The first table below looks at the demand for the Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Analyst
Rank 7 7 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 572 592 681
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 17.42% 17.35% 19.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.35% 18.42% 20.33%
Number of salaries quoted 324 438 505
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3117 3214 3349
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.94% 94.20% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1961 2317 2518
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Analyst
UK

Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Analyst across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Analyst Salary Trend

Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Analyst across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Scotland Analyst Salary Histogram

Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh 0 236 £32,500 -9.72% 39
Glasgow +3 213 £35,000 +4.47% 31
Aberdeen -7 57 £40,000 +2.56% 13
West Lothian -12 12 - - 1
Stirling +5 11 £41,500 +19.42% 3
Dumfries and Galloway +2 6 - -
Fife -1 6 £24,000 -20.00% 2
Renfrewshire +13 4 £30,000 +15.94%
Dundee -7 2 £33,750 +12.50% 1
Midlothian - 2 - -
Perth and Kinross +2 1 £45,000 +2.27%
Moray +1 1 - -
North Lanarkshire 0 1 £35,000 +57.30%
Highlands -7 1 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 £24,500 -
Analyst
UK

Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Analyst in their job title 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 with Analyst in their job title.

1 417 (39.01%) Finance
2 334 (31.24%) SQL
3 214 (20.02%) Oracle
4 177 (16.56%) Microsoft
5 174 (16.28%) Degree
6 167 (15.62%) SQL Server
7 165 (15.43%) Business Analysis
8 163 (15.25%) Banking
9 154 (14.41%) Windows
10 153 (14.31%) MS Excel
11 147 (13.75%) Java
12 139 (13.00%) .NET
13 128 (11.97%) UNIX
14 121 (11.32%) ITIL
15 116 (10.85%) ISEB
16 108 (10.10%) MS Office
17 97 (9.074%) C#
18 83 (7.764%) Linux
19 73 (6.829%) Stakeholder Management
20 68 (6.361%) Project Management
21 65 (6.080%) Active Directory
22 62 (5.800%) Business Intelligence
23 59 (5.519%) ERP
23 59 (5.519%) Investment Banking
24 58 (5.426%) SAS
25 56 (5.239%) Data Warehouse
26 54 (5.051%) UML
27 51 (4.771%) Agile Software Development
27 51 (4.771%) User Acceptance Testing
28 50 (4.677%) Management Information System

Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Analyst in their job title 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 with Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 139 (13.00%) .NET
2 43 (4.022%) ASP.NET
3 35 (3.274%) XML
4 32 (2.993%) WebSphere
5 28 (2.619%) Web Services
6 26 (2.432%) HTML
7 21 (1.964%) .NET Framework
8 19 (1.777%) SAP Basis
9 17 (1.590%) CSS
10 13 (1.216%) J2EE
10 13 (1.216%) ASP
11 11 (1.029%) XSLT
12 8 (0.748%) jQuery
13 6 (0.561%) CGI
13 6 (0.561%) XHTML
13 6 (0.561%) SAP XI
13 6 (0.561%) SAP ALE
14 5 (0.468%) COM
14 5 (0.468%) AppFabric
15 4 (0.374%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 58 (5.426%) SAS
2 29 (2.713%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.619%) MS Exchange
3 28 (2.619%) IIS
4 20 (1.871%) IBM Notes
5 15 (1.403%) Apache
6 13 (1.216%) Exchange Server 2010
7 12 (1.123%) WebSphere Application Server
8 11 (1.029%) Exchange Server 2007
9 10 (0.935%) SharePoint 2010
10 9 (0.842%) Exchange Server 2003
10 9 (0.842%) BizTalk Server
11 8 (0.748%) Tomcat
12 7 (0.655%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 6 (0.561%) NetWeaver
14 5 (0.468%) IBM HTTP Server
14 5 (0.468%) WebSphere Portal
15 4 (0.374%) Lync
15 4 (0.374%) WebSphere Process Server
15 4 (0.374%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 153 (14.31%) MS Excel
2 108 (10.10%) MS Office
3 43 (4.022%) MS PowerPoint
4 29 (2.713%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.123%) MS Project
6 9 (0.842%) SPSS
7 7 (0.655%) Windchill
8 5 (0.468%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.187%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.094%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 15 (1.403%) Oracle EBS R12
2 14 (1.310%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.029%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.935%) BusinessWorks
4 10 (0.935%) Endur
4 10 (0.935%) Dynamics AX
5 8 (0.748%) Oracle Applications
6 7 (0.655%) SAP HCM
7 6 (0.561%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 6 (0.561%) Oracle 11i
7 6 (0.561%) SAP HR
7 6 (0.561%) SAP SD
8 5 (0.468%) Maximo
9 4 (0.374%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.281%) SAP R/3
10 3 (0.281%) Temenos T24
10 3 (0.281%) MFGPRO
10 3 (0.281%) SAP GTS
11 2 (0.187%) JDE World
11 2 (0.187%) GoldMine
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.245%) Firewall
2 18 (1.684%) SAN
3 15 (1.403%) DNS
4 14 (1.310%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.310%) Broadband
5 13 (1.216%) LAN
5 13 (1.216%) Unified Communications
6 11 (1.029%) WAN
7 10 (0.935%) DHCP
7 10 (0.935%) Internet
8 8 (0.748%) NAS
9 7 (0.655%) ATM
9 7 (0.655%) HTTP
10 6 (0.561%) Intranet
10 6 (0.561%) VoIP
11 4 (0.374%) VPN
11 4 (0.374%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.374%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.281%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (0.281%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (15.62%) SQL Server
2 56 (5.239%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (3.648%) MS Access
4 26 (2.432%) Data Mining
5 21 (1.964%) SQL Server 2008
6 19 (1.777%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (1.684%) Oracle Reports
8 17 (1.590%) Crystal Reports
8 17 (1.590%) RDBMS
9 16 (1.497%) SQL Server 2005
10 15 (1.403%) Oracle BI EE
11 12 (1.123%) Oracle 10g
11 12 (1.123%) Oracle 8/8i
11 12 (1.123%) MySQL
12 11 (1.029%) Oracle 11g
13 9 (0.842%) GIS
13 9 (0.842%) DB2
14 7 (0.655%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.561%) Oracle Discoverer
16 5 (0.468%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 25 (2.339%) Visual Studio
1 25 (2.339%) QuickTest Pro
2 15 (1.403%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (1.216%) Selenium
4 9 (0.842%) JUnit
5 6 (0.561%) StarTeam
6 5 (0.468%) LoadRunner
6 5 (0.468%) TestDirector
7 4 (0.374%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.374%) JIRA
8 3 (0.281%) Subversion
8 3 (0.281%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.187%) Maven
9 2 (0.187%) JBehave
9 2 (0.187%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.187%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.187%) Hudson
10 1 (0.094%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.094%) Firebug
10 1 (0.094%) ChangeMan
General
1 417 (39.01%) Finance
2 163 (15.25%) Banking
3 59 (5.519%) Investment Banking
4 35 (3.274%) Retail
5 17 (1.590%) Financial Institution
6 16 (1.497%) Retail Banking
7 15 (1.403%) Front Office
8 14 (1.310%) Manufacturing
9 13 (1.216%) Marketing
10 12 (1.123%) Legal
11 10 (0.935%) Aerospace
11 10 (0.935%) Advertising
12 9 (0.842%) Back Office
12 9 (0.842%) Private Banking
13 8 (0.748%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.468%) Dutch Language
14 5 (0.468%) German Language
15 4 (0.374%) Billing
16 3 (0.281%) French Language
16 3 (0.281%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.677%) Management Information System
2 29 (2.713%) Credit Risk
3 17 (1.590%) Mainframe
3 17 (1.590%) Computer Science
4 16 (1.497%) Equities
5 15 (1.403%) Blackberry
6 14 (1.310%) Derivative
7 13 (1.216%) Mathematics
8 10 (0.935%) Statistics
9 8 (0.748%) CMDB
9 8 (0.748%) SWIFT
10 7 (0.655%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.561%) Open Source
11 6 (0.561%) Fat Client
11 6 (0.561%) PMI
11 6 (0.561%) Thin Client
12 5 (0.468%) AS400
12 5 (0.468%) PDA
12 5 (0.468%) Equity Derivative
13 4 (0.374%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 154 (14.41%) Windows
2 128 (11.97%) UNIX
3 83 (7.764%) Linux
4 37 (3.461%) Windows Server 2008
5 30 (2.806%) Windows XP
6 29 (2.713%) Windows Server 2003
7 24 (2.245%) Windows 7
8 11 (1.029%) Solaris
9 6 (0.561%) AIX
9 6 (0.561%) Windows Vista
9 6 (0.561%) Android
9 6 (0.561%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.374%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.281%) zOS
11 3 (0.281%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.281%) Windows Mobile
12 2 (0.187%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.187%) Windows 2000
12 2 (0.187%) Debian
13 1 (0.094%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (15.43%) Business Analysis
2 121 (11.32%) ITIL
3 73 (6.829%) Stakeholder Management
4 68 (6.361%) Project Management
5 62 (5.800%) Business Intelligence
6 59 (5.519%) ERP
7 54 (5.051%) UML
8 51 (4.771%) Agile Software Development
8 51 (4.771%) User Acceptance Testing
9 47 (4.397%) Systems Analysis
10 42 (3.929%) ETL
10 42 (3.929%) Change Management
11 41 (3.835%) Data Analysis
11 41 (3.835%) Time Management
12 40 (3.742%) Asset Management
12 40 (3.742%) CRM
13 39 (3.648%) Investment Management
14 37 (3.461%) Incident Management
15 34 (3.181%) Data Modelling
16 32 (2.993%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 334 (31.24%) SQL
2 147 (13.75%) Java
3 97 (9.074%) C#
4 46 (4.303%) PL/SQL
5 35 (3.274%) JavaScript
6 27 (2.526%) Perl
7 26 (2.432%) VBA
8 25 (2.339%) Shell Script
9 19 (1.777%) VB
9 19 (1.777%) VB.NET
10 17 (1.590%) Python
11 16 (1.497%) C++
11 16 (1.497%) VBScript
12 11 (1.029%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.748%) ABAP
14 7 (0.655%) PHP
15 6 (0.561%) C
16 4 (0.374%) C-shell
16 4 (0.374%) Bash shell
17 3 (0.281%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 174 (16.28%) Degree
2 116 (10.85%) ISEB
3 31 (2.900%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (2.245%) ISTQB
5 22 (2.058%) ITIL Certification
6 18 (1.684%) ISEB Practitioner
7 16 (1.497%) CBAP
8 14 (1.310%) Security Cleared
8 14 (1.310%) CISSP
9 11 (1.029%) MCSE
9 11 (1.029%) SC Cleared
10 10 (0.935%) CEH
11 9 (0.842%) MCSA
12 7 (0.655%) MCP
12 7 (0.655%) CISM
12 7 (0.655%) MCITP
13 6 (0.561%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.561%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.468%) HND
14 5 (0.468%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.584%) QA
2 36 (3.368%) SLA
3 20 (1.871%) Basel II
4 15 (1.403%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (1.216%) Solvency II
6 9 (0.842%) FATCA
6 9 (0.842%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.468%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.374%) Basel III
8 4 (0.374%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.187%) GAAP
10 1 (0.094%) COBIT
System Software
1 65 (6.080%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.245%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.935%) vSphere
4 9 (0.842%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.561%) XenApp
5 6 (0.561%) Terminal Server
5 6 (0.561%) VMware ESX
6 3 (0.281%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (0.281%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.187%) NFS
7 2 (0.187%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.094%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.094%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.094%) Samba
8 1 (0.094%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 26 (2.432%) HP Quality Center
2 15 (1.403%) SCCM
3 13 (1.216%) SCOM
3 13 (1.216%) BMC PATROL
4 12 (1.123%) Tivoli
5 8 (0.748%) Backup Exec
6 5 (0.468%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.281%) WSUS
7 3 (0.281%) OpenView
8 2 (0.187%) Legato
8 2 (0.187%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (0.187%) WebInspect
8 2 (0.187%) Nagios
8 2 (0.187%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.187%) Ionix
9 1 (0.094%) Business Desktop Deployment
9 1 (0.094%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.094%) WMI
9 1 (0.094%) MOM
Vendors
1 214 (20.02%) Oracle
2 177 (16.56%) Microsoft
3 48 (4.490%) SAP
4 46 (4.303%) Business Objects
5 42 (3.929%) VMware
6 28 (2.619%) HP
7 22 (2.058%) Citrix
7 22 (2.058%) Sybase
7 22 (2.058%) Informatica
8 20 (1.871%) Lotus
9 18 (1.684%) TIBCO
10 17 (1.590%) EMC
11 14 (1.310%) Cognos
12 12 (1.123%) Symantec
13 11 (1.029%) Cisco
14 10 (0.935%) OpenLink
15 9 (0.842%) Bloomberg
15 9 (0.842%) NetApp
15 9 (0.842%) JD Edwards
16 8 (0.748%) IBM
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Business Analyst - Utilities - Scada - Telemetry£359pdMy client, a Global Consultancy Company, are looking for a Business Analyst to join them for a 6 month contract, based on client...
Salary: £300 - £359 per week
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
The role will be to provide Business Analysis for the integration of our clients' software with a number of different systems. You'll be required to define, manage...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
This will include advising colleagues on the appropriate use of project management and business analysis tools and techniques, assisting business areas with the development of project proposals as...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Great organisation in Edinburgh requires an experienced Business Analyst with SQL Server experience... The overall role: 1.Conduct interviews and workshops to gather and understand business processes and...
Fusion People
Salary: £40 per annum + plus benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
As a Senior Business Analyst you'll be required to define new system requirements, manage system enhancements and conduct UAT. You'll continuously work on system enhancements and...
Search Consultancy
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 29 May 2013
Stirling, Scotland
Huxley Associates
Posted: 28 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Fusion People
Salary: £40 per annum + plus benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Posted: 10 June 2013
Fife
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £DOE
Posted: 13 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £16000 - £18000 per annum + + Fantastic Benefits + Training
Posted: 4 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Salary: Benefits & Career Progression
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Salary: Benefits & Career Progression
Posted: 10 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Search Consultancy
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
FPSG Connect
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Cognitive Group
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare, Expenses
Posted: 7 June 2013
Scotland
Huxley Associates
Posted: 31 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Pension + Life Insurance
Posted: 17 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Harrington Boyd
Posted: 10 June 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £19,000 to £22,000 per annum + bonus + benefits (Inc. flexi-time)
Posted: 11 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35,000 - 42,000 + Bens
Posted: 12 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013