Analyst Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 92 84 145
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 15.59% 14.21% 16.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.23% 15.03% 16.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 45 81
10th Percentile £303 £193 £155
25th Percentile £405 £347 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - +1.80%
75th Percentile £528 £456 £488
90th Percentile £550 £540 £538
Scotland median daily rate £425 £400 £410
% change year-on-year +6.25% -2.38% -0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - £24.55 -
25th Percentile £17.23 £25.10 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.63 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.58% - -
75th Percentile £31.50 £31.76 -
90th Percentile £36.60 £33.28 -
Scotland median hourly rate £30.50 £19.59 £17.46
% change year-on-year +55.69% +12.20% +15.71%

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 534 559 859
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.51% 94.59% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 299 509
10th Percentile £261 £227 £206
25th Percentile £413 £396 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £568 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £650 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +2.78% -8.16% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 23 28
10th Percentile £17.43 £20.44 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.31 £22.36 £31.97
Median hourly rate £35.50 £24.00 £56.85
Median % change year-on-year +47.92% -57.78% +203.20%
75th Percentile £64.69 £24.18 £63.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £27.54 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +4.74% -48.89% +153.95%

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 7 January 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 7 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 7 January 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 23 (25.00%) Migration
2 21 (22.83%) Agile
2 21 (22.83%) SQL
3 20 (21.74%) Data Analysis
4 18 (19.57%) Microsoft Excel
5 17 (18.48%) Data Protection
6 16 (17.39%) Business Analysis
6 16 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (16.30%) Data Quality
8 13 (14.13%) Power Platform
8 13 (14.13%) Regulatory Compliance
9 12 (13.04%) Azure
9 12 (13.04%) Due Diligence
9 12 (13.04%) Fintech
9 12 (13.04%) Project Management
9 12 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (11.96%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (11.96%) Case Management
10 11 (11.96%) Digital Banking
10 11 (11.96%) Microsoft
10 11 (11.96%) Power BI
10 11 (11.96%) Scenario Testing
10 11 (11.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (9.78%) Decision-Making
11 9 (9.78%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (8.70%) Risk Management
12 8 (8.70%) Validation
13 7 (7.61%) Analytics
13 7 (7.61%) Collaborative Working
13 7 (7.61%) Cybersecurity

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 3 (3.26%) Confluence
1 3 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.09%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (19.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.13%) Power Platform
2 12 (13.04%) Azure
3 5 (5.43%) AWS
3 5 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.35%) Power Automate
4 4 (4.35%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.17%) GCP
5 2 (2.17%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.09%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.09%) Firewall
1 1 (1.09%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.96%) Power BI
2 4 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.26%) Tableau
4 2 (2.17%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.17%) Metadata
5 1 (1.09%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.09%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.09%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.09%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 6 (6.52%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) GitLab
2 1 (1.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 42 (45.65%) Finance
2 31 (33.70%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (33.70%) Banking
3 24 (26.09%) Social Skills
4 13 (14.13%) Public Sector
5 11 (11.96%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (6.52%) Retail Banking
7 3 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.09%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.09%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.09%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.17%) .NET
1 2 (2.17%) JSON
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.09%) Swagger
2 1 (1.09%) XML
2 1 (1.09%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.04%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (9.78%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 5 (5.43%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.35%) Freedom of Information
6 3 (3.26%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.26%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.17%) Derivative
8 1 (1.09%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.09%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.09%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.09%) Equities
8 1 (1.09%) Fixed Income
8 1 (1.09%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.09%) OTC Derivatives
8 1 (1.09%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (1.09%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.17%) Windows
2 1 (1.09%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.00%) Migration
2 21 (22.83%) Agile
3 20 (21.74%) Data Analysis
4 17 (18.48%) Data Protection
5 16 (17.39%) Business Analysis
5 16 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (14.13%) Regulatory Compliance
7 12 (13.04%) Due Diligence
7 12 (13.04%) Fintech
7 12 (13.04%) Project Management
7 12 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (11.96%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (11.96%) Case Management
8 11 (11.96%) Digital Banking
8 11 (11.96%) Scenario Testing
8 11 (11.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (9.78%) Decision-Making
9 9 (9.78%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (8.70%) Risk Management
10 8 (8.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 21 (22.83%) SQL
2 4 (4.35%) Python
3 1 (1.09%) C#
3 1 (1.09%) C++
3 1 (1.09%) COBOL
3 1 (1.09%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (5.43%) Degree
2 2 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.17%) HND
2 2 (2.17%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.09%) CEH
3 1 (1.09%) CISSP
3 1 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (1.09%) ISEB
3 1 (1.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (16.30%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.43%) GDPR
3 4 (4.35%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (4.35%) PMO
4 2 (2.17%) GRC
5 1 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.09%) QA
5 1 (1.09%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 11 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.35%) Oracle
3 3 (3.26%) SAP
4 2 (2.17%) Pega
4 2 (2.17%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.17%) Snow
5 1 (1.09%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.09%) Reuters
5 1 (1.09%) Salesforce