Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 222 245 394
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 13.68% 13.84% 16.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.16% 15.10% 17.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 159 259
10th Percentile £275 £156 £155
25th Percentile £372 £265 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £400 £412
Median % change year-on-year +12.13% -2.91% -0.72%
75th Percentile £525 £450 £488
90th Percentile £550 £500 £525
UK median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 5
10th Percentile £18.27 £14.28 -
25th Percentile £20.40 £18.19 £14.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £18.69 £15.42
Median % change year-on-year +60.54% +21.19% +2.80%
75th Percentile £35.75 £19.59 £20.75
90th Percentile £49.00 £20.05 £26.75
UK median hourly rate £20.81 £24.19 £19.50
% change year-on-year -13.96% +24.07% +14.69%

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 1,464 1,622 2,282
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 91.64% 94.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 861 956 1,451
10th Percentile £203 £192 £239
25th Percentile £361 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 64 64
10th Percentile £16.84 £13.22 £12.17
25th Percentile £19.23 £14.73 £16.44
Median hourly rate £24.09 £19.30 £19.06
Median % change year-on-year +24.85% +1.26% +7.53%
75th Percentile £39.02 £24.18 £57.06
90th Percentile £64.47 £40.10 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +60.48%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Analyst job vacancy trend 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 12 November 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 12 November 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 12 November 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 -6 106 £425 +6.25% 23
Edinburgh -1 96 £500 +17.65% 33
West Lothian -1 5 £54 -63.66% 1
Renfrewshire +10 4 £500 +17.65% 7
Clackmannanshire +4 2 - -
Fife +1 2 £43 -85.83% 2
Aberdeen -6 1 - - 5
Lanarkshire - 1 £130 - 10
Inverclyde - 1 £450 - 3
South Lanarkshire - 1 - - 5
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £513 - 5
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, 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 Scotland region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 57 (25.68%) Agile
2 46 (20.72%) SQL
3 45 (20.27%) Migration
4 39 (17.57%) Microsoft
5 36 (16.22%) Business Analysis
5 36 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (16.22%) Data Modelling
5 36 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (15.77%) Data Analysis
7 33 (14.86%) Microsoft Excel
8 30 (13.51%) Python
9 29 (13.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (11.71%) ITIL
11 25 (11.26%) Data Protection
11 25 (11.26%) Regulatory Compliance
12 24 (10.81%) Due Diligence
12 24 (10.81%) Fintech
13 23 (10.36%) Case Management
13 23 (10.36%) Digital Banking
13 23 (10.36%) Scenario Testing
13 23 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (9.91%) Project Management
15 21 (9.46%) Analytics
16 19 (8.56%) Change Management
16 19 (8.56%) Degree
16 19 (8.56%) Waterfall
17 18 (8.11%) SharePoint
17 18 (8.11%) User Acceptance Testing
18 17 (7.66%) Data Governance

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.95%) Confluence
3 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (1.35%) SAS
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 33 (14.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (7.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.15%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) iTrent
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (6.31%) Azure
2 14 (6.31%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.60%) Snowflake
4 7 (3.15%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (3.15%) Viva Engage
5 4 (1.80%) GCP
5 4 (1.80%) Lucidchart
6 3 (1.35%) AWS
6 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.45%) Collibra
8 1 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.45%) ShareGate
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.90%) Firewall
1 2 (0.90%) VoIP
2 1 (0.45%) ATM
2 1 (0.45%) Internet
2 1 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.45%) VPN
2 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.86%) Power BI
2 12 (5.41%) Relational Database
3 8 (3.60%) BigQuery
4 7 (3.15%) Metadata
4 7 (3.15%) Tableau
5 5 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.35%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.35%) Power Query
6 3 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.35%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.90%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.90%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.45%) Big Data
8 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects XI
8 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (5.86%) JIRA
2 3 (1.35%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.45%) TestComplete
3 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 100 (45.05%) Finance
2 85 (38.29%) Social Skills
3 84 (37.84%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (26.13%) Banking
5 32 (14.41%) Public Sector
6 31 (13.96%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (4.50%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.70%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.35%) French Language
10 3 (1.35%) Legal
11 2 (0.90%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.90%) Front Office
11 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Military
12 1 (0.45%) German Language
12 1 (0.45%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.35%) JSON
2 3 (1.35%) Kafka
3 1 (0.45%) ADO
3 1 (0.45%) NumPy
3 1 (0.45%) Pandas
3 1 (0.45%) PySpark
3 1 (0.45%) Swagger
3 1 (0.45%) XML
3 1 (0.45%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.01%) Management Information System
2 16 (7.21%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (6.31%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.95%) CMDB
5 8 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (3.60%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.15%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.25%) Wiki
9 4 (1.80%) Freedom of Information
10 3 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.35%) Derivative
10 3 (1.35%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.90%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.90%) OTC Derivatives
11 2 (0.90%) PKI
11 2 (0.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.66%) Linux
2 14 (6.31%) Unix
3 11 (4.95%) Windows
4 4 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.35%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (25.68%) Agile
2 45 (20.27%) Migration
3 36 (16.22%) Business Analysis
3 36 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (16.22%) Data Modelling
3 36 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (15.77%) Data Analysis
5 29 (13.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 26 (11.71%) ITIL
7 25 (11.26%) Data Protection
7 25 (11.26%) Regulatory Compliance
8 24 (10.81%) Due Diligence
8 24 (10.81%) Fintech
9 23 (10.36%) Case Management
9 23 (10.36%) Digital Banking
9 23 (10.36%) Scenario Testing
9 23 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (9.91%) Project Management
11 21 (9.46%) Analytics
12 19 (8.56%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (20.72%) SQL
2 30 (13.51%) Python
3 11 (4.95%) Perl
4 5 (2.25%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.35%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.45%) Bicep
6 1 (0.45%) COBOL
6 1 (0.45%) Java
6 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (8.56%) Degree
2 17 (7.66%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.95%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.60%) DV Cleared
4 8 (3.60%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (3.15%) CISSP
6 5 (2.25%) CISM
7 4 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.80%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (1.80%) GCIA
7 4 (1.80%) GCIH
8 3 (1.35%) CASP
8 3 (1.35%) CEH
8 3 (1.35%) GIAC
8 3 (1.35%) HND
9 2 (0.90%) CISA
9 2 (0.90%) ISEB
9 2 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.90%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.76%) Data Quality
1 15 (6.76%) GDPR
2 8 (3.60%) PMO
3 7 (3.15%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.35%) QA
4 3 (1.35%) SLA
5 2 (0.90%) MiFID
6 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.45%) Basel III
6 1 (0.45%) COREP
6 1 (0.45%) FINREP
6 1 (0.45%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.45%) ISA Server
2 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 39 (17.57%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.76%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.31%) Oracle
4 10 (4.50%) SAP
5 6 (2.70%) Teradata
6 5 (2.25%) ArcSight
7 3 (1.35%) Google
7 3 (1.35%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.35%) Splunk
8 2 (0.90%) Avaloq
8 2 (0.90%) Databricks
8 2 (0.90%) Pega
8 2 (0.90%) Poppulo
8 2 (0.90%) Snow
8 2 (0.90%) Tenable
8 2 (0.90%) Workday
9 1 (0.45%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.45%) FNZ
9 1 (0.45%) Nintex
9 1 (0.45%) Reuters