) Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Data Business Analyst
8 2 (3.92%) Migration Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Solutions Consultant
9 1 (1.96%) Developer
9 1 (1.96%) Project Manager
9 1 (1.96%) Senior Manager
9 1 (1.96%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) CMDB
1 4 (7.84%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.92%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.92%) Derivative
3 2 (3.92%) Educational Technology
3 2 (3.92%) Equities
3 2 (3.92%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (37.25%) Agile
2 18 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (29.41%) User Stories
4 10 (19.61%) Data Analysis
4 10 (19.61%) Migration
4 10 (19.61%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (17.65%) GAP Analysis
5 9 (17.65%) Translating Business Requirements
5 9 (17.65%) User Research
6 8 (15.69%) ETL
6 8 (15.69%) Project Management
7 7 (13.73%) Data Modelling
7 7 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (13.73%) Roadmaps
7 7 (13.73%) Service Design
7 7 (13.73%) Story Mapping
7 7 (13.73%) Target Operating Model
7 7 (13.73%) Wireframes
8 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.84%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) IIBA
3 1 (1.96%) CBAP
3 1 (1.96%) ISEB
3 1 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.61%) QA
2 7 (13.73%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.96%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.96%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) Bloomberg
2 2 (3.92%) Reuters
3 1 (1.96%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (1.96%) Fiserv
3 1 (1.96%) Pega