Business Analysis Contracts in Scotland

Business Analysis
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 65 55
Rank change year-on-year +3 -10 +15
Contract jobs citing Business Analysis 68 121 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.14% 4.38% 4.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 4.73% 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 90 112
10th Percentile £408 £377 £376
25th Percentile £413 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +1.18% +3.03%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £488
90th Percentile £538 £551 £540
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £522
% change year-on-year - +0.57% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £25.80 - -
25th Percentile £29.50 - £42.50
Median hourly rate £36.13 £35.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.22% -18.60% -
75th Percentile £42.29 - £43.50
90th Percentile £45.72 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.13 £63.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -42.65% +31.25% +81.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,916 2,556 3,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.38% 92.51% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 1,817 2,256
10th Percentile £225 £260 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £550
90th Percentile £656 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 55 50
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.75 £11.78 £18.35
Median hourly rate £19.34 £16.50 £38.71
Median % change year-on-year +17.18% -57.38% -7.83%
75th Percentile £46.24 £50.74 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.93 £67.13 £55.86
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

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 12 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Business Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 12 May 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 +12 33 £450 +7.78% 5
Glasgow -4 15 £450 +2.39% 1
West Lothian +1 6 £230 -
Lanarkshire +3 1 £425 -12.82%
Perthshire +2 1 £525 -
Perth and Kinross +2 1 £525 -
South Lanarkshire +1 1 £700 +52.42%
Aberdeen - 1 - - 3
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £375 -
Inverclyde - 1 £375 -
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 2 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) SAP MM
1 1 (1.47%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.88%) Azure
2 3 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.47%) AWS
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.47%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) JIRA
General
1 34 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 27 (39.71%) Public Sector
3 21 (30.88%) Finance
4 9 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.88%) Banking
7 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.47%) Law
8 1 (1.47%) Legal
8 1 (1.47%) Local Government
8 1 (1.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (76.47%) Analyst
2 46 (67.65%) Business Analyst
3 8 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 6 (8.82%) Business IT Analyst
4 6 (8.82%) IT Analyst
4 6 (8.82%) IT Business Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Finance Business Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Financial Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Senior
5 5 (7.35%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Change Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Digital Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Digital Business Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Portfolio Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (2.94%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
7 2 (2.94%) Functional Analyst
7 2 (2.94%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.82%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (8.82%) Wiki
3 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.47%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.47%) NHS
4 1 (1.47%) PMI
4 1 (1.47%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (51.47%) Agile
2 23 (33.82%) Roadmaps
3 18 (26.47%) Project Management
4 16 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (23.53%) User Stories
5 13 (19.12%) Change Management
6 11 (16.18%) Business Case
6 11 (16.18%) PRINCE2
6 11 (16.18%) Project Delivery
7 10 (14.71%) User Experience
7 10 (14.71%) Value Proposition
8 9 (13.24%) Acceptance Criteria
8 9 (13.24%) Business Process Modelling
8 9 (13.24%) Coaching
8 9 (13.24%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (13.24%) Scrum
8 9 (13.24%) Service Design
9 8 (11.76%) Epics
9 8 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
9 8 (11.76%) Story Mapping
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.94%) Perl
1 2 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (13.24%) Degree
2 5 (7.35%) ACCA
2 5 (7.35%) CIMA
3 4 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (4.41%) APMP
5 2 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.94%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.47%) IIBA
6 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.47%) Basel III
2 1 (1.47%) COREP
2 1 (1.47%) FINREP
2 1 (1.47%) IFRS
2 1 (1.47%) IFRS 9
2 1 (1.47%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.47%) PMO
2 1 (1.47%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.82%) Cadence
3 5 (7.35%) Oracle
4 1 (1.47%) Google
4 1 (1.47%) IFS
4 1 (1.47%) SAP
4 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.47%) Splunk