Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh

Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 9 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 129 186 332
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 15.95% 14.42% 17.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.71% 15.09% 17.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 125 229
10th Percentile £200 £149 £150
25th Percentile £409 £200 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £525 £438 £448
90th Percentile £555 £488 £496
Scotland median daily rate £418 £418 £400
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.34
Median hourly rate £18.27 - £11.59
75th Percentile - - £11.83
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.42 £15.25 £14.08
% change year-on-year +1.15% +8.27% -62.45%

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 772 1,233 1,868
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.58% 96.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 880 1,282
10th Percentile £204 £249 £230
25th Percentile £404 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £542 £555
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 13 23
10th Percentile £16.10 £14.07 £11.98
25th Percentile £17.86 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -1.12% -62.61%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £64.90 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £33.25 £23.86 £25.55
% change year-on-year +39.35% -6.60% -36.14%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Edinburgh

Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Edinburgh

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Edinburgh

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 54 (41.86%) Public Sector
2 47 (36.43%) Social Skills
3 39 (30.23%) Finance
4 33 (25.58%) Business Analysis
5 31 (24.03%) Agile
6 26 (20.16%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (19.38%) Microsoft
8 22 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
9 18 (13.95%) Oracle
9 18 (13.95%) User Stories
10 17 (13.18%) Microsoft Excel
10 17 (13.18%) Banking
11 16 (12.40%) Disclosure Scotland
12 15 (11.63%) Roadmaps
12 15 (11.63%) Management Information System
12 15 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (11.63%) User Acceptance Testing
13 14 (10.85%) Use Case
13 14 (10.85%) Workshop Facilitation
14 13 (10.08%) Requirements Gathering
15 12 (9.30%) Customer Service
15 12 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
16 11 (8.53%) Incident Management
16 11 (8.53%) Value Proposition
17 10 (7.75%) Privileged Access Management
17 10 (7.75%) Impact Analysis
17 10 (7.75%) Business Impact Analysis
17 10 (7.75%) Impact Assessments
17 10 (7.75%) Information Security
17 10 (7.75%) Data Protection

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 (3.10%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.33%) Confluence
3 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.78%) Apache
4 1 (0.78%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.78%) IIS
4 1 (0.78%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.78%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (13.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (2.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.55%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (1.55%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.55%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.98%) OCI
2 8 (6.20%) AWS
3 6 (4.65%) Azure
3 6 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (3.88%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.10%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.33%) SaaS
7 2 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.55%) IaaS
7 2 (1.55%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.55%) PaaS
8 1 (0.78%) GCP
8 1 (0.78%) IBM Blueworks
8 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) BIG-IP
1 1 (0.78%) DNS
1 1 (0.78%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (0.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (0.78%) Internet
1 1 (0.78%) Network Security
1 1 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (0.78%) SAN
1 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.88%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (3.88%) Power BI
2 2 (1.55%) Data Mining
2 2 (1.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (1.55%) Tableau
3 1 (0.78%) Big Data
3 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.78%) Power Query
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (7.75%) JIRA
2 2 (1.55%) Cucumber
2 2 (1.55%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.55%) ER Studio
2 2 (1.55%) ERwin
2 2 (1.55%) Git
2 2 (1.55%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.55%) Selenium
2 2 (1.55%) Subversion
2 2 (1.55%) TeamCity
2 2 (1.55%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.78%) SilkCentral
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 54 (41.86%) Public Sector
2 47 (36.43%) Social Skills
3 39 (30.23%) Finance
4 22 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (13.18%) Banking
6 7 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.55%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.55%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.55%) Legal
8 2 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.55%) Retail
8 2 (1.55%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.78%) Billing
9 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.10%) SailPoint
3 3 (2.33%) .NET
4 2 (1.55%) XML
5 1 (0.78%) Middleware
5 1 (0.78%) Web Services
5 1 (0.78%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.63%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.75%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.10%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.55%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.55%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.55%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.78%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.78%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.78%) NHS
6 1 (0.78%) PKI
6 1 (0.78%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.78%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.33%) Windows
2 2 (1.55%) Android
2 2 (1.55%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.55%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.78%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (25.58%) Business Analysis
2 31 (24.03%) Agile
3 26 (20.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (13.95%) User Stories
5 15 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (11.63%) Roadmaps
5 15 (11.63%) User Acceptance Testing
6 14 (10.85%) Use Case
6 14 (10.85%) Workshop Facilitation
7 13 (10.08%) Requirements Gathering
8 12 (9.30%) Customer Service
8 12 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.53%) Incident Management
9 11 (8.53%) Value Proposition
10 10 (7.75%) Business Impact Analysis
10 10 (7.75%) Data Protection
10 10 (7.75%) Impact Analysis
10 10 (7.75%) Impact Assessments
10 10 (7.75%) Information Security
10 10 (7.75%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.43%) SQL
2 3 (2.33%) Java
3 2 (1.55%) C#
3 2 (1.55%) C++
3 2 (1.55%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.55%) Shell Script
3 2 (1.55%) VBA
3 2 (1.55%) VBScript
4 1 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.78%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.78%) Python
4 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (4.65%) Degree
2 4 (3.10%) ISTQB
3 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.55%) IIBA
4 2 (1.55%) ISEB
4 2 (1.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (1.55%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.40%) Disclosure Scotland
2 10 (7.75%) QA
3 9 (6.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 9 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.55%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.55%) PMO
4 2 (1.55%) SLA
5 1 (0.78%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 8 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.55%) Docker
3 1 (0.78%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.78%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.55%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.55%) SCCM
1 2 (1.55%) Terraform
2 1 (0.78%) Ansible
2 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.95%) Oracle
3 6 (4.65%) Cadence
4 4 (3.10%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.55%) Google
5 2 (1.55%) IDERA
5 2 (1.55%) Informatica
5 2 (1.55%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.55%) Splunk
6 1 (0.78%) Apple
6 1 (0.78%) CA
6 1 (0.78%) Cisco
6 1 (0.78%) Dell
6 1 (0.78%) F5
6 1 (0.78%) Mitel
6 1 (0.78%) Okta
6 1 (0.78%) VMware
61 Analyst jobs in Scotland