Senior Business Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA)
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Business Analyst (Senior BA) salary in Scotland is £58,800 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 209 207
Rank change year-on-year -66 -2 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Business Analyst 7 13 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.10% 0.27% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.30% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 31
10th Percentile - £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,400 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +23.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,200 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile - - £62,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,504 4,273 5,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.86% 90.24% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,617 2,331 2,950
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,569 £28,247
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

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
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 26 April 2024. 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 +30 4 £58,800 -9.54%
Glasgow -102 3 - -
Senior Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 6 (85.71%) Acceptance Criteria
3 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (57.14%) Scrum
4 4 (57.14%) UML
4 4 (57.14%) MS Visio
4 4 (57.14%) Confluence
4 4 (57.14%) Degree
4 4 (57.14%) JIRA
4 4 (57.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 4 (57.14%) Epics
4 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 4 (57.14%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (57.14%) Business Process Modelling
4 4 (57.14%) Backlog Refinement
4 4 (57.14%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (57.14%) Requirements Workshops
4 4 (57.14%) Miro
4 4 (57.14%) User Research
5 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (28.57%) Self-Awareness
5 2 (28.57%) Knowledge Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Miro
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 6 (85.71%) Acceptance Criteria
3 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (57.14%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (57.14%) Backlog Refinement
4 4 (57.14%) Business Process Modelling
4 4 (57.14%) Epics
4 4 (57.14%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (57.14%) Requirements Workshops
4 4 (57.14%) Scrum
4 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 4 (57.14%) UML
4 4 (57.14%) User Research
4 4 (57.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Self-Awareness
5 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Degree