Technical Business Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Technical Business Analyst (Technical BA)
UK > Scotland

The median Technical Business Analyst (Technical BA) daily rate in Scotland is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 98 134
Rank change year-on-year -15 +36 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Business Analyst 7 17 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.44% 0.91% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.97% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile £260 £333 £342
25th Percentile £263 £341 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £425 £394
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +7.94% -13.70%
75th Percentile £300 £500 £400
90th Percentile £383 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

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 1,441 1,758 2,307
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.86% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 812 1,056 1,494
10th Percentile £220 £200 £250
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £612 £670 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 74 61
10th Percentile £16.18 £12.32 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.27 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% +3.10% -5.87%
75th Percentile £26.66 £24.18 £58.75
90th Percentile £61.63 £51.15 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Technical Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Business Analyst in Scotland

Technical Business Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Technical Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Business Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Business Analyst in Scotland

Technical Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Business Analyst job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Business Analyst job vacancies in Scotland

Technical 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 Technical Business Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Glasgow -21 4 £271 -36.18% 1
Edinburgh +3 3 £425 - 3
Technical Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Technical 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 Technical Business Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
1 4 (57.14%) Work Breakdown Structure
1 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
2 3 (42.86%) QA
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) COBOL
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) JIRA
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) CMDB

Technical 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CMDB
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
1 4 (57.14%) Work Breakdown Structure
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) COBOL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CBAP
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) IIBA
1 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft