Data Analytics Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Data Analytics
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 9.09% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £350 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands

Data Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 100.00% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £110 £143
Median % change year-on-year +218.18% -22.81% -66.47%
75th Percentile £375 £180 £146
90th Percentile - £222 -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile - - £15.20
25th Percentile - - £19.25
Median hourly rate £12.60 - £19.50
75th Percentile - - £19.75
90th Percentile £15.11 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £21.64
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.28% +24.89%

Data Analytics
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 Data Analytics within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 28 February 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 - 1 £350 - 1
Data Analytics
Scotland

Data Analytics
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft