Business Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Business Analyst (BA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Edinburgh is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 94 102
Rank change year-on-year +25 +8 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 19 17 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.17% 1.13% 2.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.46% 1.17% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 26
10th Percentile £62,000 £43,375 £39,415
25th Percentile £63,125 - £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -18.37% +11.36%
75th Percentile £74,063 £59,150 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,125 £64,850 £70,600
Scotland median annual salary £67,500 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +58.82% -19.05% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 773 1,451 1,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 96.16% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 336 1,026 1,083
10th Percentile £26,929 £32,500 £35,366
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,563 £71,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Business Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (78.95%) Agile
1 15 (78.95%) Business Analysis
2 13 (68.42%) Finance
3 12 (63.16%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (47.37%) Banking
5 8 (42.11%) User Stories
6 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
7 6 (31.58%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (31.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (31.58%) Product Ownership
8 5 (26.32%) Scenario Testing
8 5 (26.32%) Test Scripting
8 5 (26.32%) Migration
9 4 (21.05%) SQL
9 4 (21.05%) CCA
9 4 (21.05%) JIRA
9 4 (21.05%) Product Requirements
9 4 (21.05%) Digital Banking
9 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
10 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (15.79%) CBAP
10 3 (15.79%) QA
10 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis
11 2 (10.53%) OLAP
11 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
11 2 (10.53%) ETL
11 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (10.53%) RDBMS
11 2 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence

Business Analyst Skill Set
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 2 (10.53%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) AWS
1 2 (10.53%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) NoSQL
1 2 (10.53%) OLAP
1 2 (10.53%) RDBMS
1 2 (10.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
2 12 (63.16%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (47.37%) Banking
4 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
5 6 (31.58%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
7 1 (5.26%) General Ledger
7 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (31.58%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.53%) Operational Technology
2 2 (10.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Agile
1 15 (78.95%) Business Analysis
2 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (42.11%) User Stories
4 5 (26.32%) Migration
4 5 (26.32%) Scenario Testing
4 5 (26.32%) Test Scripting
5 4 (21.05%) Digital Banking
5 4 (21.05%) Product Requirements
6 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (10.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (10.53%) Data Management
7 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
7 2 (10.53%) ETL
7 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (10.53%) Use Case
7 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) CCA
2 3 (15.79%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
2 2 (10.53%) ISO 20022
2 2 (10.53%) SEPA
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle