Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £416, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 255 257 341
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 13.98% 16.19% 15.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.21% 17.17% 16.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 161 213
10th Percentile £284 £263 £158
25th Percentile £350 £363 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £425 £416
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% +2.29% -1.95%
75th Percentile £500 £488 £500
90th Percentile £637 £550 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £462 £475
% change year-on-year -2.60% -2.74% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 13
10th Percentile - £16.21 £12.32
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.53 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.61 £19.48 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.72% +29.85% +3.45%
75th Percentile £17.23 £25.96 £18.27
90th Percentile - £30.15 £24.47
UK median hourly rate £21.80 £22.05 £16.30
% change year-on-year -1.13% +35.28% -10.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,677 1,497 2,047
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.33% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 882 1,248
10th Percentile £275 £260 £200
25th Percentile £390 £368 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £606 £650
UK median daily rate £507 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.07% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 51 112
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.02 £12.31
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.79 £16.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.83 £27.90
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -28.91% +28.25%
75th Percentile £60.91 £24.58 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £42.22 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £28.60 £37.50
% change year-on-year +53.85% -23.73% -16.67%

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 May 2026.

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
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 May 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
Glasgow +4 119 £415 -2.35% 30
Edinburgh -3 99 £421 -1.06% 19
South Lanarkshire -2 10 £610 +29.79% 1
Perthshire -1 7 £763 +110.34%
Renfrewshire +1 5 - - 2
Aberdeen -1 5 - - 3
Dumfries and Galloway - 4 £260 -
Lanarkshire +3 1 £450 +246.15% 21
West Lothian -2 1 - - 1
Highlands - 1 £350 - 2
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2026, 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 63 (24.71%) Agile
2 42 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (15.69%) SQL
4 38 (14.90%) Azure
5 36 (14.12%) Business Analysis
6 35 (13.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 34 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (12.94%) Data Analysis
8 33 (12.94%) Data Quality
8 33 (12.94%) Microsoft
9 32 (12.55%) Security Cleared
10 31 (12.16%) Decision-Making
10 31 (12.16%) Power Platform
11 29 (11.37%) Business Intelligence
12 28 (10.98%) Microsoft Excel
12 28 (10.98%) Power BI
13 26 (10.20%) DevOps
13 26 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
13 26 (10.20%) User Stories
14 24 (9.41%) SC Cleared
14 24 (9.41%) Windows
15 23 (9.02%) Azure DevOps
15 23 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
15 23 (9.02%) Python
16 22 (8.63%) Degree
16 22 (8.63%) Requirements Gathering
17 19 (7.45%) Acceptance Criteria
17 19 (7.45%) Change Management
17 19 (7.45%) Workshop Facilitation
18 18 (7.06%) ITIL

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 12 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.14%) Confluence
3 3 (1.18%) Camunda
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (10.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.78%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.39%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (14.90%) Azure
2 31 (12.16%) Power Platform
3 23 (9.02%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.53%) Power Automate
5 8 (3.14%) Snowflake
6 7 (2.75%) AWS
7 6 (2.35%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.57%) Lucidchart
9 3 (1.18%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.78%) Alation
10 2 (0.78%) GCP
10 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.78%) SaaS
11 1 (0.39%) Boomi
11 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.39%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.39%) OCI
11 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.49%) DNS
2 11 (4.31%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (1.18%) VPN
5 2 (0.78%) Internet
5 2 (0.78%) Intranet
6 1 (0.39%) Firewall
6 1 (0.39%) LAN
6 1 (0.39%) SSL
6 1 (0.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.98%) Power BI
2 7 (2.75%) Tableau
3 6 (2.35%) Tick Data
4 5 (1.96%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.78%) Metadata
5 2 (0.78%) Power Query
6 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.39%) Big Data
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.39%) QlikView
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (6.67%) JIRA
2 6 (2.35%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.18%) GitLab
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.39%) Selenium
5 1 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.39%) Tricentis qTest
5 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 82 (32.16%) Finance
2 73 (28.63%) Social Skills
3 43 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (13.73%) Public Sector
5 23 (9.02%) Banking
6 11 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.92%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.35%) Law
8 6 (2.35%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.96%) Corporate Banking
9 5 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.96%) Legal
9 5 (1.96%) Retail
10 4 (1.57%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.18%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.18%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.78%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.75%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.49%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (4.31%) Cyberattack
4 11 (4.31%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.14%) CMDB
7 7 (2.75%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.35%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.57%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.18%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.18%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.78%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.78%) Derivative
11 2 (0.78%) OTC Derivatives
11 2 (0.78%) PMI
11 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.39%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.41%) Windows
2 17 (6.67%) Linux
3 6 (2.35%) Unix
3 6 (2.35%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.57%) Android
5 4 (1.57%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.78%) VMS
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (24.71%) Agile
2 42 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (14.12%) Business Analysis
4 35 (13.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 34 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 33 (12.94%) Data Analysis
7 31 (12.16%) Decision-Making
8 29 (11.37%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (10.20%) DevOps
9 26 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (10.20%) User Stories
10 22 (8.63%) Requirements Gathering
11 19 (7.45%) Acceptance Criteria
11 19 (7.45%) Change Management
11 19 (7.45%) Workshop Facilitation
12 18 (7.06%) ITIL
12 18 (7.06%) Migration
13 17 (6.67%) Project Management
13 17 (6.67%) Validation
14 16 (6.27%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.69%) SQL
2 23 (9.02%) Python
3 8 (3.14%) C#
4 6 (2.35%) C++
4 6 (2.35%) Perl
5 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.78%) VB
6 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.39%) Java
6 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (12.55%) Security Cleared
2 24 (9.41%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.63%) Degree
4 13 (5.10%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.71%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (4.31%) CompTIA CySA+
6 11 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.78%) IIBA
9 2 (0.78%) ISEB
9 2 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.39%) CBAP
10 1 (0.39%) CEH
10 1 (0.39%) CISSP
10 1 (0.39%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.39%) GIAC
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.39%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (12.94%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.92%) PMO
3 7 (2.75%) QA
4 5 (1.96%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.18%) SLA
6 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.78%) GRC
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.39%) NIST
7 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.39%) P3O
7 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (5.10%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) CASB
Vendors
1 33 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.49%) ServiceNow
3 13 (5.10%) Splunk
4 10 (3.92%) Oracle
5 7 (2.75%) Citrix
6 6 (2.35%) SAP
7 4 (1.57%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.18%) Calypso
8 3 (1.18%) Workday
9 2 (0.78%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.78%) FIS
9 2 (0.78%) Fiserv
9 2 (0.78%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.78%) SmartStream
9 2 (0.78%) Tenable
10 1 (0.39%) Ariba
10 1 (0.39%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.39%) Databricks
10 1 (0.39%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.39%) Zscaler