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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 10 14
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 +11
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 49 82 87
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 7.89% 12.65% 10.10%
As % of the General category 12.44% 16.60% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 45 58
10th Percentile £145 £149 £262
25th Percentile £146 £263 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -14.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £588 £609 £588
Scotland median daily rate £425 £440 £484
% change year-on-year -3.41% -9.04% +1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £34.00 - £12.56
25th Percentile £40.00 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - £20.81
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 - £18.00
% change year-on-year - - +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 394 494 657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 63.45% 76.23% 76.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 280 388
10th Percentile £150 £192 £219
25th Percentile £331 £373 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -8.63% +3.68%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £575
90th Percentile £663 £638 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 29
10th Percentile £17.23 £21.00 £13.27
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.34 £17.72
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.56% -59.85% +179.52%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.54 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.15 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £24.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.54% -7.69% +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 26 February 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Edinburgh

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 1 (2.04%) CMS
1 1 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) Azure
2 6 (12.24%) Snowflake
3 5 (10.20%) AWS
4 2 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.04%) Amazon Kinesis
5 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.04%) Dataform
5 1 (2.04%) dbt
5 1 (2.04%) OCI
5 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.04%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.04%) DHCP
1 1 (2.04%) DNS
1 1 (2.04%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.20%) Relational Database
2 4 (8.16%) SQL Server
3 3 (6.12%) IBM InfoSphere
3 3 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.04%) Delta Lake
4 1 (2.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (14.29%) ERwin
2 4 (8.16%) ER Studio
3 2 (4.08%) GitLab
4 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 21 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 16 (32.65%) Finance
3 8 (16.33%) Banking
4 7 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.16%) Retail
6 3 (6.12%) Financial Institution
6 3 (6.12%) Legal
6 3 (6.12%) Retail Banking
7 2 (4.08%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (4.08%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Analyst
2 6 (12.24%) Business Analyst
2 6 (12.24%) Data Protection Officer
2 6 (12.24%) Support Officer
3 5 (10.20%) Data Modeller
4 4 (8.16%) Data Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Senior
5 3 (6.12%) Data Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Junior
5 3 (6.12%) Junior Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Communications Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Digital Business Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.04%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) IBM Mainframe Developer
7 1 (2.04%) z/OS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) JSON
2 2 (4.08%) Middleware
2 2 (4.08%) REST
3 1 (2.04%) .NET
3 1 (2.04%) Kafka
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.04%) PySpark
3 1 (2.04%) RESTful
3 1 (2.04%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.08%) Clustering
3 2 (4.08%) Mainframe
3 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.04%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (2.04%) Digital Signage
4 1 (2.04%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.04%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.04%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.04%) PKI
4 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.04%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Windows
2 2 (4.08%) Windows Server
2 2 (4.08%) zOS
3 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (24.49%) Agile
3 11 (22.45%) Data Protection
3 11 (22.45%) Decision-Making
4 8 (16.33%) Data Modelling
4 8 (16.33%) Logical Data Model
4 8 (16.33%) Physical Data Model
5 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (14.29%) Data Architecture
6 6 (12.24%) Analytics
6 6 (12.24%) Asset Management
6 6 (12.24%) Customer Experience
6 6 (12.24%) Data Governance
6 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (12.24%) User Experience
6 6 (12.24%) Validation
7 5 (10.20%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (8.16%) Coaching
8 4 (8.16%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.49%) SQL
2 7 (14.29%) Python
3 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.04%) C#
4 1 (2.04%) Java
4 1 (2.04%) MATLAB
4 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) Degree
3 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.04%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.04%) MCSE
4 1 (2.04%) PhD
4 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.37%) Data Quality
2 8 (16.33%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (8.16%) QA
4 2 (4.08%) GDPR
5 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.04%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) SCCM
2 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) IBM
1 5 (10.20%) Oracle
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.08%) Databricks
3 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.04%) SAP
4 1 (2.04%) Snow
4 1 (2.04%) VMware