Business Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh

Business Analyst (BA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Edinburgh is £435 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 36 39
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 46 76 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 5.29% 6.43% 5.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.58% 6.73% 6.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 54 65
10th Percentile £351 £363 £382
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £469 £469 £488
90th Percentile £523 £488 £500
Scotland median daily rate £450 £430 £425
% change year-on-year +4.65% +1.18% +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 825 1,130 1,811
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 95.60% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 783 1,245
10th Percentile £179 £220 £230
25th Percentile £340 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £569
90th Percentile £650 £601 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 9 14
10th Percentile £15.45 £12.63 -
25th Percentile £16.37 £17.70 £17.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £17.72 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +153.95% -22.96% -60.00%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.26 £46.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £28.09 £52.64
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £18.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +5.41% -50.57% +66.36%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Business Analyst in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Business Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 23 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 18 (39.13%) Public Sector
3 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
3 15 (32.61%) Agile
4 14 (30.43%) Finance
5 13 (28.26%) User Stories
6 11 (23.91%) Roadmaps
7 9 (19.57%) Service Design
7 9 (19.57%) Impact Assessments
7 9 (19.57%) Value Proposition
8 8 (17.39%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (17.39%) Epics
8 8 (17.39%) User Experience
8 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (17.39%) Scrum
9 7 (15.22%) Cadence
9 7 (15.22%) Coaching
9 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Identification
9 7 (15.22%) Story Mapping
9 7 (15.22%) UX Research
9 7 (15.22%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (15.22%) User Research
9 7 (15.22%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (13.04%) Banking
10 6 (13.04%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (13.04%) Data Protection
11 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (8.70%) Acceptance Criteria
12 4 (8.70%) Legal

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 4 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (6.52%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.35%) IBM Blueworks
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) JIRA
General
1 18 (39.13%) Public Sector
2 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
3 14 (30.43%) Finance
4 7 (15.22%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (13.04%) Banking
6 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (8.70%) Legal
8 1 (2.17%) Billing
8 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.17%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.17%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.17%) NHS
2 1 (2.17%) Reinsurance
2 1 (2.17%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 15 (32.61%) Agile
3 13 (28.26%) User Stories
4 11 (23.91%) Roadmaps
5 9 (19.57%) Impact Assessments
5 9 (19.57%) Service Design
5 9 (19.57%) Value Proposition
6 8 (17.39%) Epics
6 8 (17.39%) Scrum
6 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (17.39%) User Experience
6 8 (17.39%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (15.22%) Coaching
7 7 (15.22%) Requirements Gathering
7 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Identification
7 7 (15.22%) Story Mapping
7 7 (15.22%) User Research
7 7 (15.22%) UX Research
8 6 (13.04%) Data Protection
9 4 (8.70%) BPMN
Qualifications
1 2 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.17%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.17%) PMO
2 1 (2.17%) QA
2 1 (2.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.17%) VMware NSX
1 1 (2.17%) vSphere
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Cadence
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle
3 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco
4 1 (2.17%) Dell
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) Splunk
4 1 (2.17%) VMware