Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 248 240 255
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 10.38% 14.87% 13.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.17% 16.43% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 132 160
10th Percentile £238 £275 £145
25th Percentile £363 £383 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +20.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £472
90th Percentile £538 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £470 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +4.44% -2.70% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 12
10th Percentile - £16.13 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.81 £17.10 £13.97
Median hourly rate £15.90 £20.80 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% +13.17% +26.72%
75th Percentile £23.31 £28.79 £19.59
90th Percentile £95.00 £42.25 -
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £22.05 £20.24
% change year-on-year +26.98% +8.97% +9.23%

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 2,221 1,461 1,766
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 90.52% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,166 823 1,057
10th Percentile £266 £217 £193
25th Percentile £375 £362 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £564 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £605 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 69 70
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.20 £12.30
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.30 £14.73
Median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% +10.31% +2.31%
75th Percentile £60.91 £27.99 £24.18
90th Percentile £74.16 £62.87 £48.45
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -3.37%

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 25 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

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 25 September 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 -5 124 £402 -4.29% 78
Edinburgh -5 93 £438 -13.07% 74
Renfrewshire 0 5 - - 10
Perthshire - 5 £513 -
Highlands - 4 £484 - 13
Lanarkshire -2 3 £463 +255.77% 26
West Lothian -6 2 - - 5
South Lanarkshire -7 2 £650 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - -
Midlothian - 1 £500 - 24
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 - 1
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 September 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 68 (27.42%) Agile
2 66 (26.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (18.15%) Business Analysis
4 43 (17.34%) Data Analysis
5 41 (16.53%) SQL
6 39 (15.73%) Microsoft Excel
7 38 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (14.92%) Requirements Gathering
8 37 (14.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 36 (14.52%) JIRA
10 35 (14.11%) Workshop Facilitation
11 33 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (13.31%) Microsoft
12 32 (12.90%) Azure
13 31 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
14 30 (12.10%) Migration
14 30 (12.10%) User Stories
15 29 (11.69%) Confluence
15 29 (11.69%) Scrum
16 28 (11.29%) Power BI
16 28 (11.29%) Power Platform
17 23 (9.27%) User Acceptance Testing
18 22 (8.87%) Oracle
19 20 (8.06%) MS Visio
19 20 (8.06%) Risk Management
19 20 (8.06%) Security Cleared
20 19 (7.66%) Data Quality
20 19 (7.66%) Decision-Making
20 19 (7.66%) ITIL
20 19 (7.66%) ITSM

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 29 (11.69%) Confluence
2 6 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 39 (15.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (8.06%) MS Visio
3 16 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (1.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (1.61%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.21%) Primavera
3 2 (0.81%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.81%) MultiFonds
3 2 (0.81%) Sonata
4 1 (0.40%) Actimize
4 1 (0.40%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.90%) Azure
2 28 (11.29%) Power Platform
3 19 (7.66%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.85%) AWS
5 15 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.02%) GCP
8 4 (1.61%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.21%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.21%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.81%) Adobe Analytics
10 2 (0.81%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.81%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon ECR
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.40%) Apple Pay
11 1 (0.40%) Google Pay
11 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.02%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.21%) DNS
3 2 (0.81%) Broadband
3 2 (0.81%) Network Security
4 1 (0.40%) Firewall
4 1 (0.40%) VoIP
4 1 (0.40%) VPN
4 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.29%) Power BI
2 11 (4.44%) DynamoDB
2 11 (4.44%) MongoDB
3 10 (4.03%) Tableau
4 4 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.61%) Metadata
4 4 (1.61%) Power Query
4 4 (1.61%) Star Schema
5 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.40%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.40%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 36 (14.52%) JIRA
2 3 (1.21%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.81%) REST Assured
3 2 (0.81%) Selenium
4 1 (0.40%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.40%) ERwin
4 1 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.40%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 87 (35.08%) Finance
2 84 (33.87%) Social Skills
3 57 (22.98%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (14.92%) Banking
5 25 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.23%) Retail
10 5 (2.02%) Billing
10 5 (2.02%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.02%) Front Office
11 4 (1.61%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.61%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.61%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.21%) Private Banking
12 3 (1.21%) Retail Finance
13 2 (0.81%) Italian Language
13 2 (0.81%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.44%) JSON
2 6 (2.42%) Web Services
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.47%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.84%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (2.82%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.42%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.42%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (2.02%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.61%) CMDB
6 4 (1.61%) Derivative
6 4 (1.61%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.61%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.21%) Equities
7 3 (1.21%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.81%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.81%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.81%) OTC Derivatives
8 2 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.81%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.05%) Windows
2 5 (2.02%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.21%) Linux
4 2 (0.81%) Android
4 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.81%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (27.42%) Agile
2 66 (26.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (18.15%) Business Analysis
4 43 (17.34%) Data Analysis
5 38 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (14.92%) Requirements Gathering
6 37 (14.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 35 (14.11%) Workshop Facilitation
8 33 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
10 30 (12.10%) Migration
10 30 (12.10%) User Stories
11 29 (11.69%) Scrum
12 23 (9.27%) User Acceptance Testing
13 20 (8.06%) Risk Management
14 19 (7.66%) Decision-Making
14 19 (7.66%) ITIL
14 19 (7.66%) ITSM
14 19 (7.66%) Project Delivery
14 19 (7.66%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 41 (16.53%) SQL
2 17 (6.85%) Python
3 10 (4.03%) PL/SQL
4 4 (1.61%) R
5 3 (1.21%) Java
6 2 (0.81%) Perl
7 1 (0.40%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (8.06%) Security Cleared
2 14 (5.65%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.61%) Degree
5 3 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (1.21%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.81%) CBAP
6 2 (0.81%) IIBA
6 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.40%) CEH
7 1 (0.40%) CISM
7 1 (0.40%) CISSP
7 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.66%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.84%) PMO
3 7 (2.82%) QA
4 5 (2.02%) SLA
5 4 (1.61%) GDPR
5 4 (1.61%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.21%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.81%) NIST
8 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (13.31%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.87%) Oracle
3 19 (7.66%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.63%) MuleSoft
5 6 (2.42%) Citrix
5 6 (2.42%) Google
5 6 (2.42%) SAP
6 4 (1.61%) Calypso
6 4 (1.61%) IFS
7 3 (1.21%) Avaloq
7 3 (1.21%) Charles River
7 3 (1.21%) GoldenSource
8 2 (0.81%) Adobe
8 2 (0.81%) Optimizely
8 2 (0.81%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.81%) SimCorp
8 2 (0.81%) Temenos
8 2 (0.81%) VMware
9 1 (0.40%) Databricks
9 1 (0.40%) Workday