Digital Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Digital Business Analyst (Digital BA)
UK > Scotland

The median Digital Business Analyst (Digital BA) daily rate in Scotland is £429, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 - 142
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Business Analyst 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.19% - 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £429 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.80%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £488 £366 £500
% change year-on-year +33.38% -26.90% +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,435 1,740 2,207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 93.35% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 810 1,040 1,419
10th Percentile £212 £197 £250
25th Percentile £362 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 69 57
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +10.31% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £30.00 £24.18 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.34 £44.83 £75.45
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -4.49% +71.15%

Digital Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Digital Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Scotland

Digital Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Business Analyst job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Business Analyst job vacancies in Scotland

Digital 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 Digital Business Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 October 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 - - 1
Glasgow - 1 £429 -
Digital Business Analyst
UK

Digital Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, Digital 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 Scotland region featuring Digital Business Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Data Enrichment
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 1 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Confluence
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Dependency Management

Digital Business Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Enrichment
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality