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 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 12 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 +13
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 77 74 65
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 13.14% 11.56% 7.22%
As % of the General category 18.12% 15.48% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 38 41
10th Percentile £145 £148 £150
25th Percentile £406 £237 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £418 £460
Median % change year-on-year +25.75% -9.24% -0.54%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £550
90th Percentile £588 £622 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £16.91
25th Percentile - - £17.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £20.19
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -25.69% -
75th Percentile - - £21.84
90th Percentile - - £22.46
Scotland median hourly rate £30.00 £17.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +76.47% -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 common skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 425 478 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 72.53% 74.69% 75.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 253 418
10th Percentile £172 £192 £171
25th Percentile £388 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £540 £538 £555
90th Percentile £600 £630 £628
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +1.11% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 10
10th Percentile £16.60 £14.18 £13.12
25th Percentile - £20.34 £16.62
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.00 £28.94
Median % change year-on-year -25.54% -17.06% +58.68%
75th Percentile £38.63 £24.18 £58.43
90th Percentile £68.13 £26.70 £61.60
Scotland median hourly rate £19.05 £23.00 £19.18
% change year-on-year -17.17% +19.92% +13.26%

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 19 December 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 5 (6.49%) Confluence
2 2 (2.60%) Apache
2 2 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.30%) CMS
3 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.69%) Azure
2 6 (7.79%) AWS
2 6 (7.79%) Snowflake
3 3 (3.90%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (2.60%) Amazon S3
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.30%) Amazon Kinesis
5 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.30%) dbt
5 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.30%) GCP
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.30%) OCI
5 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.30%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) Firewall
1 1 (1.30%) HTTP
1 1 (1.30%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.90%) IBM InfoSphere
2 3 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.90%) Power BI
2 3 (3.90%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.30%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (9.09%) ERwin
2 4 (5.19%) ER Studio
2 4 (5.19%) JIRA
3 2 (2.60%) Git
4 1 (1.30%) GitLab
General
1 38 (49.35%) Finance
2 32 (41.56%) Social Skills
3 22 (28.57%) Banking
4 17 (22.08%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.90%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.90%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Legal
8 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Retail
8 1 (1.30%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 36 (46.75%) Analyst
2 12 (15.58%) Business Analyst
3 9 (11.69%) Fraud Analyst
4 7 (9.09%) Senior
5 5 (6.49%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 5 (6.49%) Data Modeller
5 5 (6.49%) Network Engineer
5 5 (6.49%) Support Officer
6 4 (5.19%) Data Protection Officer
6 4 (5.19%) Product Owner
6 4 (5.19%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.90%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Data Engineer
7 3 (3.90%) Product Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Product Business Analyst
7 3 (3.90%) Senior Data Engineer
8 2 (2.60%) Digital Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) Digital Business Analyst
8 2 (2.60%) Informatica Engineer
8 2 (2.60%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) JSON
1 3 (3.90%) REST
2 1 (1.30%) .NET
2 1 (1.30%) JWT
2 1 (1.30%) Kafka
2 1 (1.30%) LDAP
2 1 (1.30%) Node.js
2 1 (1.30%) OAuth
2 1 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.30%) PySpark
2 1 (1.30%) React
2 1 (1.30%) RESTful
2 1 (1.30%) SAML
2 1 (1.30%) SOAP
2 1 (1.30%) Spring
2 1 (1.30%) Streamlit
2 1 (1.30%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 7 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.60%) Derivative
4 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.60%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (1.30%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.30%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.30%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.30%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.30%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.30%) PKI
5 1 (1.30%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Linux
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
2 2 (2.60%) Unix
3 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (32.47%) Agile
2 23 (29.87%) Migration
3 22 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (22.08%) Fintech
6 16 (20.78%) Case Management
6 16 (20.78%) Digital Banking
6 16 (20.78%) Due Diligence
6 16 (20.78%) Regulatory Compliance
6 16 (20.78%) Scenario Testing
7 13 (16.88%) Data Protection
8 11 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 10 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (11.69%) Data Analysis
10 9 (11.69%) Data Management
10 9 (11.69%) Data Modelling
10 9 (11.69%) Fraud Detection
10 9 (11.69%) Logical Data Model
11 8 (10.39%) Physical Data Model
11 8 (10.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.58%) SQL
2 9 (11.69%) Python
3 3 (3.90%) Java
3 3 (3.90%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.30%) C#
4 1 (1.30%) COBOL
4 1 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.30%) Groovy
4 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (9.09%) Degree
2 3 (3.90%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.60%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.30%) MCSE
4 1 (1.30%) PhD
4 1 (1.30%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.30%) PMP
4 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (7.79%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.49%) QA
4 2 (2.60%) GDPR
5 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.30%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.30%) Docker
1 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.30%) SCCM
1 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (7.79%) Oracle
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.90%) IBM
3 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.60%) Databricks
4 2 (2.60%) Informatica
4 2 (2.60%) VMware
5 1 (1.30%) ForgeRock
5 1 (1.30%) SAP
5 1 (1.30%) Snow