Analyst Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 96 111 99
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 12.50% 16.97% 11.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.28% 18.47% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 59 43
10th Percentile £355 £363 £188
25th Percentile £381 £413 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% +2.41%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £494
90th Percentile £545 £550 £550
Scotland median daily rate £416 £450 £375
% change year-on-year -7.67% +20.00% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile - £19.32 -
25th Percentile - £20.49 £18.19
Median hourly rate £15.81 £23.36 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +27.12% -
75th Percentile £55.41 £26.33 £18.56
90th Percentile £95.00 £27.56 -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £19.59 £16.34
% change year-on-year -19.30% +19.89% +12.69%

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 723 601 788
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 91.90% 94.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 391 310 432
10th Percentile £325 £254 £175
25th Percentile £406 £406 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £588 £637
Scotland median daily rate £457 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -1.14% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 39
10th Percentile £15.81 - £13.45
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.37
Median hourly rate £61.00 £27.35 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +123.03% +51.94% +1.58%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.13 £20.05
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £51.00
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.71 £18.13
% change year-on-year +77.57% +8.71% +2.31%

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 3 August 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 3 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 3 August 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 26 (27.08%) Agile
2 20 (20.83%) Business Analysis
3 19 (19.79%) Azure
4 18 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 15 (15.63%) SQL
6 15 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 15 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (14.58%) Microsoft Excel
7 14 (14.58%) User Stories
7 14 (14.58%) Workshop Facilitation
8 11 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (11.46%) Data Protection
8 11 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (11.46%) Power BI
8 11 (11.46%) Power Platform
8 11 (11.46%) Risk Management
8 11 (11.46%) Validation
9 10 (10.42%) Data Analysis
9 10 (10.42%) Decision-Making
10 9 (9.38%) Asset Management
10 9 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
10 9 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 9 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
10 9 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (8.33%) Acceptance Criteria
11 8 (8.33%) Active Directory
11 8 (8.33%) AI
11 8 (8.33%) AWS
11 8 (8.33%) Customer Experience

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 7 (7.29%) Confluence
2 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.04%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (14.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Primavera
2 1 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.04%) Markit EDM
2 1 (1.04%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.04%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.04%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.04%) SAP PS
2 1 (1.04%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 19 (19.79%) Azure
2 11 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (11.46%) Power Platform
3 8 (8.33%) AWS
4 5 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.13%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.08%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.08%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.08%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.17%) DNS
2 2 (2.08%) VPN
2 2 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.04%) Internet
3 1 (1.04%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.46%) Power BI
2 3 (3.13%) Power Query
3 2 (2.08%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (8.33%) JIRA
2 3 (3.13%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (3.13%) Selenium
3 2 (2.08%) REST Assured
4 1 (1.04%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.04%) GitLab
4 1 (1.04%) Zephyr
General
1 38 (39.58%) Finance
2 33 (34.38%) Social Skills
3 19 (19.79%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (16.67%) Banking
5 14 (14.58%) Public Sector
6 6 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.13%) Italian Language
8 3 (3.13%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.08%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (2.08%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.08%) Retail
9 2 (2.08%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.04%) Front Office
10 1 (1.04%) Legal
10 1 (1.04%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.21%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.08%) CMDB
4 2 (2.08%) Derivative
4 2 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.08%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (1.04%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.04%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.04%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.04%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.04%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.04%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.29%) Windows
2 2 (2.08%) Android
2 2 (2.08%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.08%) Agile
2 20 (20.83%) Business Analysis
3 18 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (15.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 15 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (14.58%) User Stories
5 14 (14.58%) Workshop Facilitation
6 11 (11.46%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (11.46%) Data Protection
6 11 (11.46%) Risk Management
6 11 (11.46%) Validation
7 10 (10.42%) Data Analysis
7 10 (10.42%) Decision-Making
8 9 (9.38%) Asset Management
8 9 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (8.33%) AI
9 8 (8.33%) Data Management
9 8 (8.33%) Data Modelling
9 8 (8.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.63%) SQL
2 4 (4.17%) Python
3 2 (2.08%) Java
4 1 (1.04%) C#
4 1 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.04%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (6.25%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.21%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (5.21%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.13%) CBAP
3 3 (3.13%) Degree
4 2 (2.08%) ISEB
4 2 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.33%) QA
2 7 (7.29%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.21%) PMO
4 2 (2.08%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.04%) CASB
Vendors
1 16 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.21%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.17%) Oracle
4 3 (3.13%) Calypso
4 3 (3.13%) IFS
5 2 (2.08%) Citrix
5 2 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.04%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.04%) RIMES
6 1 (1.04%) SAP
6 1 (1.04%) Splunk
6 1 (1.04%) Tenable
6 1 (1.04%) Zscaler