Analyst Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 5 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 104 106 124
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 14.00% 16.80% 15.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.03% 18.06% 15.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 53 58
10th Percentile £331 £325 £200
25th Percentile £369 £409 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £430 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -9.47% +18.75%
75th Percentile £473 £510 £525
90th Percentile £578 £525 £550
Scotland median daily rate £421 £425 £415
% change year-on-year -1.06% +2.41% -2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
Median hourly rate £17.23 £23.36 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -26.23% +27.85% -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.61 £19.37 £12.75
% change year-on-year -14.23% +51.88% -12.07%

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 692 587 784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 93.03% 94.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 326 453
10th Percentile £338 £244 £200
25th Percentile £409 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £470
Median % change year-on-year - -1.60% -1.05%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £558
90th Percentile £650 £608 £650
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +3.33% -2.70% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 18 58
10th Percentile - - £15.73
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £61.00 £22.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +177.27% -56.00% +182.17%
75th Percentile £68.88 £27.45 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £50.06 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £21.90 £19.37 £24.27
% change year-on-year +13.09% -20.22% +31.20%

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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 31 (29.81%) Agile
2 28 (26.92%) SQL
3 26 (25.00%) Azure
4 21 (20.19%) Business Analysis
4 21 (20.19%) Power Platform
5 19 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (18.27%) Data Quality
6 18 (17.31%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (17.31%) Power BI
7 17 (16.35%) Microsoft Excel
7 17 (16.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (15.38%) Data Analysis
9 15 (14.42%) Microsoft
10 14 (13.46%) DevOps
10 14 (13.46%) User Stories
11 13 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (12.50%) Project Management
11 13 (12.50%) Risk Management
11 13 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (11.54%) Data Protection
13 11 (10.58%) Decision-Making
14 10 (9.62%) Change Management
14 10 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (9.62%) Requirements Gathering
15 9 (8.65%) Analytics
15 9 (8.65%) JIRA
15 9 (8.65%) Validation
15 9 (8.65%) Workshop Facilitation
16 8 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria

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 5 (4.81%) Confluence
2 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.96%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (16.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.96%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 26 (25.00%) Azure
2 21 (20.19%) Power Platform
3 13 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (7.69%) Power Automate
6 6 (5.77%) AWS
6 6 (5.77%) Snowflake
7 5 (4.81%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.92%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.96%) GCP
9 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.96%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.88%) DNS
2 2 (1.92%) VPN
2 2 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.96%) Firewall
3 1 (0.96%) Internet
3 1 (0.96%) Intranet
3 1 (0.96%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (17.31%) Power BI
2 3 (2.88%) Tableau
3 2 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.92%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.92%) Power Query
3 2 (1.92%) Tick Data
4 1 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.96%) Metadata
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.96%) QlikView
4 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (8.65%) JIRA
2 3 (2.88%) GitLab
2 3 (2.88%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.92%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.96%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.96%) Selenium
4 1 (0.96%) Zephyr
General
1 38 (36.54%) Finance
2 29 (27.88%) Social Skills
3 17 (16.35%) Public Sector
4 14 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (13.46%) Banking
5 6 (5.77%) Retail Banking
6 5 (4.81%) Corporate Banking
6 5 (4.81%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.81%) Investment Banking
6 5 (4.81%) Retail
7 4 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Italian Language
9 2 (1.92%) Front Office
9 2 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Legal
10 1 (0.96%) Military
10 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.85%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.62%) Data Protection Act
2 8 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.73%) Product Ownership
3 7 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.81%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.88%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.92%) Derivative
6 2 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.92%) OTC Derivatives
7 1 (0.96%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.96%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.96%) CMDB
7 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.96%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.85%) Windows
2 2 (1.92%) Android
2 2 (1.92%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.92%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.96%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (29.81%) Agile
2 21 (20.19%) Business Analysis
3 19 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (17.31%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (16.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 16 (15.38%) Data Analysis
7 14 (13.46%) DevOps
7 14 (13.46%) User Stories
8 13 (12.50%) Project Management
8 13 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 13 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (11.54%) Data Protection
10 11 (10.58%) Decision-Making
11 10 (9.62%) Change Management
11 10 (9.62%) Requirements Gathering
12 9 (8.65%) Analytics
12 9 (8.65%) Validation
12 9 (8.65%) Workshop Facilitation
13 8 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 28 (26.92%) SQL
2 6 (5.77%) Python
3 3 (2.88%) C#
4 2 (1.92%) C++
4 2 (1.92%) PL/SQL
4 2 (1.92%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (5.77%) Degree
2 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.92%) CBAP
3 2 (1.92%) ISEB
3 2 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (1.92%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.96%) CEH
4 1 (0.96%) CISSP
4 1 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.96%) PhD
4 1 (0.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (18.27%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.73%) QA
3 3 (2.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (2.88%) PMO
4 2 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.92%) GRC
5 1 (0.96%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (6.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.96%) CASB
Vendors
1 15 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.85%) Oracle
3 3 (2.88%) Calypso
3 3 (2.88%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.92%) Citrix
4 2 (1.92%) Splunk
4 2 (1.92%) Tenable
5 1 (0.96%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.96%) RIMES
5 1 (0.96%) Zscaler