Finance Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA)
UK > Scotland

The median Business Analyst - Finance (Finance BA) daily rate in Scotland is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 107 122
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 -
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Business Analyst 7 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.38% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.20% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £367 £401 -
25th Percentile £418 £402 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £409 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -22.05% -
75th Percentile £525 £421 £538
90th Percentile £660 £425 -
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.80%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,691 1,505 2,058
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 94.36% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 865 893 1,244
10th Percentile £275 £257 £200
25th Percentile £388 £368 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £606 £650
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 52 112
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.02 £12.31
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.30 £16.19
Median hourly rate £21.20 £20.94 £27.90
Median % change year-on-year +1.24% -24.93% +26.08%
75th Percentile £60.91 £24.66 £60.00
90th Percentile £69.60 £41.43 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.04% -21.23% -18.89%

Finance Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Finance Business Analyst job vacancy trend in Scotland

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Finance Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance Business Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance Business Analyst in Scotland

Finance 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 Finance Business Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 May 2026. 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
Glasgow +2 6 £449 +9.59% 1
Perthshire - 1 - -
Finance Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2026, Finance 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 Finance Business Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (42.86%) Business Case
3 3 (42.86%) Confluence
3 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) Kanban
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) Accounts Payable
5 1 (14.29%) Azure
5 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) BPMN
5 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (14.29%) Business Process Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) CBAP
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Data Quality

Finance 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 3 (42.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (14.29%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (42.86%) Business Case
3 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Kanban
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) BPMN
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Databricks
1 1 (14.29%) SAP