Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £418 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 7 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 348 434 603
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 15.77% 15.21% 17.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.65% 15.99% 17.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 297 441
10th Percentile £162 £150 £137
25th Percentile £313 £275 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £418 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +4.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £498 £475 £439
90th Percentile £538 £525 £488
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +6.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 4
10th Percentile £12.34 £11.25 £11.51
25th Percentile £12.50 £12.51 £11.77
Median hourly rate £15.42 £15.25 £14.08
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +8.27% -62.45%
75th Percentile £18.27 £17.24 £23.53
90th Percentile £24.47 £26.88 £35.51
UK median hourly rate £16.30 £18.26 £15.50
% change year-on-year -10.71% +17.77% -6.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,090 2,715 3,383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 95.13% 96.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,278 1,947 2,403
10th Percentile £204 £237 £213
25th Percentile £364 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 45 54
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.90 £12.24
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.21 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £23.86 £25.55
Median % change year-on-year +39.35% -6.60% -36.14%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.55 £47.99
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.14
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Analyst in Scotland

Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analyst in Scotland

Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Analyst in Scotland

Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 2024. 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 +1 144 £375 -11.76% 22
Edinburgh +4 129 £475 +18.75% 24
West Lothian -3 10 £240 +84.62%
Renfrewshire +4 8 £175 +52.17%
Aberdeen +2 7 £350 +100.00% 7
South Lanarkshire -5 7 £470 +17.50%
Lanarkshire 0 6 £413 +10.00% 5
Perthshire 0 5 £488 -2.50% 1
Fife +1 3 £250 +58.73% 2
Highlands - 3 - -
Midlothian +2 2 - - 1
Inverclyde - 2 £172 -
Dundee +8 1 £166 -7.78% 1
Perth and Kinross +1 1 £525 +23.53%
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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.

1 126 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 106 (30.46%) Public Sector
3 92 (26.44%) Finance
3 92 (26.44%) Microsoft
4 75 (21.55%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (20.98%) Agile
6 62 (17.82%) Business Analysis
7 59 (16.95%) Microsoft Excel
8 54 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 54 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (10.92%) Power BI
9 38 (10.92%) Power Platform
10 36 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
11 35 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (9.48%) User Acceptance Testing
13 30 (8.62%) Project Management
13 30 (8.62%) SharePoint
14 29 (8.33%) ITIL
14 29 (8.33%) JIRA
14 29 (8.33%) Analytics
15 28 (8.05%) Change Management
16 27 (7.76%) Oracle
16 27 (7.76%) Data Analysis
16 27 (7.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
16 27 (7.76%) User Stories
16 27 (7.76%) Disclosure Scotland
17 26 (7.47%) Customer Service
17 26 (7.47%) Requirements Gathering
18 25 (7.18%) Security Cleared
19 24 (6.90%) Cybersecurity

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 30 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.30%) Confluence
3 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.86%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.57%) Moodle
5 2 (0.57%) WordPress
6 1 (0.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.29%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.29%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 59 (16.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (7.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.44%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Maximo
1 4 (1.15%) Oracle Cash Management
1 4 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (0.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.29%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 38 (10.92%) Power Platform
2 35 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (5.17%) Azure
4 15 (4.31%) Yammer
5 13 (3.74%) Power Automate
6 12 (3.45%) AWS
7 11 (3.16%) OCI
7 11 (3.16%) PowerApps
8 9 (2.59%) Snowflake
9 8 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.72%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.44%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.15%) SaaS
13 2 (0.57%) IaaS
13 2 (0.57%) PaaS
13 2 (0.57%) Sumo Logic
14 1 (0.29%) GCP
14 1 (0.29%) IBM Blueworks
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.86%) Internet
1 3 (0.86%) Skype
2 1 (0.29%) BIG-IP
2 1 (0.29%) DNS
2 1 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (0.29%) Network Security
2 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.29%) SAN
2 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.92%) Power BI
2 8 (2.30%) Tableau
3 7 (2.01%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.15%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.57%) GIS
5 2 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.29%) Big Data
6 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle8/8i Database
6 1 (0.29%) Power Query
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (8.33%) JIRA
2 2 (0.57%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.57%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.57%) ER Studio
2 2 (0.57%) ERwin
2 2 (0.57%) Git
2 2 (0.57%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.57%) Postman
2 2 (0.57%) Selenium
2 2 (0.57%) Subversion
2 2 (0.57%) TeamCity
2 2 (0.57%) TestComplete
2 2 (0.57%) Tricentis qTest
2 2 (0.57%) WebDriver
2 2 (0.57%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.29%) SilkCentral
3 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 126 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 106 (30.46%) Public Sector
3 92 (26.44%) Finance
4 75 (21.55%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.32%) Banking
6 16 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (3.74%) Publishing
8 11 (3.16%) Legal
9 10 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.15%) Back Office
12 3 (0.86%) Police
13 2 (0.57%) Billing
13 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.57%) Retail
13 2 (0.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.15%) SailPoint
3 3 (0.86%) .NET
4 2 (0.57%) JSON
4 2 (0.57%) Web Services
4 2 (0.57%) XML
5 1 (0.29%) Middleware
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 1 (0.29%) XSD
5 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.17%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (2.87%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.30%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.01%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.72%) Credit Risk
6 6 (1.72%) Wiki
7 4 (1.15%) iPhone
7 4 (1.15%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.86%) CMDB
8 3 (0.86%) DTCC
8 3 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.86%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.57%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.57%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.57%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.57%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.57%) NHS
9 2 (0.57%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.17%) Windows
2 13 (3.74%) Windows 10
3 8 (2.30%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.15%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Linux
6 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.29%) Unix
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (20.98%) Agile
2 62 (17.82%) Business Analysis
3 54 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (15.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (9.48%) User Acceptance Testing
6 30 (8.62%) Project Management
7 29 (8.33%) Analytics
7 29 (8.33%) ITIL
8 28 (8.05%) Change Management
9 27 (7.76%) Data Analysis
9 27 (7.76%) User Stories
10 26 (7.47%) Customer Service
10 26 (7.47%) Requirements Gathering
11 24 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (6.90%) Roadmaps
12 23 (6.61%) ERP
13 20 (5.75%) Workshop Facilitation
14 19 (5.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (5.17%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.17%) SQL
2 4 (1.15%) C#
2 4 (1.15%) Java
3 3 (0.86%) Python
3 3 (0.86%) Shell Script
4 2 (0.57%) C++
4 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.57%) VBA
4 2 (0.57%) VBScript
5 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (7.18%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.03%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.46%) Degree
4 9 (2.59%) MCP
5 8 (2.30%) CISM
6 7 (2.01%) CISSP
6 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.44%) ACCA
7 5 (1.44%) CIMA
7 5 (1.44%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.15%) HNC
9 3 (0.86%) CISA
9 3 (0.86%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (0.86%) ISEB
9 3 (0.86%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CRISC
10 2 (0.57%) IIBA
11 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.76%) Disclosure Scotland
2 23 (6.61%) PMO
3 14 (4.02%) QA
4 13 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (2.01%) SLA
7 6 (1.72%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.15%) NIST
9 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.57%) P3O
10 1 (0.29%) Basel III
10 1 (0.29%) COBIT
10 1 (0.29%) COREP
10 1 (0.29%) FINREP
10 1 (0.29%) GDPR
10 1 (0.29%) IFRS
10 1 (0.29%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 21 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.86%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.57%) Docker
4 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.44%) SCCM
2 3 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.57%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.57%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.57%) Terraform
4 1 (0.29%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.76%) Oracle
3 14 (4.02%) Atlassian
4 11 (3.16%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.59%) Alteryx
6 8 (2.30%) Cadence
7 7 (2.01%) Qualys
8 6 (1.72%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.44%) Apple
9 5 (1.44%) HP
9 5 (1.44%) IFS
9 5 (1.44%) SAP
10 4 (1.15%) Dell
10 4 (1.15%) Splunk
11 3 (0.86%) Ariba
11 3 (0.86%) CA
11 3 (0.86%) Citrix
12 2 (0.57%) Google
12 2 (0.57%) Informatica
12 2 (0.57%) Mitel