Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £415, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 April 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 249 255 348
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 14.08% 15.72% 15.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.29% 16.69% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 167 219
10th Percentile £260 £278 £162
25th Percentile £344 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £425 £418
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +1.80% +0.60%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £498
90th Percentile £621 £567 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 13
10th Percentile - £16.19 £12.34
25th Percentile - £16.44 £12.50
Median hourly rate £17.23 £19.37 £15.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.03% +25.58% +1.15%
75th Percentile £24.37 £24.87 £18.27
90th Percentile £28.65 £30.74 £24.47
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year -5.15% +35.83% -13.12%

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 1,628 1,528 2,112
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 94.20% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 850 920 1,289
10th Percentile £263 £262 £204
25th Percentile £381 £370 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £610 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -3.10% -1.71% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 50 115
10th Percentile £12.60 £15.98 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £21.95 £21.80 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% -37.73% +50.99%
75th Percentile £58.27 £24.66 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.78 £42.58 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £29.25 £35.96
% change year-on-year +47.01% -18.66% -20.09%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +4 115 £415 -2.35% 15
Edinburgh -2 97 £413 -3.51% 12
South Lanarkshire 0 10 £610 +29.79% 1
Perthshire 0 6 £763 +110.34%
Aberdeen -2 5 - - 3
Dumfries and Galloway - 5 £260 -
West Lothian -5 2 £54 - 2
Lanarkshire +5 1 £450 +246.15% 13
Highlands - 1 £350 - 2
Inverclyde - 1 £450 -
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 1
Fife - 1 £43 - 4
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 61 (24.50%) Agile
2 40 (16.06%) SQL
3 38 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (14.46%) Business Analysis
4 36 (14.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 35 (14.06%) Data Quality
6 33 (13.25%) Azure
6 33 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
6 33 (13.25%) Microsoft
7 32 (12.85%) Data Analysis
8 30 (12.05%) Security Cleared
9 29 (11.65%) Decision-Making
9 29 (11.65%) Power Platform
10 27 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
10 27 (10.84%) Microsoft Excel
10 27 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (10.44%) Power BI
12 23 (9.24%) DevOps
12 23 (9.24%) Python
12 23 (9.24%) Windows
13 22 (8.84%) Degree
13 22 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
13 22 (8.84%) SC Cleared
13 22 (8.84%) User Stories
14 21 (8.43%) Change Management
15 20 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (8.03%) Migration
15 20 (8.03%) Requirements Gathering
15 20 (8.03%) Workshop Facilitation
16 19 (7.63%) Project Management

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 13 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.41%) Confluence
3 3 (1.20%) Camunda
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (10.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.21%) MS Visio
4 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.01%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.80%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.40%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.40%) iTrent
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (13.25%) Azure
2 29 (11.65%) Power Platform
3 22 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.61%) AWS
5 9 (3.61%) Power Automate
5 9 (3.61%) Snowflake
6 6 (2.41%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.41%) Lucidchart
7 3 (1.20%) GCP
7 3 (1.20%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.80%) Alation
8 2 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.80%) SaaS
9 1 (0.40%) Boomi
9 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.40%) OCI
9 1 (0.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.62%) DNS
2 11 (4.42%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.20%) VPN
5 2 (0.80%) Internet
5 2 (0.80%) Intranet
6 1 (0.40%) Firewall
6 1 (0.40%) LAN
6 1 (0.40%) SSL
6 1 (0.40%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.44%) Power BI
2 7 (2.81%) Tableau
3 6 (2.41%) Tick Data
4 5 (2.01%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.20%) Metadata
6 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.80%) Power Query
7 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.40%) Big Data
7 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.40%) QlikView
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (6.02%) JIRA
2 6 (2.41%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.20%) GitLab
4 2 (0.80%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.40%) Selenium
5 1 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.40%) TestComplete
5 1 (0.40%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 79 (31.73%) Finance
2 73 (29.32%) Social Skills
3 46 (18.47%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (15.26%) Public Sector
5 26 (10.44%) Banking
6 12 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (4.02%) Investment Banking
8 9 (3.61%) Retail Banking
9 6 (2.41%) Law
10 5 (2.01%) Corporate Banking
10 5 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.01%) Legal
10 5 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.01%) Retail
11 4 (1.61%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.20%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.20%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.80%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.81%) .NET
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.40%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.23%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.22%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.82%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (4.42%) Cyberattack
4 11 (4.42%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.21%) CMDB
7 7 (2.81%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.01%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.61%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.61%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.20%) Wiki
11 2 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.80%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (0.80%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.80%) PMI
11 2 (0.80%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.40%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.24%) Windows
2 17 (6.83%) Linux
3 6 (2.41%) Unix
4 5 (2.01%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.01%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.61%) Android
5 4 (1.61%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.80%) VMS
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (24.50%) Agile
2 38 (15.26%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (14.46%) Business Analysis
3 36 (14.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 33 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (12.85%) Data Analysis
6 29 (11.65%) Decision-Making
7 27 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
7 27 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (9.24%) DevOps
9 22 (8.84%) User Stories
10 21 (8.43%) Change Management
11 20 (8.03%) Migration
11 20 (8.03%) Requirements Gathering
11 20 (8.03%) Workshop Facilitation
12 19 (7.63%) Project Management
12 19 (7.63%) User Acceptance Testing
13 18 (7.23%) ITIL
13 18 (7.23%) Validation
14 17 (6.83%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 40 (16.06%) SQL
2 23 (9.24%) Python
3 7 (2.81%) C#
4 6 (2.41%) C++
4 6 (2.41%) Perl
5 2 (0.80%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.80%) VB
6 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.40%) Java
6 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (12.05%) Security Cleared
2 22 (8.84%) Degree
2 22 (8.84%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.22%) DV Cleared
4 12 (4.82%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (4.42%) CompTIA CySA+
5 11 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.80%) CBAP
8 2 (0.80%) IIBA
8 2 (0.80%) ISEB
8 2 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.80%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.40%) CEH
9 1 (0.40%) CISSP
9 1 (0.40%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.40%) GCIH
9 1 (0.40%) GIAC
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.06%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.42%) PMO
3 7 (2.81%) QA
4 6 (2.41%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.20%) SLA
6 2 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.80%) GRC
6 2 (0.80%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.80%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.40%) P3O
7 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (5.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) CASB
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.62%) ServiceNow
3 13 (5.22%) Splunk
4 12 (4.82%) Oracle
5 11 (4.42%) SAP
6 4 (1.61%) Citrix
6 4 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.61%) Workday
7 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.80%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.80%) Calypso
8 2 (0.80%) FIS
8 2 (0.80%) Fiserv
8 2 (0.80%) Pega
8 2 (0.80%) SmartStream
8 2 (0.80%) Tenable
9 1 (0.40%) Databricks
9 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.40%) RIMES
9 1 (0.40%) Zscaler