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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 11 19
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 +13
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 60 76 79
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 10.17% 12.69% 8.77%
As % of the General category 14.89% 17.23% 11.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 39 54
10th Percentile £145 £148 £325
25th Percentile £350 £192 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.17% -13.68% -2.06%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £550
90th Percentile £588 £619 £575
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £13.18
25th Percentile - - £15.15
Median hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -14.29% -
75th Percentile - - £19.78
90th Percentile - - £21.63
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 403 441 684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 68.31% 73.62% 75.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 241 413
10th Percentile £153 £192 £193
25th Percentile £362 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £645 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £487
% change year-on-year +3.06% -7.64% +2.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 19 22
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.02 £13.58
25th Percentile - £21.63 £19.01
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £56.85
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% -57.47% +220.82%
75th Percentile £60.94 £24.42 £61.31
90th Percentile £76.87 £41.43 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £24.15 £22.87
% change year-on-year -26.00% +5.60% +35.05%

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 21 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 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.67%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.33%) Azure
2 7 (11.67%) Snowflake
3 4 (6.67%) AWS
4 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.67%) Amazon Kinesis
5 1 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.67%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.67%) Dataform
5 1 (1.67%) dbt
5 1 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.67%) OCI
5 1 (1.67%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.67%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) Firewall
1 1 (1.67%) HTTP
1 1 (1.67%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.00%) IBM InfoSphere
2 3 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.33%) Power BI
4 1 (1.67%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (11.67%) ERwin
2 4 (6.67%) ER Studio
3 3 (5.00%) JIRA
4 2 (3.33%) GitLab
5 1 (1.67%) Git
General
1 25 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 23 (38.33%) Finance
3 15 (25.00%) Banking
4 7 (11.67%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.67%) Retail Banking
8 3 (5.00%) Financial Institution
9 2 (3.33%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (3.33%) Investment Banking
9 2 (3.33%) Retail
10 1 (1.67%) Legal
10 1 (1.67%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 24 (40.00%) Analyst
2 8 (13.33%) Business Analyst
3 5 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (8.33%) Data Modeller
3 5 (8.33%) Data Protection Officer
3 5 (8.33%) Network Engineer
3 5 (8.33%) Senior
3 5 (8.33%) Support Officer
4 4 (6.67%) Data Analyst
4 4 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.00%) Fraud Analyst
5 3 (5.00%) Junior
5 3 (5.00%) Junior Analyst
5 3 (5.00%) Product Owner
6 2 (3.33%) Communications Analyst
6 2 (3.33%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (3.33%) Digital Business Analyst
6 2 (3.33%) IT Analyst
6 2 (3.33%) Product Analyst
6 2 (3.33%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.00%) JSON
1 3 (5.00%) REST
2 1 (1.67%) .NET
2 1 (1.67%) JWT
2 1 (1.67%) Kafka
2 1 (1.67%) LDAP
2 1 (1.67%) OAuth
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.67%) PySpark
2 1 (1.67%) RESTful
2 1 (1.67%) SAML
2 1 (1.67%) SOAP
2 1 (1.67%) Streamlit
2 1 (1.67%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.67%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.67%) Derivative
5 1 (1.67%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.67%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.67%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.67%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (1.67%) PKI
5 1 (1.67%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.67%) Linux
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.33%) Agile
2 17 (28.33%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (21.67%) Data Protection
4 12 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (18.33%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (18.33%) Migration
6 10 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 9 (15.00%) Data Modelling
7 9 (15.00%) Logical Data Model
8 8 (13.33%) Physical Data Model
9 7 (11.67%) Asset Management
9 7 (11.67%) Data Architecture
9 7 (11.67%) Fintech
9 7 (11.67%) Validation
10 6 (10.00%) Data Analysis
10 6 (10.00%) Data Management
10 6 (10.00%) DevOps
10 6 (10.00%) Project Management
10 6 (10.00%) SDLC
10 6 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.67%) SQL
2 9 (15.00%) Python
3 3 (5.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.33%) Java
5 1 (1.67%) C#
5 1 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.67%) Groovy
5 1 (1.67%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.00%) Degree
3 2 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.67%) MCSE
4 1 (1.67%) PhD
4 1 (1.67%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 7 (11.67%) Data Quality
3 4 (6.67%) QA
4 2 (3.33%) GDPR
5 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.67%) Docker
1 1 (1.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.67%) SCCM
1 1 (1.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (8.33%) Oracle
2 3 (5.00%) IBM
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.33%) Databricks
3 2 (3.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.67%) ForgeRock
4 1 (1.67%) SAP
4 1 (1.67%) Snow
4 1 (1.67%) VMware