Senior Business Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in Scotland is £56,567 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 270 211
Rank change year-on-year +116 -59 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 7 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.24% 0.075% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.077% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - £46,250
25th Percentile £43,099 £55,400 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,567 £58,800 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -9.54% +23.81%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £63,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -1.92% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,642 6,477 4,170
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 96.93% 89.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,344 2,613 2,263
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £31,414
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -7.08% +7.62%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Senior Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Business Analyst in Scotland

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Business Analyst in Scotland

Senior Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Business Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Business Analyst in Scotland

Senior Business Analyst
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Business Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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
Edinburgh +24 5 £67,500 +14.80% 2
Stirling - 2 £45,635 -
Senior Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Senior 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Business Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Finance
1 7 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 3 (42.86%) User Research
4 3 (42.86%) Epics
4 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (42.86%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
4 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (42.86%) Cloud Native
4 3 (42.86%) SaaS
4 3 (42.86%) JIRA
4 3 (42.86%) User Stories
4 3 (42.86%) Banking
5 2 (28.57%) Data Management
5 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Migration
5 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (28.57%) SQL
5 2 (28.57%) OLAP
5 2 (28.57%) ETL
5 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
5 2 (28.57%) Relational Database
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (28.57%) Waterfall

Senior Business Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) NoSQL
1 2 (28.57%) OLAP
1 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
1 2 (28.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Banking
5 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cloud Native
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (42.86%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (42.86%) Epics
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) User Research
3 3 (42.86%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Data Management
4 2 (28.57%) ETL
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
4 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL