Data Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Data Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Data Analyst salary in Scotland is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 166 157
Rank change year-on-year -93 -9 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 24 57 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.36% 1.19% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 1.32% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 17 28 46
10th Percentile - £32,664 £31,125
25th Percentile £46,306 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,250 £37,750
Median % change year-on-year +30.18% +11.92% +7.86%
75th Percentile £57,500 £46,938 £43,750
90th Percentile £61,745 £48,965 £51,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,411 4,330 5,456
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 90.40% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,601 2,357 2,938
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,569 £28,209
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,853 £65,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in Scotland

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in Scotland.

Salary trend for Data Analyst in Scotland

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in Scotland

Data Analyst
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Edinburgh +25 18 £55,000 +27.91%
North Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Aberdeen -8 1 - - 1
Glasgow -124 1 £27,500 -24.68% 4
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Data Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Data 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 Scotland region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (83.33%) Power BI
1 20 (83.33%) Power Platform
2 18 (75.00%) Analytics
3 17 (70.83%) SQL
4 15 (62.50%) Visualisation
5 14 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
7 9 (37.50%) Python
8 8 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
8 8 (33.33%) Tableau
9 7 (29.17%) Data Analytics
10 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (25.00%) GCP
10 6 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
10 6 (25.00%) Data Governance
10 6 (25.00%) Machine Learning
10 6 (25.00%) Data Science
10 6 (25.00%) Agile
10 6 (25.00%) Finance
10 6 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (25.00%) Google
11 5 (20.83%) Banking
12 3 (12.50%) PowerApps
12 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
12 3 (12.50%) Meraki
12 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
12 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
13 2 (8.33%) Use Case
13 2 (8.33%) Data Architecture

Data Analyst Skill Set
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 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (83.33%) Power Platform
2 6 (25.00%) GCP
3 3 (12.50%) PowerApps
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (83.33%) Power BI
2 8 (33.33%) Tableau
3 6 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.17%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (25.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.83%) Banking
3 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Analytics
2 15 (62.50%) Visualisation
3 14 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (29.17%) Data Analytics
6 6 (25.00%) Agile
6 6 (25.00%) Data Governance
6 6 (25.00%) Data Science
6 6 (25.00%) Machine Learning
6 6 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
7 3 (12.50%) Data Analysis
7 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
8 2 (8.33%) Data Deduplication
8 2 (8.33%) Data Governance Strategy
8 2 (8.33%) Data Management
8 2 (8.33%) Data Privacy
8 2 (8.33%) Data Security
8 2 (8.33%) Migration
8 2 (8.33%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (70.83%) SQL
2 9 (37.50%) Python
3 1 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Google
2 3 (12.50%) Meraki
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Atlassian