Senior Analyst Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Senior Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Analyst daily rate in Edinburgh is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 68 68
Rank change year-on-year +11 0 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 7 10 21
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.14% 1.26% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.33% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 15
10th Percentile - £265 £410
25th Percentile £456 £350 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £400 £430
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -6.98% +1.18%
75th Percentile £469 £428 £469
90th Percentile - £434 £693
Scotland median daily rate £463 £441 £475
% change year-on-year +4.99% -7.26% +10.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 557 751 949
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 94.58% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 394 569
10th Percentile £263 £191 £211
25th Percentile £413 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -7.37% -
75th Percentile £545 £525 £538
90th Percentile £605 £588 £600
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 32 15
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.51 £13.16
25th Percentile £30.00 £16.37 £15.49
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.38 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +212.93% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £23.96 £48.73
90th Percentile £75.00 £51.92 £59.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Senior Analyst job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Senior Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh

Senior Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Analyst job vacancies in Edinburgh

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Senior Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) BCP
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
2 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Coaching
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
2 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
2 2 (28.57%) Data Mapping
2 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (28.57%) Lucidchart
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) ACCA
3 1 (14.29%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) BigQuery
3 1 (14.29%) Broadband
3 1 (14.29%) Business Process Mapping
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) CIMA
3 1 (14.29%) Collibra

Senior Analyst Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Lucidchart
2 1 (14.29%) Collibra
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) BigQuery
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) ER Studio
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (14.29%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) BCP
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
2 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Coaching
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
2 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
2 2 (28.57%) Data Mapping
2 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
2 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Business Process Mapping
3 1 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ACCA
1 1 (14.29%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) SAP