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 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 289 269 318
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 13.55% 16.50% 15.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.58% 17.58% 16.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 156 196
10th Percentile £310 £260 £157
25th Percentile £363 £358 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £510 £488
90th Percentile £576 £550 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 18
10th Percentile £15.90 £16.10 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.44 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.61 £19.59 £15.67
Median % change year-on-year -15.21% +25.02% +8.07%
75th Percentile £75.56 £23.26 £18.56
90th Percentile £95.00 £28.38 £22.70
UK median hourly rate £23.11 £22.14 £17.50
% change year-on-year +4.36% +26.51% -4.14%

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 1,982 1,530 1,954
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 93.87% 94.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,027 883 1,201
10th Percentile £300 £235 £200
25th Percentile £400 £358 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 66 117
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.02 £12.35
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.90 £15.10
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.90 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year +75.88% +8.30% -0.68%
75th Percentile £61.50 £25.15 £52.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £57.50 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £43.25 £26.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +63.21% -29.33% -14.29%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +5 149 £402 -5.41% 16
Edinburgh -5 107 £436 -3.06% 15
Perthshire +3 6 £725 -
Renfrewshire 0 6 - - 1
South Lanarkshire -4 6 £275 -41.49% 3
Aberdeen +2 5 - - 3
Lanarkshire +1 2 £463 +255.77% 16
West Lothian -4 1 - -
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
Highlands - 1 £350 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 June 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 85 (29.41%) Agile
2 50 (17.30%) Business Analysis
3 49 (16.96%) SQL
4 48 (16.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 47 (16.26%) Data Analysis
6 46 (15.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (13.84%) Azure
9 36 (12.46%) Microsoft Excel
10 35 (12.11%) Microsoft
10 35 (12.11%) Security Cleared
11 34 (11.76%) JIRA
12 33 (11.42%) Scrum
12 33 (11.42%) User Stories
13 31 (10.73%) Requirements Gathering
14 30 (10.38%) Data Quality
15 29 (10.03%) Decision-Making
16 28 (9.69%) DevOps
16 28 (9.69%) Migration
17 27 (9.34%) Business Intelligence
17 27 (9.34%) Power Platform
18 26 (9.00%) Power BI
19 25 (8.65%) Azure DevOps
19 25 (8.65%) SC Cleared
19 25 (8.65%) Workshop Facilitation
20 24 (8.30%) Confluence
20 24 (8.30%) Cybersecurity
20 24 (8.30%) ITIL
20 24 (8.30%) Python
21 23 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement

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 24 (8.30%) Confluence
2 12 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.35%) Camunda
4 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 36 (12.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (6.57%) MS Visio
3 15 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Primavera
2 2 (0.69%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.69%) Sonata
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.35%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.35%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.35%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 40 (13.84%) Azure
2 27 (9.34%) Power Platform
3 25 (8.65%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (4.84%) AWS
6 7 (2.42%) Snowflake
7 6 (2.08%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.73%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.38%) GCP
10 3 (1.04%) Lucidchart
10 3 (1.04%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.69%) Alation
11 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.69%) SaaS
12 1 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.35%) Google Analytics
12 1 (0.35%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.11%) DNS
2 4 (1.38%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (1.04%) VPN
3 3 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.69%) Internet
5 1 (0.35%) Intranet
5 1 (0.35%) Network Security
5 1 (0.35%) SSL
5 1 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (9.00%) Power BI
2 11 (3.81%) DynamoDB
2 11 (3.81%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.42%) Tableau
4 5 (1.73%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.38%) Tick Data
6 3 (1.04%) Power Query
7 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.35%) Big Data
8 1 (0.35%) Metadata
8 1 (0.35%) QlikView
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (11.76%) JIRA
2 4 (1.38%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.04%) Selenium
4 2 (0.69%) GitLab
4 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 91 (31.49%) Finance
1 91 (31.49%) Social Skills
2 56 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (11.07%) Public Sector
4 29 (10.03%) Banking
5 18 (6.23%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.11%) Investment Banking
7 8 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.08%) Law
9 5 (1.73%) Front Office
9 5 (1.73%) Legal
10 4 (1.38%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.38%) Italian Language
10 4 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.38%) Retail
10 4 (1.38%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.04%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.69%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.81%) JSON
2 6 (2.08%) Web Services
3 5 (1.73%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.30%) Product Ownership
2 15 (5.19%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (3.46%) CMDB
5 6 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.73%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.38%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.38%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.04%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.04%) Derivative
8 3 (1.04%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.69%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.69%) OTC Derivatives
9 2 (0.69%) PMI
9 2 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.35%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.54%) Windows
2 10 (3.46%) Linux
3 6 (2.08%) Unix
3 6 (2.08%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.73%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.38%) Android
5 4 (1.38%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.35%) VMS
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (29.41%) Agile
2 50 (17.30%) Business Analysis
3 48 (16.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 47 (16.26%) Data Analysis
5 46 (15.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 44 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (11.42%) Scrum
7 33 (11.42%) User Stories
8 31 (10.73%) Requirements Gathering
9 29 (10.03%) Decision-Making
10 28 (9.69%) DevOps
10 28 (9.69%) Migration
11 27 (9.34%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (8.65%) Workshop Facilitation
13 24 (8.30%) Cybersecurity
13 24 (8.30%) ITIL
14 23 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (7.96%) User Acceptance Testing
15 21 (7.27%) Validation
16 20 (6.92%) AI
Programming Languages
1 49 (16.96%) SQL
2 24 (8.30%) Python
3 10 (3.46%) PL/SQL
4 6 (2.08%) C#
4 6 (2.08%) Perl
5 4 (1.38%) C++
5 4 (1.38%) Java
6 2 (0.69%) VB
7 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (12.11%) Security Cleared
2 25 (8.65%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.84%) Degree
4 9 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.42%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.38%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.04%) CBAP
7 3 (1.04%) IIBA
7 3 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.04%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.69%) ISEB
8 2 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.35%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.35%) GCIH
9 1 (0.35%) GIAC
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.38%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.50%) QA
3 8 (2.77%) PMO
4 6 (2.08%) ISO 20022
5 3 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.04%) SLA
6 2 (0.69%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.69%) NIST
7 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.35%) GRC
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.35%) P3O
7 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (4.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.35%) CASB
Vendors
1 35 (12.11%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.96%) ServiceNow
3 22 (7.61%) Oracle
4 9 (3.11%) MuleSoft
5 8 (2.77%) Citrix
6 6 (2.08%) Splunk
7 4 (1.38%) Calypso
7 4 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (1.38%) IFS
7 4 (1.38%) SAP
8 3 (1.04%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.04%) Workday
9 2 (0.69%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.69%) FIS
9 2 (0.69%) Fiserv
9 2 (0.69%) Google
9 2 (0.69%) SmartStream
9 2 (0.69%) Tenable
10 1 (0.35%) Avaloq
10 1 (0.35%) Murex