Business Analysis Job Trends in Aberdeen

Business Analysis
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring Business Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - -11
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 2 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeen 1.04% - 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% - 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,790 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,581 - £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -66.01%
75th Percentile £43,372 - £33,750
90th Percentile - - £37,650
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £42,842
% change year-on-year -33.33% +40.05% -18.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Aberdeen

Business Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Aberdeen.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 146 35 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 75.65% 76.09% 71.25%
Number of salaries quoted 77 12 219
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,400 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,000 £62,875 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Business Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Business Analysis job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Business Analysis
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Business Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Business Analysis

Business Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) ERP Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) ERP Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Transformation Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) BPMN
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft