Analyst Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 96 101 129
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 13.71% 16.11% 15.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.70% 17.32% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 52 66
10th Percentile £284 £319 £200
25th Percentile £353 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £428 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -10.00% +18.75%
75th Percentile £470 £493 £525
90th Percentile £551 £525 £556
Scotland median daily rate £415 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.35% - +2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile - £16.83 -
25th Percentile - £17.93 -
Median hourly rate £17.23 £23.36 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -26.23% +27.85% -
75th Percentile £24.37 £29.86 -
90th Percentile £28.65 £32.52 -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.23 £19.37 £15.42
% change year-on-year -11.03% +25.58% +1.15%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

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

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 653 583 779
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 92.98% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 327 446
10th Percentile £250 £210 £200
25th Percentile £406 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £553 £539 £575
90th Percentile £645 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 25 54
10th Percentile £20.60 £17.30 £16.08
25th Percentile £50.00 £18.54 £17.79
Median hourly rate £61.00 £23.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +165.22% -54.00% +135.18%
75th Percentile £73.50 £24.66 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £41.19 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £21.90 £21.80 £33.25
% change year-on-year +0.48% -34.45% +43.44%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 26 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Edinburgh

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 26 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Edinburgh

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 26 April 2026, Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (28.13%) Agile
2 26 (27.08%) SQL
3 22 (22.92%) Azure
4 21 (21.88%) Data Quality
5 20 (20.83%) Power Platform
6 18 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (18.75%) Data Analysis
7 17 (17.71%) Business Analysis
7 17 (17.71%) Power BI
7 17 (17.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
9 14 (14.58%) Project Management
10 13 (13.54%) Microsoft
10 13 (13.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (12.50%) DevOps
12 11 (11.46%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (11.46%) Change Management
12 11 (11.46%) Data Protection
12 11 (11.46%) Decision-Making
12 11 (11.46%) User Stories
13 10 (10.42%) Risk Management
13 10 (10.42%) Workshop Facilitation
14 9 (9.38%) Analytics
14 9 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
14 9 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
14 9 (9.38%) Validation
15 8 (8.33%) AWS
15 8 (8.33%) Data Modelling

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.04%) Confluence
2 1 (1.04%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.92%) Azure
2 20 (20.83%) Power Platform
3 11 (11.46%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (8.33%) AWS
4 8 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.33%) Power Automate
5 7 (7.29%) Snowflake
6 4 (4.17%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.08%) GCP
7 2 (2.08%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.04%) OCI
8 1 (1.04%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.08%) DNS
1 2 (2.08%) VPN
1 2 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.04%) Firewall
2 1 (1.04%) Internet
2 1 (1.04%) Intranet
2 1 (1.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (17.71%) Power BI
2 3 (3.13%) Tableau
3 2 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.08%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (2.08%) Metadata
3 2 (2.08%) Power Query
3 2 (2.08%) Tick Data
4 1 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.04%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (1.04%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.04%) QlikView
4 1 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.21%) JIRA
2 3 (3.13%) GitLab
3 2 (2.08%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.04%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.04%) Selenium
4 1 (1.04%) Zephyr
General
1 32 (33.33%) Finance
2 27 (28.13%) Social Skills
3 17 (17.71%) Public Sector
4 16 (16.67%) Banking
5 14 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (9.38%) Retail Banking
7 5 (5.21%) Corporate Banking
7 5 (5.21%) Investment Banking
7 5 (5.21%) Retail
8 4 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.08%) Italian Language
10 2 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Front Office
11 1 (1.04%) Legal
11 1 (1.04%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.04%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (7.29%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.29%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.21%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (5.21%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.13%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.08%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.08%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.04%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.04%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.04%) Derivative
7 1 (1.04%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.04%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.04%) OTC Derivatives
7 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.04%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.17%) Windows
2 2 (2.08%) Android
2 2 (2.08%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.08%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.04%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.13%) Agile
2 18 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (18.75%) Data Analysis
3 17 (17.71%) Business Analysis
3 17 (17.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 16 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (14.58%) Project Management
6 13 (13.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (12.50%) DevOps
8 11 (11.46%) Change Management
8 11 (11.46%) Data Protection
8 11 (11.46%) Decision-Making
8 11 (11.46%) User Stories
9 10 (10.42%) Risk Management
9 10 (10.42%) Workshop Facilitation
10 9 (9.38%) Analytics
10 9 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (9.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.08%) SQL
2 5 (5.21%) Python
3 2 (2.08%) C#
3 2 (2.08%) C++
3 2 (2.08%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.04%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (5.21%) Degree
2 3 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.08%) ISEB
3 2 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (2.08%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.04%) CBAP
4 1 (1.04%) CEH
4 1 (1.04%) CISSP
4 1 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.04%) PhD
4 1 (1.04%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (21.88%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.25%) QA
3 4 (4.17%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (4.17%) PMO
4 2 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.08%) GRC
5 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.04%) CASB
Vendors
1 13 (13.54%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.17%) Oracle
3 3 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.08%) Calypso
4 2 (2.08%) Citrix
4 2 (2.08%) Pega
4 2 (2.08%) Splunk
4 2 (2.08%) Tenable
5 1 (1.04%) RIMES
5 1 (1.04%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.04%) SAP
5 1 (1.04%) Zscaler