Data Analysis Expressions Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data Analysis Expressions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 67 74
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +28
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis Expressions 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.25% 0.61% 0.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.82% 2.05% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £503 £289
25th Percentile - £506 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +31.25% -
75th Percentile - £531 £466
90th Percentile - £535 £501
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -20.92%

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

Data Analysis Expressions falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 245 195 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 30.86% 29.86% 22.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 118 134
10th Percentile £400 £400 £363
25th Percentile £413 £450 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -1.55%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £539
90th Percentile £625 £550 £631
Scotland median daily rate £450 £474 £453
% change year-on-year -5.01% +4.58% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 7
10th Percentile - - £33.20
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.00 £38.00
Median hourly rate £59.50 £27.87 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +113.49% -53.93% +27.37%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.25 £60.75
90th Percentile £74.40 £67.25 -
Scotland median hourly rate £52.50 £43.04 £57.50
% change year-on-year +21.98% -25.15% -

Data Analysis Expressions
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Analysis Expressions relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Data Analysis Expressions job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Data Analysis Expressions
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Analysis Expressions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Analysis Expressions

Data Analysis Expressions
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (50.00%) Power Query
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft