Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Analytical Skills
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 18 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 +11
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 83 64 71
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 13.28% 8.93% 7.23%
As % of the General category 17.74% 12.62% 9.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 27 49
10th Percentile £180 £189 £148
25th Percentile £413 £340 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £609 £538
90th Percentile - £643 £590
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £30.00 £14.50 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +106.90% -36.60% -
Scotland median hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £40.95
% change year-on-year +100.00% -63.37% +236.21%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 468 507 736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 74.88% 70.71% 74.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 251 469
10th Percentile £202 £175 £169
25th Percentile £405 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £538 £533 £550
90th Percentile £599 £613 £613
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £477
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.66% +0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 10
10th Percentile £16.07 £13.38 £13.12
25th Percentile - £16.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £20.30
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% +19.14% +7.81%
75th Percentile £31.50 - £49.03
90th Percentile £66.75 £26.70 £61.60
Scotland median hourly rate £19.23 £19.59 £19.18
% change year-on-year -1.84% +2.14% +8.24%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Edinburgh

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
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 (8.43%) Confluence
2 2 (2.41%) Apache
2 2 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.20%) CMS
3 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.20%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.64%) Azure
2 6 (7.23%) GCP
3 4 (4.82%) AWS
3 4 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.61%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.41%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.20%) npm
6 1 (1.20%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) Firewall
2 1 (1.20%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.20%) HTTP
2 1 (1.20%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) BigQuery
1 4 (4.82%) SQL Server
1 4 (4.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.61%) IBM InfoSphere
2 3 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.61%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.41%) Looker
3 2 (2.41%) Metadata
3 2 (2.41%) Power BI
3 2 (2.41%) Snowflake Schema
3 2 (2.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (7.23%) ER Studio
1 6 (7.23%) JIRA
2 5 (6.02%) ERwin
3 3 (3.61%) Git
4 1 (1.20%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.20%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.20%) webpack
General
1 44 (53.01%) Finance
2 34 (40.96%) Social Skills
3 28 (33.73%) Banking
4 24 (28.92%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (10.84%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.61%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.41%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 44 (53.01%) Analyst
2 13 (15.66%) Fraud Analyst
3 12 (14.46%) Business Analyst
4 8 (9.64%) Senior
5 5 (6.02%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 5 (6.02%) Data Modeller
5 5 (6.02%) Network Engineer
6 4 (4.82%) Product Owner
6 4 (4.82%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.82%) Support Officer
7 3 (3.61%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.61%) Data Protection Officer
7 3 (3.61%) Product Analyst
7 3 (3.61%) Product Business Analyst
8 2 (2.41%) Administrator
8 2 (2.41%) IT Administrator
8 2 (2.41%) Security Analyst
8 2 (2.41%) Software Engineer
8 2 (2.41%) Systems Manager
8 2 (2.41%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) Kafka
2 2 (2.41%) JSON
2 2 (2.41%) React
2 2 (2.41%) RESTful
3 1 (1.20%) CSS
3 1 (1.20%) HTML
3 1 (1.20%) Jest
3 1 (1.20%) JWT
3 1 (1.20%) LDAP
3 1 (1.20%) Node.js
3 1 (1.20%) OAuth
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.20%) REST
3 1 (1.20%) SAML
3 1 (1.20%) SOAP
3 1 (1.20%) Spring
3 1 (1.20%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.20%) Streamlit
3 1 (1.20%) Swagger
3 1 (1.20%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.23%) Data Protection Act
1 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.82%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.82%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.61%) PKI
4 2 (2.41%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.41%) Derivative
4 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.41%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (1.20%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.20%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.20%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.20%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.82%) Unix
1 4 (4.82%) Windows
2 3 (3.61%) Linux
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.35%) Migration
2 28 (33.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (31.33%) Agile
4 24 (28.92%) Fintech
5 23 (27.71%) Case Management
5 23 (27.71%) Digital Banking
5 23 (27.71%) Due Diligence
5 23 (27.71%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (27.71%) Regulatory Compliance
5 23 (27.71%) Scenario Testing
6 13 (15.66%) Fraud Detection
7 11 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (13.25%) Data Protection
8 10 (12.05%) Anti-Money Laundering
8 10 (12.05%) Data Modelling
8 10 (12.05%) Logical Data Model
8 10 (12.05%) SDLC
9 9 (10.84%) Data Management
9 9 (10.84%) Decision-Making
9 9 (10.84%) Physical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.25%) SQL
2 10 (12.05%) Python
3 4 (4.82%) Java
3 4 (4.82%) Shell Script
4 3 (3.61%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.20%) COBOL
5 1 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.20%) Groovy
5 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (9.64%) Degree
2 3 (3.61%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.41%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.20%) MCSE
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.20%) PhD
4 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.20%) PMP
4 1 (1.20%) SANS
4 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.64%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (4.82%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.61%) QA
4 2 (2.41%) GDPR
5 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Docker
2 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.02%) Oracle
3 4 (4.82%) Google
3 4 (4.82%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.61%) IBM
5 2 (2.41%) Informatica
5 2 (2.41%) VMware
6 1 (1.20%) Cisco
6 1 (1.20%) ForgeRock
6 1 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.20%) SAP
6 1 (1.20%) Snow