Analytical Skills Contracts in Glasgow

Analytical Skills
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +12
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 139 71 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 17.59% 10.22% 12.81%
As % of the General category 25.60% 18.49% 20.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 51 88
10th Percentile £308 £170 £359
25th Percentile £408 £330 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £579
90th Percentile £582 £613 £712
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £476
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.51% +12.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £12.99 £49.01
25th Percentile £19.75 £13.91 £50.94
Median hourly rate £19.83 £15.88 £54.14
Median % change year-on-year +24.91% -70.68% +29.06%
75th Percentile £19.92 £17.91 £57.35
90th Percentile - £18.86 £59.27
Scotland median hourly rate £15.60 £14.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year +11.43% -76.28% +24.27%

All General Skills
Glasgow

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 common skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 543 384 557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 68.73% 55.25% 63.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 275 397
10th Percentile £290 £213 £329
25th Percentile £369 £333 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.62% -11.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £600 £635 £675
Scotland median daily rate £470 £440 £475
% change year-on-year +6.82% -7.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 15
10th Percentile £15.09 £15.01 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.80 £16.92 £12.63
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -44.03% +10.68%
75th Percentile £26.21 £33.75 £58.75
90th Percentile - £48.23 £64.16
Scotland median hourly rate £19.30 £16.92 £19.18
% change year-on-year +14.05% -11.78% -28.57%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Glasgow

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Glasgow

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Glasgow over the 6 months to 5 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Glasgow

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Glasgow

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.16%) Confluence
3 2 (1.44%) JBoss
3 2 (1.44%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.72%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.72%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (8.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.88%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (4.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.72%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 24 (17.27%) Azure
2 19 (13.67%) AWS
3 14 (10.07%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.76%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.04%) Amazon S3
6 5 (3.60%) Cohesity
6 5 (3.60%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.88%) IaaS
8 3 (2.16%) OCI
8 3 (2.16%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.44%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.44%) GitHub
9 2 (1.44%) PaaS
9 2 (1.44%) Serverless
9 2 (1.44%) Yammer
10 1 (0.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.60%) NAS
1 5 (3.60%) SAN
2 2 (1.44%) Network Security
3 1 (0.72%) DHCP
3 1 (0.72%) DNS
3 1 (0.72%) Firewall
3 1 (0.72%) VPN
3 1 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (20.86%) DB2
2 28 (20.14%) MongoDB
2 28 (20.14%) Relational Database
3 14 (10.07%) Power BI
4 4 (2.88%) Power Query
4 4 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.88%) Tableau
5 3 (2.16%) Oracle Exadata
5 3 (2.16%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.44%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.44%) MSDE
7 1 (0.72%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.72%) QlikView
7 1 (0.72%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 29 (20.86%) JUnit
2 9 (6.47%) JIRA
3 7 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.32%) Git
4 6 (4.32%) Xcode
5 2 (1.44%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.44%) IntelliJ
5 2 (1.44%) PyCharm
5 2 (1.44%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.72%) Artifactory
General
1 97 (69.78%) Social Skills
2 66 (47.48%) Finance
3 37 (26.62%) Banking
4 25 (17.99%) Front Office
4 25 (17.99%) Investment Banking
5 20 (14.39%) Public Sector
6 13 (9.35%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.88%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.44%) Legal
10 2 (1.44%) Military
11 1 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Marketing
11 1 (0.72%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (28.06%) Analyst
2 36 (25.90%) Developer
3 29 (20.86%) Java Developer
4 22 (15.83%) Business Analyst
5 16 (11.51%) Investment Banking Java Developer
5 16 (11.51%) SQL Developer
5 16 (11.51%) Sybase Developer
6 11 (7.91%) Senior
7 6 (4.32%) Architect
7 6 (4.32%) Mobile Engineer
7 6 (4.32%) SAP Analyst
7 6 (4.32%) SAP Business Analyst
8 4 (2.88%) Data Analyst
8 4 (2.88%) Data Architect
8 4 (2.88%) Python Developer
9 3 (2.16%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 3 (2.16%) Contracts Manager
9 3 (2.16%) Database Engineer
9 3 (2.16%) Security Analyst
9 3 (2.16%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (20.86%) Spring
2 27 (19.42%) Kafka
3 25 (17.99%) JMS
4 6 (4.32%) SwiftUI
4 6 (4.32%) UIKit
5 3 (2.16%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.44%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.44%) IBM Integration Bus
6 2 (1.44%) Middleware
6 2 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.72%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.72%) J2EE
7 1 (0.72%) J2SE
7 1 (0.72%) pytest
7 1 (0.72%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.71%) Data Structures
2 24 (17.27%) Equities
3 9 (6.47%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (5.76%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.76%) Virtual Team
5 7 (5.04%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (5.04%) Management Information System
6 6 (4.32%) Credit Risk
6 6 (4.32%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (4.32%) Equity Derivative
6 6 (4.32%) iPad
6 6 (4.32%) iPhone
6 6 (4.32%) Mobile App
7 5 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.88%) Derivative
8 4 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.16%) Clustering
9 3 (2.16%) CMDB
9 3 (2.16%) Replication
10 2 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (30.94%) Linux
2 20 (14.39%) Windows
3 10 (7.19%) Unix
4 7 (5.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (4.32%) Android
5 6 (4.32%) Apple iOS
5 6 (4.32%) Windows Server
6 3 (2.16%) AIX
6 3 (2.16%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.16%) Solaris
7 2 (1.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (72.66%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (45.32%) Agile
3 37 (26.62%) SDLC
4 29 (20.86%) Performance Tuning
5 26 (18.71%) Open Source
6 25 (17.99%) Database Tuning
7 23 (16.55%) Multithreading
8 22 (15.83%) Decision-Making
9 20 (14.39%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (13.67%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (12.95%) Data Protection
12 17 (12.23%) Requirements Gathering
13 16 (11.51%) Change Management
14 15 (10.79%) DevOps
15 14 (10.07%) CI/CD
15 14 (10.07%) ITIL
15 14 (10.07%) Scrum
16 13 (9.35%) Data Modelling
16 13 (9.35%) Test Automation
17 12 (8.63%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 44 (31.65%) Python
2 40 (28.78%) SQL
3 32 (23.02%) Java
4 22 (15.83%) Shell Script
5 6 (4.32%) Objective-C
5 6 (4.32%) Swift
6 4 (2.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (2.16%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.16%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.44%) C#
9 1 (0.72%) Bicep
9 1 (0.72%) Perl
9 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (12.23%) Degree
2 7 (5.04%) CISSP
3 6 (4.32%) CISM
4 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.88%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.88%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.16%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.44%) CEH
6 2 (1.44%) CRISC
6 2 (1.44%) GIAC
6 2 (1.44%) ISACA
6 2 (1.44%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.72%) OSCP
7 1 (0.72%) PCI QSA
7 1 (0.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.19%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (6.47%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.47%) QA
3 5 (3.60%) GDPR
4 2 (1.44%) Basel III
4 2 (1.44%) COREP
4 2 (1.44%) FINREP
5 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.72%) NIST
5 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.72%) PMO
5 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.16%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.16%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.72%) Docker
3 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (6.47%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.60%) NetBackup
2 5 (3.60%) Oracle RMAN
3 3 (2.16%) Data Guard
3 3 (2.16%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (2.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (2.16%) Oracle Flashback
3 3 (2.16%) Terraform
4 2 (1.44%) Ansible
4 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.72%) Podman
5 1 (0.72%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 29 (20.86%) Sybase
2 20 (14.39%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.04%) Oracle
3 7 (5.04%) SAP
4 5 (3.60%) Dynatrace
4 5 (3.60%) IBM
4 5 (3.60%) Veritas
5 4 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.16%) Dell
6 3 (2.16%) Qualys
6 3 (2.16%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.44%) Apple
7 2 (1.44%) Pega
7 2 (1.44%) Splunk
7 2 (1.44%) Sun
7 2 (1.44%) Workday
8 1 (0.72%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.72%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.72%) Netskope
8 1 (0.72%) Proofpoint