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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 11 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 +11 +14
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 62 76 69
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 10.58% 12.84% 7.75%
As % of the General category 14.98% 17.35% 10.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 39 47
10th Percentile £145 £148 £264
25th Percentile £436 £210 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +28.05% -13.68% -2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £563
90th Percentile £588 £619 £580
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £478
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.99% +6.11%
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 £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 414 438 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 70.65% 73.99% 76.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 234 418
10th Percentile £171 £192 £183
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £550 £536 £574
90th Percentile £625 £635 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 19 16
10th Percentile £16.85 £18.93 £14.77
25th Percentile - £21.02 £21.58
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.00 £49.35
Median % change year-on-year -25.54% -51.37% +170.63%
75th Percentile £45.75 £24.18 £64.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £41.43 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £23.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year -23.96% -11.32% +56.48%

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 8 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 (4.84%) Confluence
2 1 (1.61%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.61%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) Azure
2 6 (9.68%) Snowflake
3 3 (4.84%) AWS
4 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.61%) Amazon Kinesis
5 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.61%) Dataform
5 1 (1.61%) dbt
5 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.61%) OCI
5 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.61%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) Firewall
1 1 (1.61%) HTTP
1 1 (1.61%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.84%) IBM InfoSphere
2 3 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.84%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.23%) Power BI
4 1 (1.61%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) ERwin
2 4 (6.45%) ER Studio
3 3 (4.84%) JIRA
4 1 (1.61%) Git
4 1 (1.61%) GitLab
General
1 28 (45.16%) Finance
2 24 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 19 (30.65%) Banking
4 12 (19.35%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.84%) Financial Institution
6 3 (4.84%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Legal
7 1 (1.61%) Retail
7 1 (1.61%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 28 (45.16%) Analyst
2 8 (12.90%) Business Analyst
3 6 (9.68%) Fraud Analyst
4 5 (8.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 5 (8.06%) Data Modeller
4 5 (8.06%) Network Engineer
4 5 (8.06%) Senior
5 4 (6.45%) Data Protection Officer
5 4 (6.45%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.45%) Support Officer
6 3 (4.84%) Data Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Junior
6 3 (4.84%) Junior Analyst
6 3 (4.84%) Product Owner
7 2 (3.23%) Communications Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) Digital Business Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) IT Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) Product Analyst
7 2 (3.23%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) JSON
1 3 (4.84%) REST
2 1 (1.61%) .NET
2 1 (1.61%) JWT
2 1 (1.61%) Kafka
2 1 (1.61%) LDAP
2 1 (1.61%) OAuth
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.61%) PySpark
2 1 (1.61%) RESTful
2 1 (1.61%) SAML
2 1 (1.61%) SOAP
2 1 (1.61%) Streamlit
2 1 (1.61%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (8.06%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.84%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.61%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.61%) Derivative
5 1 (1.61%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.61%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.61%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.61%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (1.61%) PKI
5 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.23%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Linux
2 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Agile
2 16 (25.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (25.81%) Migration
2 16 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (19.35%) Data Protection
3 12 (19.35%) Fintech
4 11 (17.74%) Case Management
4 11 (17.74%) Digital Banking
4 11 (17.74%) Due Diligence
4 11 (17.74%) Regulatory Compliance
4 11 (17.74%) Scenario Testing
5 10 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (14.52%) Data Modelling
6 9 (14.52%) Logical Data Model
7 8 (12.90%) Decision-Making
7 8 (12.90%) Physical Data Model
8 7 (11.29%) Asset Management
8 7 (11.29%) Data Architecture
9 6 (9.68%) Data Analysis
9 6 (9.68%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.35%) SQL
2 9 (14.52%) Python
3 3 (4.84%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.23%) Java
5 1 (1.61%) C#
5 1 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.61%) Groovy
5 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (4.84%) Degree
1 3 (4.84%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.61%) MCSE
3 1 (1.61%) PhD
3 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.61%) PMP
3 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.29%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (9.68%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.84%) QA
4 2 (3.23%) GDPR
5 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.61%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.61%) Docker
1 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.61%) SCCM
1 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (8.06%) Oracle
2 3 (4.84%) IBM
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.23%) Databricks
3 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.61%) ForgeRock
4 1 (1.61%) SAP
4 1 (1.61%) Snow
4 1 (1.61%) VMware