Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 239 258 407
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 14.98% 13.77% 16.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.59% 14.68% 17.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 161 269
10th Percentile £295 £145 £163
25th Percentile £385 £205 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £525 £473 £488
90th Percentile £550 £500 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £482
% change year-on-year -2.70% -3.95% +4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 6
10th Percentile £16.13 £12.32 -
25th Percentile £17.10 £14.63 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.80 £18.38 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.17% +26.72% +15.81%
75th Percentile £28.79 £19.57 £14.75
90th Percentile £42.25 £19.59 £15.98
UK median hourly rate £22.05 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +10.25% +5.26% +11.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,441 1,758 2,307
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.86% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 812 1,056 1,494
10th Percentile £220 £200 £250
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £612 £670 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 74 61
10th Percentile £16.18 £12.32 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.27 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% +3.10% -5.87%
75th Percentile £26.66 £24.18 £58.75
90th Percentile £61.63 £51.15 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Scotland

Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Scotland

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Scotland

Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Scotland

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analyst in Scotland

Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
Glasgow -5 119 £420 +20.00% 29
Edinburgh +5 102 £507 +19.18% 39
Renfrewshire -1 5 £500 +185.71% 7
West Lothian -4 4 £375 +188.46% 4
Clackmannanshire +3 2 - -
Lanarkshire 0 2 £130 -29.73% 18
South Lanarkshire +15 1 - - 8
Aberdeen 0 1 - - 8
Fife -1 1 - - 3
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

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

1 105 (43.93%) Finance
2 90 (37.66%) Social Skills
3 80 (33.47%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (25.94%) Agile
5 61 (25.52%) Banking
6 50 (20.92%) Migration
7 41 (17.15%) Data Analysis
7 41 (17.15%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (16.74%) Business Analysis
9 39 (16.32%) Data Modelling
10 38 (15.90%) SQL
10 38 (15.90%) Microsoft
10 38 (15.90%) Public Sector
11 34 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (13.81%) ITIL
13 31 (12.97%) Python
13 31 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (11.72%) Microsoft Excel
14 28 (11.72%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (11.30%) Degree
16 26 (10.88%) Data Protection
17 25 (10.46%) Regulatory Compliance
18 24 (10.04%) Fintech
18 24 (10.04%) Due Diligence
18 24 (10.04%) Scenario Testing
18 24 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 23 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
19 23 (9.62%) Digital Banking
19 23 (9.62%) Case Management
19 23 (9.62%) Management Information System

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 19 (7.95%) Confluence
2 18 (7.53%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.09%) SAS
4 4 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 28 (11.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (5.44%) MS Visio
3 8 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.09%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.67%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.26%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (1.26%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 23 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (7.11%) Azure
3 15 (6.28%) Power Platform
4 10 (4.18%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (2.51%) Yammer
6 5 (2.09%) AWS
6 5 (2.09%) OCI
7 4 (1.67%) GCP
8 3 (1.26%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.26%) SaaS
9 2 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.84%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.84%) Miro
9 2 (0.84%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.84%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.42%) Collibra
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.42%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.84%) Firewall
1 2 (0.84%) VPN
1 2 (0.84%) WAN
2 1 (0.42%) ATM
2 1 (0.42%) Broadband
2 1 (0.42%) Internet
2 1 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.86%) Power BI
2 10 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (4.18%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.51%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.67%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.67%) Tableau
5 3 (1.26%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.26%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.26%) Power Query
5 3 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.26%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) Metadata
7 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.42%) PowerCenter
7 1 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 23 (9.62%) JIRA
2 3 (1.26%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.42%) Git
3 1 (0.42%) GitLab
3 1 (0.42%) TestComplete
3 1 (0.42%) Zephyr
General
1 105 (43.93%) Finance
2 90 (37.66%) Social Skills
3 80 (33.47%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (25.52%) Banking
5 38 (15.90%) Public Sector
6 28 (11.72%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (5.02%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.67%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.26%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.26%) Military
12 2 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.84%) French Language
12 2 (0.84%) German Language
12 2 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.84%) Legal
12 2 (0.84%) Marketing
12 2 (0.84%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.26%) JSON
2 3 (1.26%) Kafka
3 2 (0.84%) WebCenter
4 1 (0.42%) ADO
4 1 (0.42%) NumPy
4 1 (0.42%) Pandas
4 1 (0.42%) PySpark
4 1 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.62%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.28%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.18%) CMDB
4 10 (4.18%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.09%) Derivative
7 5 (2.09%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.67%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.26%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.84%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.84%) Equities
10 2 (0.84%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.84%) OTC Derivatives
10 2 (0.84%) PKI
10 2 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.84%) Social Media
10 2 (0.84%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.62%) Linux
2 21 (8.79%) Windows
3 15 (6.28%) Unix
4 8 (3.35%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.51%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.84%) Android
8 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (25.94%) Agile
2 50 (20.92%) Migration
3 41 (17.15%) Data Analysis
3 41 (17.15%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (16.74%) Business Analysis
5 39 (16.32%) Data Modelling
6 34 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (13.81%) ITIL
8 31 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (10.88%) Data Protection
10 25 (10.46%) Regulatory Compliance
11 24 (10.04%) Due Diligence
11 24 (10.04%) Fintech
11 24 (10.04%) Scenario Testing
11 24 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 23 (9.62%) Case Management
12 23 (9.62%) Digital Banking
13 21 (8.79%) User Stories
14 20 (8.37%) Requirements Gathering
15 19 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 38 (15.90%) SQL
2 31 (12.97%) Python
3 13 (5.44%) Perl
4 7 (2.93%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.26%) ProC
5 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.84%) Bicep
6 2 (0.84%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.42%) COBOL
7 1 (0.42%) Java
7 1 (0.42%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.42%) R
7 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (11.30%) Degree
2 23 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.69%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.18%) CISSP
5 9 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 8 (3.35%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.51%) CISM
7 6 (2.51%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (2.51%) GCIA
7 6 (2.51%) GCIH
8 4 (1.67%) CASP
9 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.26%) HND
9 3 (1.26%) ISEB
10 2 (0.84%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.84%) CIMA
10 2 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.11%) GDPR
2 12 (5.02%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.18%) QA
4 7 (2.93%) Disclosure Scotland
4 7 (2.93%) PMO
5 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.26%) SLA
6 2 (0.84%) Basel III
6 2 (0.84%) COREP
6 2 (0.84%) FINREP
6 2 (0.84%) MiFID
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (2.93%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (15.90%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.86%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.60%) Oracle
4 8 (3.35%) ArcSight
5 6 (2.51%) SAP
6 4 (1.67%) Google
7 3 (1.26%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.26%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.84%) Apple
8 2 (0.84%) Avaloq
8 2 (0.84%) Databricks
8 2 (0.84%) Qualys
8 2 (0.84%) Reuters
8 2 (0.84%) Snow
8 2 (0.84%) Splunk
8 2 (0.84%) Tenable
9 1 (0.42%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.42%) FNZ
9 1 (0.42%) Nintex
9 1 (0.42%) Workday