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 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 96 94 90
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 14.22% 15.38% 10.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.12% 17.03% 11.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 49 42
10th Percentile £209 £410 £175
25th Percentile £366 £425 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £507 £408
Median % change year-on-year -13.62% +24.29% -2.98%
75th Percentile £481 £531 £464
90th Percentile £538 £550 £500
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £356
% change year-on-year -5.56% +26.40% -14.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 3
10th Percentile - £31.00 -
25th Percentile - £32.50 £18.19
Median hourly rate £15.81 £35.00 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year -54.83% +90.48% -
75th Percentile £43.06 £37.50 £18.56
90th Percentile £95.00 £39.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.90 £20.80 £18.38
% change year-on-year -23.54% +13.17% +26.72%

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 635 552 775
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.34% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 274 410
10th Percentile £238 £263 £192
25th Percentile £400 £413 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +7.95% -7.37%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £525
90th Percentile £614 £600 £596
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £450
% change year-on-year - +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 33
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.30 £13.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £20.48 £16.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £51.26 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% +178.95% +3.70%
75th Percentile £61.50 £70.63 £23.89
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £48.84
Scotland median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £18.13
% change year-on-year -3.35% +10.31% +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 5 October 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 5 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 5 October 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 22 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (19.79%) Microsoft
3 19 (19.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (17.71%) Business Analysis
4 17 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (17.71%) Power BI
4 17 (17.71%) Power Platform
5 16 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (16.67%) SQL
6 15 (15.63%) Azure
6 15 (15.63%) Workshop Facilitation
7 14 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (13.54%) Data Protection
8 13 (13.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (13.54%) User Stories
9 12 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (11.46%) AI
10 11 (11.46%) AWS
10 11 (11.46%) Decision-Making
10 11 (11.46%) Migration
10 11 (11.46%) Requirements Gathering
11 10 (10.42%) Customer Service
11 10 (10.42%) Data Analysis
11 10 (10.42%) Risk Management
12 9 (9.38%) Analytics
12 9 (9.38%) Customer Experience
12 9 (9.38%) Data Quality
12 9 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 8 (8.33%) 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 8 (8.33%) Confluence
2 5 (5.21%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 19 (19.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (3.13%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.08%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Primavera
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 17 (17.71%) Power Platform
2 15 (15.63%) Azure
3 14 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (11.46%) AWS
5 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.13%) Power Automate
5 3 (3.13%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.08%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.04%) Amazon ECR
7 1 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.04%) Apple Pay
7 1 (1.04%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.04%) Google Pay
7 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.13%) DNS
2 2 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.04%) VPN
3 1 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (17.71%) Power BI
2 5 (5.21%) Power Query
3 1 (1.04%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (8.33%) JIRA
2 3 (3.13%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (2.08%) REST Assured
3 2 (2.08%) Selenium
General
1 40 (41.67%) Finance
2 34 (35.42%) Social Skills
3 24 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (15.63%) Banking
5 10 (10.42%) Public Sector
6 8 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.13%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.08%) Italian Language
9 2 (2.08%) Retail
9 2 (2.08%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.04%) Billing
10 1 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.04%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.04%) Front Office
10 1 (1.04%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.04%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) .NET
1 1 (1.04%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (5.21%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.21%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.08%) CMDB
3 2 (2.08%) Derivative
3 2 (2.08%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.08%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (1.04%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.04%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (1.04%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.04%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.04%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Licensing
4 1 (1.04%) Mobile Wallet
4 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.29%) Windows
2 1 (1.04%) Android
2 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.13%) Agile
2 22 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (17.71%) Business Analysis
3 17 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 15 (15.63%) Workshop Facilitation
6 13 (13.54%) Data Protection
6 13 (13.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (13.54%) User Stories
7 12 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (11.46%) AI
8 11 (11.46%) Decision-Making
8 11 (11.46%) Migration
8 11 (11.46%) Requirements Gathering
9 10 (10.42%) Customer Service
9 10 (10.42%) Data Analysis
9 10 (10.42%) Risk Management
10 9 (9.38%) Analytics
10 9 (9.38%) Customer Experience
11 8 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.67%) SQL
2 8 (8.33%) Python
3 4 (4.17%) R
4 2 (2.08%) Java
5 1 (1.04%) C#
5 1 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.04%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (5.21%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (5.21%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.08%) CBAP
3 2 (2.08%) Degree
4 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.38%) Data Quality
2 7 (7.29%) PMO
3 4 (4.17%) QA
4 3 (3.13%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.04%) GDPR
5 1 (1.04%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (7.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.04%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (19.79%) 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
6 1 (1.04%) Apple
6 1 (1.04%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.04%) Dell
6 1 (1.04%) Google
6 1 (1.04%) Qualys
6 1 (1.04%) RIMES
6 1 (1.04%) SAP
6 1 (1.04%) VMware