Business Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Business Analyst (BA)
UK > Scotland

The median Business Analyst (BA) daily rate in Scotland is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 46 30
Rank change year-on-year +7 -16 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Business Analyst 98 143 224
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.56% 5.29% 6.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.82% 5.55% 6.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 105 161
10th Percentile £350 £359 £360
25th Percentile £406 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +1.18% +6.58%
75th Percentile £495 £488 £475
90th Percentile £538 £500 £500
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £43.00
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £60.25 £26.27
% change year-on-year -53.53% +129.35% -28.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

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

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,032 2,578 3,272
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 95.38% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,250 1,820 2,318
10th Percentile £200 £231 £218
25th Percentile £356 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 43 50
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.83 £15.61
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.38 £18.23
Median hourly rate £24.29 £21.75 £29.93
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% -27.32% -20.20%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.79 £47.99
90th Percentile £66.00 £68.50 £55.86
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Business Analyst in Scotland

Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Business Analyst in Scotland

Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Business Analyst in Scotland

Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Business Analyst in Scotland

Business Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +6 46 £450 +7.14% 3
Glasgow +1 30 £418 -4.57% 2
West Lothian +3 6 £413 -
Perthshire +3 3 £488 -2.50%
Lanarkshire +4 2 £456 -1.08%
Perth and Kinross +2 1 £525 -
Aberdeen +1 1 - - 1
Renfrewshire +1 1 - -
Business Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 Scotland region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 45 (45.92%) Business Analysis
2 36 (36.73%) Agile
3 32 (32.65%) Social Skills
4 27 (27.55%) Public Sector
5 23 (23.47%) Finance
6 19 (19.39%) User Stories
6 19 (19.39%) Requirements Gathering
7 18 (18.37%) Roadmaps
8 17 (17.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (13.27%) Workshop Facilitation
10 13 (13.27%) Scrum
10 13 (13.27%) ERP
10 13 (13.27%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (11.22%) Epics
12 10 (10.20%) Process Improvement
12 10 (10.20%) Project Management
12 10 (10.20%) Banking
13 9 (9.18%) Use Case
13 9 (9.18%) Value Proposition
13 9 (9.18%) Acceptance Criteria
13 9 (9.18%) Service Design
14 8 (8.16%) User Experience
14 8 (8.16%) Stakeholder Identification
14 8 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (8.16%) Impact Assessments
14 8 (8.16%) Story Mapping
14 8 (8.16%) Data Protection
14 8 (8.16%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (8.16%) Change Management

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 (4.08%) Confluence
2 1 (1.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.06%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.14%) Azure
2 4 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.04%) IBM Blueworks
4 1 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.02%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.06%) NoSQL
1 3 (3.06%) RDBMS
1 3 (3.06%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (6.12%) JIRA
General
1 32 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 27 (27.55%) Public Sector
3 23 (23.47%) Finance
4 14 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (10.20%) Banking
6 6 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (5.10%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.06%) Legal
8 3 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.04%) Billing
9 2 (2.04%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.02%) Marketing
10 1 (1.02%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.16%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (5.10%) Wiki
3 3 (3.06%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.02%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.02%) NHS
5 1 (1.02%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.02%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.02%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (45.92%) Business Analysis
2 36 (36.73%) Agile
3 19 (19.39%) Requirements Gathering
3 19 (19.39%) User Stories
4 18 (18.37%) Roadmaps
5 17 (17.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (13.27%) ERP
6 13 (13.27%) Scrum
6 13 (13.27%) User Acceptance Testing
6 13 (13.27%) Workshop Facilitation
7 11 (11.22%) Epics
8 10 (10.20%) Process Improvement
8 10 (10.20%) Project Management
9 9 (9.18%) Acceptance Criteria
9 9 (9.18%) Service Design
9 9 (9.18%) Use Case
9 9 (9.18%) Value Proposition
10 8 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (8.16%) Stakeholder Identification
10 8 (8.16%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (5.10%) ACCA
1 5 (5.10%) CIMA
2 4 (4.08%) Degree
3 2 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.02%) IIBA
4 1 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.08%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (2.04%) QA
3 1 (1.02%) Basel III
3 1 (1.02%) COREP
3 1 (1.02%) FINREP
3 1 (1.02%) IFRS
3 1 (1.02%) IFRS 9
3 1 (1.02%) PMO
3 1 (1.02%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (1.02%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.02%) VMware NSX
1 1 (1.02%) vSphere
Vendors
1 8 (8.16%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.14%) Oracle
3 6 (6.12%) Cadence
4 3 (3.06%) IFS
5 2 (2.04%) Ariba
5 2 (2.04%) CA
5 2 (2.04%) SAP
5 2 (2.04%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.02%) Cisco
6 1 (1.02%) Dell
6 1 (1.02%) Google
6 1 (1.02%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.02%) Splunk
6 1 (1.02%) VMware