Business Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Business Analyst (BA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Business Analyst (BA) salary in Edinburgh is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 87 79
Rank change year-on-year -1 -8 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 18 46 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.13% 2.55% 3.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 2.69% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 7 26 69
10th Percentile £44,700 £41,875 £36,331
25th Percentile - £45,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +22.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £63,600 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £66,000 £70,600 £69,250
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% - +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,527 1,708 2,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 94.63% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,075 1,018 1,593
10th Percentile £32,600 £35,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,419 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%

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
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Business Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 Edinburgh region featuring Business Analyst in the job title.

1 13 (72.22%) Agile
2 12 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 11 (61.11%) Business Analysis
4 9 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (50.00%) User Stories
5 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (38.89%) JIRA
5 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
5 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
6 6 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
8 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (22.22%) Data Migration
8 4 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (22.22%) Migration
8 4 (22.22%) Finance
9 3 (16.67%) Degree
9 3 (16.67%) SaaS
9 3 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
10 2 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
10 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
10 2 (11.11%) Miro
10 2 (11.11%) User Research
10 2 (11.11%) Backlog Refinement
10 2 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 2 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
10 2 (11.11%) Business Process Modelling
10 2 (11.11%) Epics
10 2 (11.11%) Requirements Workshops
10 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team

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 2 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) SaaS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Miro
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) JIRA
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
1 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Law
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) ADO
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Agile
2 12 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 11 (61.11%) Business Analysis
4 9 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (50.00%) User Stories
5 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
8 4 (22.22%) Data Migration
8 4 (22.22%) Migration
8 4 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
10 2 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
10 2 (11.11%) Business Process Modelling
10 2 (11.11%) Epics
10 2 (11.11%) Requirements Workshops
10 2 (11.11%) Scrum
10 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 2 (11.11%) UML
10 2 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle
1 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
1 1 (5.56%) Splunk