Senior Business Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) daily rate in Scotland is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 119 139
Rank change year-on-year +20 +20 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 17 10 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.05% 0.45% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 0.48% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 24
10th Percentile £402 £382 £332
25th Percentile £406 £409 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £418 £418
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% - -1.18%
75th Percentile £434 £435 £435
90th Percentile £480 £448 £457
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

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 1,529 2,099 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,281 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £205 £238
25th Percentile £370 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 114 44
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.58 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in Scotland

Senior Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Business Analyst in Scotland

Senior Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Business Analyst in Scotland

Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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 +12 12 £418 -2.05% 2
Glasgow +3 4 £475 +16.07% 1
Senior Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (70.59%) Business Analysis
2 11 (64.71%) Public Sector
3 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Agile
3 7 (41.18%) GAP Analysis
4 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (35.29%) User Stories
5 5 (29.41%) Target Operating Model
6 4 (23.53%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (23.53%) Minimum Viable Product
6 4 (23.53%) User Research
7 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
7 3 (17.65%) Lean UX
7 3 (17.65%) Business Case
7 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
7 3 (17.65%) Systems Thinking
7 3 (17.65%) Service Design
7 3 (17.65%) User Experience
7 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
7 3 (17.65%) IIBA
7 3 (17.65%) Six Sigma
7 3 (17.65%) Finance
8 2 (11.76%) Migration
8 2 (11.76%) Project Management
8 2 (11.76%) Banking
8 2 (11.76%) Case Management
8 2 (11.76%) Value Proposition

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 11 (64.71%) Public Sector
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Derivative
2 1 (5.88%) Equities
2 1 (5.88%) Fixed Income
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Business Analysis
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) GAP Analysis
3 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (35.29%) User Stories
4 5 (29.41%) Target Operating Model
5 4 (23.53%) Minimum Viable Product
5 4 (23.53%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (23.53%) User Research
6 3 (17.65%) Business Case
6 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Lean UX
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
6 3 (17.65%) Service Design
6 3 (17.65%) Six Sigma
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 3 (17.65%) Systems Thinking
6 3 (17.65%) User Experience
6 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) IIBA
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Bloomberg
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) Reuters
1 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow