Analyst Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £507, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 102 90 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 15.96% 10.92% 15.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.62% 11.54% 16.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 39 96
10th Percentile £412 £173 £194
25th Percentile £425 £263 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +19.18% - +3.34%
75th Percentile £531 £478 £450
90th Percentile £550 £500 £538
Scotland median daily rate £450 £366 £425
% change year-on-year +23.12% -14.00% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £20.83 - -
25th Percentile £24.27 £18.19 -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £18.38 -
Median % change year-on-year +63.27% - -
75th Percentile £35.00 £18.56 -
90th Percentile £38.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.80 £18.38 £14.50
% change year-on-year +13.17% +26.72% +15.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 579 780 1,000
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.66% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 408 626
10th Percentile £291 £198 £230
25th Percentile £413 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £545 £538 £538
90th Percentile £610 £619 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 37 13
10th Percentile - £13.58 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 £17.70
Median hourly rate £42.51 £18.27 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +132.66% +3.10% -5.87%
75th Percentile £64.06 £23.89 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £36.51 £53.74
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.20 £17.72
% change year-on-year +9.89% +2.71% -5.87%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 63 (61.76%) Finance
2 44 (43.14%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (40.20%) Banking
4 39 (38.24%) Migration
5 31 (30.39%) Social Skills
6 28 (27.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (24.51%) Agile
7 25 (24.51%) Regulatory Compliance
8 24 (23.53%) Scenario Testing
8 24 (23.53%) Documentation Skills
8 24 (23.53%) Due Diligence
8 24 (23.53%) Fintech
9 23 (22.55%) Case Management
9 23 (22.55%) Digital Banking
10 21 (20.59%) Business Analysis
11 17 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (16.67%) Data Protection
12 14 (13.73%) Data Analysis
12 14 (13.73%) SQL
12 14 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (12.75%) Public Sector
13 13 (12.75%) JIRA
13 13 (12.75%) Fraud Detection
14 12 (11.76%) Confluence
14 12 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (9.80%) Data Modelling
15 10 (9.80%) Microsoft
15 10 (9.80%) Anti-Money Laundering
16 9 (8.82%) User Stories
16 9 (8.82%) Data Migration

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 12 (11.76%) Confluence
2 7 (6.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.86%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (2.94%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.96%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.88%) Azure
2 5 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (4.90%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.92%) AWS
3 4 (3.92%) GCP
3 4 (3.92%) OCI
4 2 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.96%) Lucidchart
4 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon EMR
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.98%) Collibra
5 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.98%) SaaS
5 1 (0.98%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) Firewall
2 1 (0.98%) ATM
2 1 (0.98%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.90%) Power BI
3 4 (3.92%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (3.92%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.94%) BigQuery
4 3 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.94%) Star Schema
5 2 (1.96%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.96%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.98%) Metadata
6 1 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.98%) PowerCenter
6 1 (0.98%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (12.75%) JIRA
2 3 (2.94%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.98%) GitLab
General
1 63 (61.76%) Finance
2 44 (43.14%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (40.20%) Banking
4 31 (30.39%) Social Skills
5 24 (23.53%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (12.75%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.94%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.96%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.96%) Retail
9 1 (0.98%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.98%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.98%) Legal
9 1 (0.98%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.94%) JSON
2 3 (2.94%) Kafka
3 2 (1.96%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.90%) Derivative
3 5 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.90%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.94%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.96%) Equities
6 2 (1.96%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.96%) OTC Derivatives
6 2 (1.96%) PKI
7 1 (0.98%) CMDB
7 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.98%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.98%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.98%) Social Media
7 1 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Windows
2 1 (0.98%) Linux
2 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (38.24%) Migration
2 28 (27.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (24.51%) Agile
3 25 (24.51%) Regulatory Compliance
4 24 (23.53%) Due Diligence
4 24 (23.53%) Fintech
4 24 (23.53%) Scenario Testing
5 23 (22.55%) Case Management
5 23 (22.55%) Digital Banking
6 21 (20.59%) Business Analysis
7 17 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 17 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (13.73%) Data Analysis
8 14 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (12.75%) Fraud Detection
10 10 (9.80%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 10 (9.80%) Data Modelling
11 9 (8.82%) Data Migration
11 9 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (8.82%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.73%) SQL
2 5 (4.90%) Python
3 3 (2.94%) ProC
3 3 (2.94%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.98%) COBOL
4 1 (0.98%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (8.82%) Degree
2 2 (1.96%) CISA
2 2 (1.96%) CISM
2 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (1.96%) HND
2 2 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (1.96%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (0.98%) ACCA
3 1 (0.98%) CIMA
3 1 (0.98%) ISEB
3 1 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.98%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.98%) SANS
3 1 (0.98%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.98%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.98%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.86%) Data Quality
1 7 (6.86%) GDPR
2 5 (4.90%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (4.90%) QA
3 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.96%) PMO
4 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (9.80%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.90%) Oracle
3 4 (3.92%) Google
4 3 (2.94%) Bloomberg
4 3 (2.94%) SAP
5 2 (1.96%) Reuters
5 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.96%) Snow
5 2 (1.96%) Tenable
6 1 (0.98%) Adobe
6 1 (0.98%) Informatica
6 1 (0.98%) Teradata
6 1 (0.98%) TSYS