CBAP Job Trends in Scotland

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CBAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 153 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
Permanent jobs citing CBAP 2 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.072% 0.19% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.81% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £57,435 £68,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.46% +14.58% +20.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

CBAP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 566 745 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.31% 23.83% 22.60%
Number of salaries quoted 231 279 368
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,175
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,865 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.63% +0.70% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,862 £65,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,191 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.48% +1.20% +0.88%

CBAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CBAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

CBAP job vacancy trend in Scotland

CBAP
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CBAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CBAP

CBAP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CBAP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 December 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
Edinburgh +1 1 - -
CBAP
UK

CBAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
1 1 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) BPMN
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Epics
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 20022
2 1 (50.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow