Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Analytical Skills
Scotland > Highlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in the Highlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 22 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 16.79% - -
As % of the General category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 22 0 0
10th Percentile £496 - -
25th Percentile £569 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £716 - -
90th Percentile £775 - -
Scotland median daily rate £438 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -7.89% +11.76% -13.92%

All General Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 66 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 50.38% 5.88% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 1 4
10th Percentile £486 - -
25th Percentile £500 £413 £110
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £425 £193
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +120.21% -
75th Percentile £700 £438 £291
90th Percentile £763 - £319
Scotland median daily rate £463 £471 £438
% change year-on-year -1.81% +7.67% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.45 - -
75th Percentile £15.45 - -
90th Percentile £16.11 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.11 £18.37 £16.71
% change year-on-year -12.30% +9.93% -9.43%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the Highlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the Highlands over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the Highlands

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in the Highlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 12 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Inverness - 22 £600 - 8
Analytical Skills
Scotland

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Entra ID
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Power BI
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Legal
2 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Consultant
2 7 (31.82%) Management Consultant
2 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Consultant
2 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) Administrator
3 4 (18.18%) Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Workday Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) .NET
1 4 (18.18%) LDAP
1 4 (18.18%) REST
1 4 (18.18%) SailPoint
1 4 (18.18%) Web Services
1 4 (18.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (9.09%) Learning Management System
3 1 (4.55%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Service Management
2 11 (50.00%) ITIL
3 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (31.82%) Dashboard Development
4 7 (31.82%) Information Security
4 7 (31.82%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (31.82%) Performance Metrics
4 7 (31.82%) Security Testing
4 7 (31.82%) SIAM
4 7 (31.82%) Validation
4 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 5 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (22.73%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (22.73%) RBAC
5 5 (22.73%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
6 4 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) C#
1 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 4 (18.18%) Python
1 4 (18.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
1 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 6 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (18.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (36.36%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) ServiceNow
3 5 (22.73%) BeyondTrust
3 5 (22.73%) CyberArk
3 5 (22.73%) Okta
4 4 (18.18%) Blue Prism
5 2 (9.09%) Workday