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 5 October 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 10 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 94 90 166
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 15.38% 10.96% 16.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.03% 11.61% 17.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 42 99
10th Percentile £410 £175 £199
25th Percentile £425 £225 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £408 £420
Median % change year-on-year +24.29% -2.98% +1.20%
75th Percentile £531 £464 £450
90th Percentile £550 £500 £538
Scotland median daily rate £450 £356 £418
% change year-on-year +26.40% -14.73% +1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £31.00 - -
25th Percentile £32.50 £18.19 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.38 -
Median % change year-on-year +90.48% - -
75th Percentile £37.50 £18.56 -
90th Percentile £39.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.80 £18.38 £14.50
% change year-on-year +13.17% +26.72% +13.64%

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 552 775 958
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.40% 95.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 410 585
10th Percentile £263 £192 £215
25th Percentile £413 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -7.37% -
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £600 £596 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 33 13
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.53 £13.16
25th Percentile £20.48 £16.37 £17.70
Median hourly rate £51.26 £18.38 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +178.95% +3.70% -2.82%
75th Percentile £70.63 £23.89 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £48.84 £53.74
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +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 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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, 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 59 (62.77%) Finance
2 44 (46.81%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (41.49%) Banking
4 38 (40.43%) Migration
5 28 (29.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (29.79%) Social Skills
6 25 (26.60%) Regulatory Compliance
7 24 (25.53%) Fintech
7 24 (25.53%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (25.53%) Due Diligence
8 23 (24.47%) Digital Banking
8 23 (24.47%) Scenario Testing
8 23 (24.47%) Case Management
8 23 (24.47%) Agile
9 17 (18.09%) Business Analysis
10 16 (17.02%) Data Protection
11 15 (15.96%) SQL
12 14 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (14.89%) Data Analysis
13 13 (13.83%) Fraud Detection
13 13 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (11.70%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (10.64%) JIRA
15 10 (10.64%) Data Modelling
15 10 (10.64%) Anti-Money Laundering
15 10 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 10 (10.64%) Public Sector
16 9 (9.57%) Confluence
16 9 (9.57%) Microsoft
17 8 (8.51%) Validation

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 9 (9.57%) Confluence
2 6 (6.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.06%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.32%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (2.13%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (2.13%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (2.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.38%) Azure
2 5 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.26%) GCP
3 4 (4.26%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.19%) AWS
5 2 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.13%) Lucidchart
5 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (2.13%) OCI
6 1 (1.06%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (1.06%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.06%) Collibra
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.13%) Firewall
2 1 (1.06%) ATM
2 1 (1.06%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.38%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.26%) Power BI
2 4 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.19%) BigQuery
3 3 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.19%) Star Schema
4 2 (2.13%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.13%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.06%) Metadata
5 1 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.06%) PowerCenter
5 1 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (10.64%) JIRA
2 3 (3.19%) ER Studio
3 1 (1.06%) GitLab
General
1 59 (62.77%) Finance
2 44 (46.81%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (41.49%) Banking
4 28 (29.79%) Social Skills
5 24 (25.53%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (10.64%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.13%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.06%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.06%) Digital Health
9 1 (1.06%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.06%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.06%) Legal
9 1 (1.06%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.19%) JSON
1 3 (3.19%) Kafka
2 2 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.06%) XML
3 1 (1.06%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.70%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.32%) Derivative
3 5 (5.32%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.19%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.13%) Equities
6 2 (2.13%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.13%) OTC Derivatives
6 2 (2.13%) PKI
7 1 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.06%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.06%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.06%) Social Media
7 1 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.06%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.13%) Windows
2 1 (1.06%) Linux
2 1 (1.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (40.43%) Migration
2 28 (29.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (26.60%) Regulatory Compliance
4 24 (25.53%) Due Diligence
4 24 (25.53%) Fintech
5 23 (24.47%) Agile
5 23 (24.47%) Case Management
5 23 (24.47%) Digital Banking
5 23 (24.47%) Scenario Testing
6 17 (18.09%) Business Analysis
7 16 (17.02%) Data Protection
8 14 (14.89%) Data Analysis
8 14 (14.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (13.83%) Fraud Detection
9 13 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (10.64%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 10 (10.64%) Data Modelling
10 10 (10.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (8.51%) Data Migration
11 8 (8.51%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.96%) SQL
2 5 (5.32%) Python
3 3 (3.19%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.13%) ProC
5 1 (1.06%) COBOL
5 1 (1.06%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (7.45%) Degree
2 2 (2.13%) CISA
2 2 (2.13%) CISM
2 2 (2.13%) HND
2 2 (2.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (2.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (2.13%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.06%) ACCA
3 1 (1.06%) CIMA
3 1 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.06%) ISEB
3 1 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.06%) SANS
3 1 (1.06%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.06%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.45%) GDPR
2 6 (6.38%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.32%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (3.19%) QA
5 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.13%) PMO
6 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (2.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.26%) Google
3 3 (3.19%) Bloomberg
3 3 (3.19%) Oracle
3 3 (3.19%) SAP
4 2 (2.13%) Reuters
4 2 (2.13%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.13%) Snow
4 2 (2.13%) Tenable
5 1 (1.06%) Adobe
5 1 (1.06%) Informatica
5 1 (1.06%) Teradata
5 1 (1.06%) TSYS