Business Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Business Analyst (BA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Edinburgh is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 98 83
Rank change year-on-year +9 -15 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 21 50 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.40% 2.44% 3.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 2.56% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8 29 58
10th Percentile £42,525 £36,331 £36,219
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +20.88%
75th Percentile £53,050 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £63,790 £71,480 £71,250
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% - +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,439 1,951 2,321
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.81% 95.03% 98.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 1,162 1,461
10th Percentile £32,675 £35,523 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 May 2024, 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 14 (66.67%) Agile
1 14 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 12 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
3 10 (47.62%) User Stories
3 10 (47.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 6 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (28.57%) JIRA
5 6 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (23.81%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
7 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
7 4 (19.05%) Data Migration
7 4 (19.05%) SaaS
7 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 4 (19.05%) Finance
7 4 (19.05%) Migration
8 3 (14.29%) Programme Management
8 3 (14.29%) Degree
8 3 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
8 3 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
8 3 (14.29%) Self-Awareness
8 3 (14.29%) Business Case
9 2 (9.52%) Requirements Workshops
9 2 (9.52%) Epics
9 2 (9.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 2 (9.52%) Knowledge Transfer
9 2 (9.52%) Impact Assessments

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 (9.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) SaaS
2 2 (9.52%) Miro
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 6 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Banking
3 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
1 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Agile
1 14 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 12 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
3 10 (47.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (47.62%) User Stories
4 6 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
5 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
5 5 (23.81%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (19.05%) Data Migration
6 4 (19.05%) Migration
6 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 3 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (14.29%) Business Case
7 3 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
7 3 (14.29%) Programme Management
7 3 (14.29%) Self-Awareness
8 2 (9.52%) Backlog Refinement
8 2 (9.52%) Epics
8 2 (9.52%) Requirements Workshops
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
1 1 (4.76%) Splunk