Business Analysis Jobs in Scotland

Business Analysis
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Business Analysis skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Business Analysis over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 129 132
Rank change year-on-year -34 +3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 127 95 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.89% 2.08% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 2.20% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 30 41 94
10th Percentile £30,525 £39,500 £36,274
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £41,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,237 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.75% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £56,193 £70,600 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,658 £75,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Business Analysis is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,192 4,310 5,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.23% 94.31% 91.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,403 2,153 2,812
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,297 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,250 £42,000 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Business Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Business Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analysis in Scotland

Business Analysis
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -75 67 £42,500 -18.27% 2
Edinburgh +29 32 £53,750 -15.34% 4
Stirling +2 8 £49,500 +3.97% 1
West Lothian -3 5 - -
Aberdeen -9 5 £24,000 -66.01% 3
North Lanarkshire - 4 - -
Lanarkshire -5 2 - - 1
Business Analysis
UK

Business Analysis
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 21 (16.54%) Apache
2 15 (11.81%) Confluence
3 1 (0.79%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (5.51%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 41 (32.28%) AWS
2 6 (4.72%) SaaS
3 4 (3.15%) Miro
4 3 (2.36%) GCP
5 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.79%) Power BI
1 1 (0.79%) QlikView
1 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (18.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Bugzilla
General
1 67 (52.76%) Presentation Skills
2 62 (48.82%) Finance
3 56 (44.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 50 (39.37%) Law
4 50 (39.37%) Marketing
5 45 (35.43%) Social Skills
6 32 (25.20%) Public Sector
7 25 (19.69%) Banking
8 20 (15.75%) Financial Institution
8 20 (15.75%) Games
9 19 (14.96%) Investment Banking
10 11 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.57%) Publishing
13 1 (0.79%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 65 (51.18%) Analyst
2 57 (44.88%) Business Analyst
3 21 (16.54%) Software Engineering Director
3 21 (16.54%) Technology Director
4 20 (15.75%) Principal Engineer
4 20 (15.75%) Principal Software Engineer
4 20 (15.75%) Software Engineer
5 15 (11.81%) AWS Engineer
5 15 (11.81%) AWS Software Engineer
5 15 (11.81%) Python Engineer
5 15 (11.81%) Python Software Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Principal Modelling Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Senior
8 7 (5.51%) Market Risk Analyst
8 7 (5.51%) Market Risk Business Analyst
8 7 (5.51%) Risk Analyst
8 7 (5.51%) Risk Business Analyst
9 6 (4.72%) Developer
10 5 (3.94%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (3.94%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (16.54%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (3.94%) GraphQL
2 5 (3.94%) Node.js
2 5 (3.94%) React
2 5 (3.94%) WebGL
3 1 (0.79%) .NET
3 1 (0.79%) CSS
3 1 (0.79%) HTML
3 1 (0.79%) JSON
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 41 (32.28%) Cloud Native
2 28 (22.05%) Product Ownership
3 21 (16.54%) Taxonomies
4 7 (5.51%) Market Risk
5 5 (3.94%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.15%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.57%) PMI
8 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (46.46%) Agile
2 49 (38.58%) Data Analysis
2 49 (38.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (37.80%) Software Engineering
4 46 (36.22%) Use Case
5 44 (34.65%) Analytics
6 41 (32.28%) Machine Learning
7 26 (20.47%) Data Modelling
8 25 (19.69%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 24 (18.90%) Requirements Gathering
9 24 (18.90%) SDLC
10 23 (18.11%) Business Case
10 23 (18.11%) Computer Science
10 23 (18.11%) Impact Assessments
11 22 (17.32%) Programme Management
12 21 (16.54%) CI/CD
12 21 (16.54%) Data Pipeline
12 21 (16.54%) ETL
12 21 (16.54%) Product Management
12 21 (16.54%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 36 (28.35%) Python
2 5 (3.94%) GLSL
2 5 (3.94%) TypeScript
3 3 (2.36%) SQL
4 1 (0.79%) C#
4 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (18.11%) Degree
2 13 (10.24%) SC Cleared
2 13 (10.24%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.57%) HND
3 2 (1.57%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.57%) PMP
4 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.79%) CBAP
4 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.51%) QA
2 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 21 (16.54%) Databricks
2 3 (2.36%) Anaplan
3 2 (1.57%) Oracle
4 1 (0.79%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.79%) Splunk