Business Analysis Jobs in Scotland

Business Analysis
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 119 168 126
Rank change year-on-year +49 -42 +17
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 43 117 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.43% 1.72% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.88% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 8 29 40
10th Percentile £43,099 £29,800 £38,695
25th Percentile £49,212 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £44,347 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.55% -15.53% -
75th Percentile £68,438 £56,591 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £63,116 £70,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £54,075 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.96% -9.87% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,783 6,212 4,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.70% 91.15% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 2,458 2,089
10th Percentile £30,300 £28,425 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +116 21 £61,000 +43.53% 18
Edinburgh +13 20 £67,500 +28.57% 13
Stirling -6 2 £45,635 -7.81%
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
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 15 (34.88%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (2.33%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) SAS
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) SaaS
2 1 (2.33%) AWS
2 1 (2.33%) Azure
2 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (34.88%) Data Warehouse
1 15 (34.88%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 15 (34.88%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.65%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.65%) OLAP
2 2 (4.65%) RDBMS
2 2 (4.65%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.33%) Power BI
3 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) JIRA
General
1 31 (72.09%) Analytical Skills
1 31 (72.09%) Finance
2 28 (65.12%) Social Skills
3 22 (51.16%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (34.88%) Military
5 10 (23.26%) Banking
6 3 (6.98%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.33%) Automotive
8 1 (2.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Analyst
2 18 (41.86%) Business Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Senior
4 6 (13.95%) Senior Business Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Database Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) IT Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Change Manager
7 3 (6.98%) IT Change Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Data Business Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Operations Business Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Banking Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Banking Business Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Business Change Manager
9 1 (2.33%) Business Manager
9 1 (2.33%) Data Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Product Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
9 1 (2.33%) Senior IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (16.28%) Product Ownership
2 4 (9.30%) PMI
3 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.65%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (72.09%) Agile
2 17 (39.53%) Analytics
2 17 (39.53%) Data Management
3 16 (37.21%) Data Modelling
3 16 (37.21%) DevOps
3 16 (37.21%) ITIL
4 15 (34.88%) Customer Experience
4 15 (34.88%) Data Integration
4 15 (34.88%) Service Management
5 11 (25.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (23.26%) User Stories
7 6 (13.95%) Project Management
8 5 (11.63%) Data Analysis
8 5 (11.63%) Migration
8 5 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (11.63%) Scenario Testing
8 5 (11.63%) Test Scripting
9 4 (9.30%) Digital Banking
9 4 (9.30%) Product Requirements
9 4 (9.30%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) SQL
2 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (34.88%) DBS Check
2 5 (11.63%) Degree
3 4 (9.30%) CCA
3 4 (9.30%) PMI Certification
4 3 (6.98%) CBAP
5 1 (2.33%) PMP
5 1 (2.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) QA
2 2 (4.65%) ISO 20022
2 2 (4.65%) SEPA
3 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Oracle
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow