Business Analysis Jobs in Edinburgh

Business Analysis
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Business Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Business Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 81 111
Rank change year-on-year +13 +30 +2
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 20 30 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.28% 1.99% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.25% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 13
10th Percentile - £43,601 £37,464
25th Percentile £63,750 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -16.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,200 £66,250
90th Percentile - £66,778 £70,600
Scotland median annual salary £61,000 £44,347 £52,500
% change year-on-year +37.55% -15.53% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 851 1,331 1,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.15% 88.20% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 363 933 1,075
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £35,740
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £89,941
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Edinburgh

Business Analysis
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Business Analysis in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Business Analysis in Edinburgh

Business Analysis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) SaaS
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (10.00%) OLAP
1 2 (10.00%) RDBMS
1 2 (10.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (65.00%) Finance
3 10 (50.00%) Banking
4 7 (35.00%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) Analyst
2 15 (75.00%) Business Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Senior
3 4 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Data Business Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Operations Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Banking Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Banking Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Data Analytics Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Payments Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Payments Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Product Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Report Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Payments Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (35.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (10.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Agile
2 11 (55.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (50.00%) User Stories
4 5 (25.00%) Migration
4 5 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
4 5 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 4 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Digital Banking
5 4 (20.00%) Product Requirements
6 3 (15.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Identification
7 2 (10.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) CCA
2 3 (15.00%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) QA
2 2 (10.00%) ISO 20022
2 2 (10.00%) SEPA
3 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow