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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 124 130
Rank change year-on-year -60 +6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Business Analysis 95 95 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.38% 2.21% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 2.33% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 29 39 103
10th Percentile £29,800 £38,563 £36,331
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,347 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.37% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £60,188
90th Percentile £63,116 £70,600 £69,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 6,184 4,076 5,728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.82% 94.61% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,548 2,038 2,896
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -86 54 £42,500 -18.27% 4
Edinburgh +21 28 £52,500 -16.00% 7
Aberdeen -8 5 £24,000 -66.01% 1
Stirling -2 3 £49,500 +3.97%
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 15 (15.79%) Apache
2 12 (12.63%) Confluence
3 1 (1.05%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (8.42%) MS Visio
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (36.84%) AWS
2 4 (4.21%) Miro
2 4 (4.21%) SaaS
3 3 (3.16%) GCP
4 1 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.05%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.05%) Power BI
1 1 (1.05%) QlikView
1 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.05%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (22.11%) JIRA
2 1 (1.05%) Bugzilla
General
1 52 (54.74%) Finance
2 44 (46.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 40 (42.11%) Law
3 40 (42.11%) Marketing
3 40 (42.11%) Presentation Skills
4 25 (26.32%) Banking
5 20 (21.05%) Financial Institution
5 20 (21.05%) Games
6 19 (20.00%) Investment Banking
6 19 (20.00%) Social Skills
7 11 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (11.58%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.11%) Publishing
10 1 (1.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 41 (43.16%) Analyst
2 33 (34.74%) Business Analyst
3 20 (21.05%) Principal Engineer
3 20 (21.05%) Principal Software Engineer
3 20 (21.05%) Software Engineer
4 15 (15.79%) AWS Engineer
4 15 (15.79%) AWS Software Engineer
4 15 (15.79%) Python Engineer
4 15 (15.79%) Python Software Engineer
4 15 (15.79%) Software Engineering Director
4 15 (15.79%) Technology Director
5 10 (10.53%) Principal Modelling Engineer
6 9 (9.47%) Senior
7 6 (6.32%) Developer
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (6.32%) Senior Business Analyst
8 5 (5.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 4 (4.21%) Systems Analyst
10 3 (3.16%) Graduate
10 3 (3.16%) Market Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (15.79%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (5.26%) GraphQL
2 5 (5.26%) Node.js
2 5 (5.26%) React
2 5 (5.26%) WebGL
3 1 (1.05%) .NET
3 1 (1.05%) CSS
3 1 (1.05%) HTML
3 1 (1.05%) JSON
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 35 (36.84%) Cloud Native
2 20 (21.05%) Product Ownership
3 15 (15.79%) Taxonomies
4 5 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.21%) Driving Licence
6 3 (3.16%) Market Risk
7 2 (2.11%) PMI
8 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (57.89%) Agile
2 40 (42.11%) Use Case
3 39 (41.05%) Data Analysis
4 38 (40.00%) Analytics
4 38 (40.00%) Software Engineering
5 35 (36.84%) Machine Learning
6 24 (25.26%) Requirements Gathering
6 24 (25.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (24.21%) Computer Science
8 22 (23.16%) SDLC
9 20 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
9 20 (21.05%) Coaching
9 20 (21.05%) Data Modelling
9 20 (21.05%) Data Science
9 20 (21.05%) Mathematics
9 20 (21.05%) Operational Stability
10 19 (20.00%) Asset Management
11 16 (16.84%) Workshop Facilitation
12 15 (15.79%) Decision-Making
12 15 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 30 (31.58%) Python
2 5 (5.26%) GLSL
2 5 (5.26%) TypeScript
3 3 (3.16%) SQL
4 1 (1.05%) C#
4 1 (1.05%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.05%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (20.00%) Degree
2 13 (13.68%) SC Cleared
2 13 (13.68%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.11%) HND
3 2 (2.11%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.11%) PMP
4 1 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.05%) CBAP
4 1 (1.05%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.37%) QA
2 1 (1.05%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (1.05%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 15 (15.79%) Databricks
2 3 (3.16%) Anaplan
3 2 (2.11%) Oracle
4 1 (1.05%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.05%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.05%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.05%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.05%) Splunk