Business Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > Scotland

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Scotland is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 50 27
Rank change year-on-year +9 -23 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 104 149 231
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.71% 5.22% 6.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.98% 5.49% 6.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 111 170
10th Percentile £356 £363 £362
25th Percentile £406 £401 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +1.18% +6.25%
75th Percentile £496 £488 £473
90th Percentile £538 £500 £494
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% +8.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £43.00
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £60.25 £29.39
% change year-on-year -53.53% +105.04% -18.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,090 2,715 3,383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 95.13% 96.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,278 1,947 2,403
10th Percentile £204 £237 £213
25th Percentile £364 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 45 54
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.90 £12.24
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.21 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £23.86 £25.55
Median % change year-on-year +39.35% -6.60% -36.14%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.55 £47.99
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.14
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Scotland

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Scotland

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Scotland

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Scotland

Business Analyst
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 Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +16 50 £450 +7.78% 7
Glasgow -12 32 £415 -4.16% 2
West Lothian +5 6 £413 -
Perthshire +4 3 £488 -2.50%
Lanarkshire +2 2 £456 -1.08%
Perth and Kinross +2 1 £525 -
Aberdeen +1 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 - -
Business Analyst
UK

Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 55 (52.88%) Business Analysis
2 40 (38.46%) Agile
3 35 (33.65%) Social Skills
4 32 (30.77%) Public Sector
5 22 (21.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (20.19%) Finance
7 20 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
8 19 (18.27%) Roadmaps
9 18 (17.31%) User Stories
10 15 (14.42%) Workshop Facilitation
11 14 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
12 13 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
12 13 (12.50%) Scrum
12 13 (12.50%) ERP
13 11 (10.58%) Project Management
13 11 (10.58%) Epics
14 10 (9.62%) Value Proposition
14 10 (9.62%) Acceptance Criteria
14 10 (9.62%) Change Management
14 10 (9.62%) Process Improvement
15 9 (8.65%) Service Design
15 9 (8.65%) User Experience
16 8 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
16 8 (7.69%) Stakeholder Identification
16 8 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
16 8 (7.69%) Impact Assessments
16 8 (7.69%) Story Mapping
16 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
16 8 (7.69%) Data Protection
16 8 (7.69%) Data Protection Act

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 4 (3.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.85%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Maximo
2 1 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.73%) Azure
2 4 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.96%) IBM Blueworks
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.96%) WAN
Development Applications
1 6 (5.77%) JIRA
General
1 35 (33.65%) Social Skills
2 32 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 21 (20.19%) Finance
4 14 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.73%) Banking
5 7 (6.73%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.81%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.92%) Billing
8 2 (1.92%) Legal
9 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.96%) Marketing
9 1 (0.96%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (4.81%) Wiki
3 3 (2.88%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.96%) NHS
5 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.96%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (0.96%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (52.88%) Business Analysis
2 40 (38.46%) Agile
3 22 (21.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
5 19 (18.27%) Roadmaps
6 18 (17.31%) User Stories
7 15 (14.42%) Workshop Facilitation
8 13 (12.50%) ERP
8 13 (12.50%) Scrum
8 13 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
9 11 (10.58%) Epics
9 11 (10.58%) Project Management
10 10 (9.62%) Acceptance Criteria
10 10 (9.62%) Change Management
10 10 (9.62%) Process Improvement
10 10 (9.62%) Value Proposition
11 9 (8.65%) Service Design
11 9 (8.65%) User Experience
12 8 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (7.69%) Stakeholder Identification
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (4.81%) ACCA
1 5 (4.81%) CIMA
1 5 (4.81%) Degree
2 3 (2.88%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.92%) IIBA
4 1 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (2.88%) QA
3 1 (0.96%) Basel III
3 1 (0.96%) COREP
3 1 (0.96%) FINREP
3 1 (0.96%) IFRS
3 1 (0.96%) IFRS 9
3 1 (0.96%) PMO
3 1 (0.96%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (0.96%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.96%) VMware NSX
1 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Vendors
1 7 (6.73%) Microsoft
1 7 (6.73%) Oracle
2 6 (5.77%) Cadence
3 3 (2.88%) IFS
3 3 (2.88%) SAP
4 2 (1.92%) Ariba
4 2 (1.92%) CA
4 2 (1.92%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.96%) Cisco
5 1 (0.96%) Dell
5 1 (0.96%) Google
5 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.96%) Splunk
5 1 (0.96%) VMware