The first table below looks at the demand for Data Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Analysis over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Analysis
Rank 83 86 45
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -41
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 9 7 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.851% 0.522% 4.150%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.144% 0.725% 5.246%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 31
Average salary £47,500 £33,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.74% -3.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,200 £27,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
787 965 1220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 74.46% 72.01% 79.12%
Number of salaries quoted 463 681 859
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,700 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Data Analysis
Scotland

Data Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Data Analysis across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh Data Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Data Analysis
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Data Analysis across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Data Analysis Salary Trend

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Data Analysis across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Edinburgh Data Analysis Salary Histogram

Data Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Data Analysis also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Data Analysis.

1 17 (65.38%) Banking
2 11 (42.31%) Business Analysis
2 11 (42.31%) Use Case
3 10 (38.46%) Finance
4 7 (26.92%) UML
4 7 (26.92%) ISEB
4 7 (26.92%) Fundtech
4 7 (26.92%) FATCA
4 7 (26.92%) SWIFT
5 5 (19.23%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (19.23%) SAS
6 4 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (15.38%) Change Management
6 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
6 4 (15.38%) Front Office
6 4 (15.38%) Six Sigma
6 4 (15.38%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 4 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
6 4 (15.38%) Investment Banking
6 4 (15.38%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (15.38%) Investment Management
6 4 (15.38%) Credit Risk
7 3 (11.54%) Performance Management
7 3 (11.54%) Retail
7 3 (11.54%) Degree
7 3 (11.54%) Legal
7 3 (11.54%) Data Modelling
7 3 (11.54%) SQL
8 2 (7.692%) Business Objects
8 2 (7.692%) Python

Data Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Data Analysis also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Data Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.846%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.846%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.846%) MS Access
General
1 17 (65.38%) Banking
2 10 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Investment Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Front Office
4 3 (11.54%) Retail
4 3 (11.54%) Legal
5 2 (7.692%) Wholesale Banking
5 2 (7.692%) Retail Banking
5 2 (7.692%) Marketing
6 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.846%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Analyst
2 11 (42.31%) Business Analyst
3 7 (26.92%) Banking Business Analyst
3 7 (26.92%) Payments Business Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Lead Business Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Risk Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Senior Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Systems Manager
5 2 (7.692%) Data Analyst
5 2 (7.692%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Test Development Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Data Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Service Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.846%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) SWIFT
2 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.846%) FMCG
3 1 (3.846%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Business Analysis
1 11 (42.31%) Use Case
2 7 (26.92%) UML
3 5 (19.23%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (15.38%) Investment Management
4 4 (15.38%) Change Management
4 4 (15.38%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 4 (15.38%) Six Sigma
4 4 (15.38%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) Data Modelling
5 3 (11.54%) Performance Management
6 2 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.692%) Analytics
6 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.846%) Marketing Intelligence
7 1 (3.846%) CRM
7 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.846%) Econometrics
7 1 (3.846%) Data Management
7 1 (3.846%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (7.692%) Python
2 2 (7.692%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) ISEB
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 1 (3.846%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) FATCA
2 1 (3.846%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Fundtech
2 2 (7.692%) Business Objects
2 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
Edinburgh, Midlothian
I have been tasked with an immediate requirement for a number of Data Project Analysts for fixed term contracts, in the central belt of Scotland. The role would...
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Posted: 8 May 2013