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 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 11 17
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +12
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 57 76 81
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 9.44% 12.58% 8.98%
As % of the General category 13.90% 16.89% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 40 54
10th Percentile £145 £148 £325
25th Percentile £180 £191 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -13.68% -2.06%
75th Percentile £550 £559 £550
90th Percentile £588 £619 £575
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +3.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £13.62
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -14.29% -
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - £21.22
Scotland median hourly rate £44.36 £17.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +160.96% -5.56% +47.78%

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 general skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 410 450 689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 67.88% 74.50% 76.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 249 413
10th Percentile £153 £192 £193
25th Percentile £367 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +4.33% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £652 £632 £638
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +1.11% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 27
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.02 £15.06
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.02 £20.30
Median hourly rate £23.94 £24.00 £53.70
Median % change year-on-year -0.27% -55.31% +194.49%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.42 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £41.43 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £23.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.96% -9.62% +53.53%

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 25 January 2026.

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 3 (5.26%) Confluence
2 1 (1.75%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.75%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.04%) Azure
2 7 (12.28%) Snowflake
3 4 (7.02%) AWS
4 2 (3.51%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.75%) Amazon Kinesis
5 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.75%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.75%) Dataform
5 1 (1.75%) dbt
5 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.75%) OCI
5 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.75%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Firewall
1 1 (1.75%) HTTP
1 1 (1.75%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.26%) IBM InfoSphere
2 3 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.26%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.51%) Power BI
4 1 (1.75%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) ERwin
2 4 (7.02%) ER Studio
3 3 (5.26%) JIRA
4 2 (3.51%) GitLab
5 1 (1.75%) Git
General
1 24 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 20 (35.09%) Finance
3 13 (22.81%) Banking
4 6 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.77%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (8.77%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.02%) Retail Banking
7 3 (5.26%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.51%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (3.51%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.51%) Retail
9 1 (1.75%) Legal
9 1 (1.75%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 21 (36.84%) Analyst
2 8 (14.04%) Business Analyst
3 5 (8.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (8.77%) Data Modeller
3 5 (8.77%) Data Protection Officer
3 5 (8.77%) Network Engineer
3 5 (8.77%) Senior
3 5 (8.77%) Support Officer
4 4 (7.02%) Data Analyst
4 4 (7.02%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.26%) Junior
5 3 (5.26%) Junior Analyst
5 3 (5.26%) Product Owner
6 2 (3.51%) Communications Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Developer
6 2 (3.51%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Digital Business Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) IT Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Product Analyst
6 2 (3.51%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) JSON
1 3 (5.26%) REST
2 1 (1.75%) .NET
2 1 (1.75%) JWT
2 1 (1.75%) Kafka
2 1 (1.75%) LDAP
2 1 (1.75%) OAuth
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.75%) PySpark
2 1 (1.75%) RESTful
2 1 (1.75%) SAML
2 1 (1.75%) SOAP
2 1 (1.75%) Streamlit
2 1 (1.75%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (8.77%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.75%) Derivative
5 1 (1.75%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.75%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.75%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (1.75%) PKI
5 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.09%) Agile
2 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (22.81%) Data Protection
4 11 (19.30%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (17.54%) Decision-Making
6 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (15.79%) Data Modelling
6 9 (15.79%) Logical Data Model
6 9 (15.79%) Migration
7 8 (14.04%) Physical Data Model
8 7 (12.28%) Data Architecture
8 7 (12.28%) Validation
9 6 (10.53%) Asset Management
9 6 (10.53%) Data Analysis
9 6 (10.53%) Data Governance
9 6 (10.53%) Data Management
9 6 (10.53%) DevOps
9 6 (10.53%) Project Management
9 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (10.53%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.81%) SQL
2 9 (15.79%) Python
3 3 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.51%) Java
5 1 (1.75%) C#
5 1 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.75%) Groovy
5 1 (1.75%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (7.02%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.26%) Degree
3 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.75%) MCSE
4 1 (1.75%) PhD
4 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.04%) Disclosure Scotland
2 7 (12.28%) Data Quality
3 4 (7.02%) QA
4 2 (3.51%) GDPR
5 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.75%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.75%) Docker
1 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.75%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.75%) SCCM
1 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (8.77%) Oracle
2 3 (5.26%) IBM
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.51%) Databricks
3 2 (3.51%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.75%) ForgeRock
4 1 (1.75%) SAP
4 1 (1.75%) Snow
4 1 (1.75%) VMware