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 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 257 234 253
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 10.74% 14.53% 13.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.58% 16.09% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 128 156
10th Percentile £247 £273 £140
25th Percentile £364 £396 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +20.00% -10.18%
75th Percentile £492 £525 £450
90th Percentile £538 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £468 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +3.89% -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 £20.83 £21.37
% change year-on-year +34.42% -2.53% +13.90%

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 2,220 1,454 1,756
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 90.25% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 817 1,046
10th Percentile £272 £213 £193
25th Percentile £375 £363 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £564 £538 £538
90th Percentile £675 £603 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 65 69
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.11 £12.30
25th Percentile £14.27 £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 £30.00 £24.18
90th Percentile £74.16 £63.60 £44.83
UK median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.94% -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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -2 127 £404 -5.06% 101
Edinburgh -4 96 £438 -13.62% 87
Highlands - 8 £484 - 9
Renfrewshire 0 5 - - 5
Perthshire - 5 £513 -
Lanarkshire -3 3 £463 +255.77% 23
South Lanarkshire -5 2 £650 -
West Lothian -10 2 - - 6
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - - 18
Midlothian - 1 £500 - 29
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £510 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 - 1
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 October 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 73 (28.40%) Agile
2 72 (28.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 47 (18.29%) Business Analysis
3 47 (18.29%) Data Analysis
4 43 (16.73%) SQL
5 41 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (15.95%) Requirements Gathering
6 39 (15.18%) Microsoft Excel
7 38 (14.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 37 (14.40%) JIRA
9 36 (14.01%) Business Intelligence
9 36 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (14.01%) Workshop Facilitation
10 33 (12.84%) User Stories
11 32 (12.45%) Azure
12 31 (12.06%) Microsoft
12 31 (12.06%) Power BI
12 31 (12.06%) Power Platform
13 30 (11.67%) Confluence
13 30 (11.67%) Migration
14 29 (11.28%) Scrum
15 24 (9.34%) Security Cleared
15 24 (9.34%) User Acceptance Testing
16 23 (8.95%) ITIL
16 23 (8.95%) Validation
17 22 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
17 22 (8.56%) Oracle
18 21 (8.17%) Data Quality
18 21 (8.17%) Decision-Making
19 20 (7.78%) MS Visio

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 30 (11.67%) Confluence
2 7 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 39 (15.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (7.78%) MS Visio
3 15 (5.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.56%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (1.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (1.56%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.17%) Primavera
3 2 (0.78%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.78%) MultiFonds
3 2 (0.78%) Sonata
4 1 (0.39%) Actimize
4 1 (0.39%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.39%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.45%) Azure
2 31 (12.06%) Power Platform
3 18 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.61%) AWS
5 15 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.33%) GCP
7 4 (1.56%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.17%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.17%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.17%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.17%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.78%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (0.78%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.39%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.39%) Apple Pay
10 1 (0.39%) Lucidchart
10 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.17%) DNS
1 3 (1.17%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (0.78%) Broadband
2 2 (0.78%) Network Security
2 2 (0.78%) VoIP
3 1 (0.39%) Firewall
3 1 (0.39%) VPN
3 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (12.06%) Power BI
2 11 (4.28%) DynamoDB
2 11 (4.28%) MongoDB
3 10 (3.89%) Tableau
4 6 (2.33%) Metadata
5 5 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.95%) Power Query
6 4 (1.56%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 37 (14.40%) JIRA
2 3 (1.17%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.78%) REST Assured
3 2 (0.78%) Selenium
4 1 (0.39%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.39%) ERwin
4 1 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.39%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 89 (34.63%) Finance
2 88 (34.24%) Social Skills
3 63 (24.51%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (14.79%) Banking
5 25 (9.73%) Public Sector
6 20 (7.78%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.50%) Retail
9 5 (1.95%) Billing
9 5 (1.95%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.95%) Front Office
10 4 (1.56%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.56%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.56%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.17%) Private Banking
11 3 (1.17%) Retail Finance
12 2 (0.78%) Italian Language
12 2 (0.78%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.28%) JSON
2 6 (2.33%) Web Services
3 1 (0.39%) .NET
3 1 (0.39%) Middleware
3 1 (0.39%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.56%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.06%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (3.89%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.95%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.56%) CMDB
7 4 (1.56%) Derivative
7 4 (1.56%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.56%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.17%) Equities
8 3 (1.17%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.78%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.78%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.78%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.78%) OTC Derivatives
9 2 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.78%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.78%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.45%) Windows
2 3 (1.17%) Android
2 3 (1.17%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.17%) Linux
2 3 (1.17%) Mac OS
2 3 (1.17%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (28.40%) Agile
2 72 (28.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 47 (18.29%) Business Analysis
3 47 (18.29%) Data Analysis
4 41 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (15.95%) Requirements Gathering
5 38 (14.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 36 (14.01%) Business Intelligence
6 36 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (14.01%) Workshop Facilitation
7 33 (12.84%) User Stories
8 30 (11.67%) Migration
9 29 (11.28%) Scrum
10 24 (9.34%) User Acceptance Testing
11 23 (8.95%) ITIL
11 23 (8.95%) Validation
12 22 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
13 21 (8.17%) Decision-Making
14 20 (7.78%) Risk Management
15 19 (7.39%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.73%) SQL
2 17 (6.61%) Python
3 10 (3.89%) PL/SQL
4 4 (1.56%) R
5 3 (1.17%) Java
6 2 (0.78%) Perl
7 1 (0.39%) C#
7 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 24 (9.34%) Security Cleared
2 17 (6.61%) SC Cleared
3 5 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (1.95%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.56%) Degree
5 3 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.17%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.78%) CBAP
6 2 (0.78%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.78%) IIBA
6 2 (0.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.39%) CEH
7 1 (0.39%) CISM
7 1 (0.39%) CISSP
7 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.39%) GIAC
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.17%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.28%) PMO
3 9 (3.50%) SLA
4 8 (3.11%) QA
5 4 (1.56%) GDPR
5 4 (1.56%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.17%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.39%) GRC
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.39%) NIST
7 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.56%) Oracle
3 18 (7.00%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.50%) MuleSoft
5 7 (2.72%) Google
6 6 (2.33%) Citrix
6 6 (2.33%) SAP
7 4 (1.56%) Calypso
7 4 (1.56%) IFS
8 3 (1.17%) Avaloq
8 3 (1.17%) Charles River
8 3 (1.17%) GoldenSource
8 3 (1.17%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.78%) Adobe
9 2 (0.78%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.78%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.78%) Temenos
9 2 (0.78%) VMware
10 1 (0.39%) Databricks
10 1 (0.39%) Workday