Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £447, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 218 244 381
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 13.41% 13.91% 15.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.90% 15.16% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 157 250
10th Percentile £274 £156 £152
25th Percentile £363 £280 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.75% - -3.79%
75th Percentile £525 £451 £488
90th Percentile £550 £500 £525
UK median daily rate £450 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 5
10th Percentile £20.40 £14.28 £14.72
25th Percentile £22.80 £18.19 -
Median hourly rate £30.50 £18.69 £15.42
Median % change year-on-year +63.21% +21.19% +2.80%
75th Percentile £37.88 £19.59 £20.75
90th Percentile £51.25 £20.05 £26.75
UK median hourly rate £20.79 £24.20 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.09% +24.13% +14.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,463 1,609 2,332
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.98% 91.73% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 867 943 1,476
10th Percentile £207 £193 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £479
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -6.05% +0.84%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £683
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 64 63
10th Percentile £17.30 £13.37 £12.15
25th Percentile £19.63 £15.01 £16.38
Median hourly rate £24.09 £19.59 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.97% +2.14% +8.24%
75th Percentile £43.30 £24.18 £59.03
90th Percentile £65.00 £40.10 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +50.00%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 -6 106 £425 +6.25% 30
Edinburgh -1 91 £511 +20.29% 33
West Lothian -1 5 £54 -73.59% 2
Renfrewshire +10 4 £500 +17.65% 4
Dumfries and Galloway - 3 £513 - 4
Clackmannanshire +4 2 - -
Fife +1 2 £43 -85.83% 2
Aberdeen -7 1 - - 8
Inverclyde - 1 £450 - 3
Lanarkshire - 1 £130 - 14
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, 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 49 (22.48%) Agile
2 43 (19.72%) Migration
3 41 (18.81%) SQL
4 37 (16.97%) Business Analysis
5 36 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (16.51%) Data Analysis
6 35 (16.06%) Microsoft
7 34 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (15.14%) Data Modelling
9 31 (14.22%) Microsoft Excel
10 30 (13.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (11.93%) Case Management
11 26 (11.93%) Data Protection
11 26 (11.93%) Python
12 25 (11.47%) Regulatory Compliance
13 24 (11.01%) Due Diligence
13 24 (11.01%) Fintech
13 24 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (10.55%) Digital Banking
14 23 (10.55%) ITIL
14 23 (10.55%) Scenario Testing
15 22 (10.09%) Project Management
16 21 (9.63%) Waterfall
17 20 (9.17%) Degree
17 20 (9.17%) User Acceptance Testing
18 19 (8.72%) Change Management
18 19 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
19 18 (8.26%) Analytics
20 17 (7.80%) Data Governance
20 17 (7.80%) 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 17 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.59%) Confluence
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.38%) SAS
4 2 (0.92%) Camunda
4 2 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 31 (14.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (4.13%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.46%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.46%) iTrent
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (6.88%) Power Platform
3 13 (5.96%) Azure
4 8 (3.67%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.21%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (3.21%) Viva Engage
6 5 (2.29%) Lucidchart
7 4 (1.83%) AWS
8 3 (1.38%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.46%) Boomi
10 1 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.46%) GCP
10 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.46%) OCI
10 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.46%) ShareGate
10 1 (0.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.92%) Firewall
1 2 (0.92%) VoIP
2 1 (0.46%) Internet
2 1 (0.46%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.46%) VPN
2 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.42%) Power BI
2 12 (5.50%) Relational Database
3 7 (3.21%) Tableau
4 6 (2.75%) Metadata
5 5 (2.29%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.38%) Data Mining
6 3 (1.38%) Power Query
6 3 (1.38%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.92%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.46%) Big Data
8 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects XI
8 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (5.05%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) TestComplete
2 1 (0.46%) Zephyr
General
1 100 (45.87%) Finance
2 88 (40.37%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (36.70%) Social Skills
4 57 (26.15%) Banking
5 33 (15.14%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (12.39%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.05%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.83%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.38%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.38%) French Language
11 3 (1.38%) Legal
12 2 (0.92%) Front Office
12 2 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.92%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.46%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.46%) German Language
13 1 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.83%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.38%) JSON
3 1 (0.46%) ADO
3 1 (0.46%) NumPy
3 1 (0.46%) Pandas
3 1 (0.46%) PySpark
3 1 (0.46%) Swagger
3 1 (0.46%) XML
3 1 (0.46%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.72%) Management Information System
2 17 (7.80%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (6.42%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (5.05%) CMDB
5 10 (4.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (4.13%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.21%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.75%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.75%) Wiki
9 4 (1.83%) Freedom of Information
10 3 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.38%) Derivative
10 3 (1.38%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.38%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.92%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.92%) OTC Derivatives
11 2 (0.92%) PKI
11 2 (0.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.34%) Linux
2 13 (5.96%) Unix
3 9 (4.13%) Windows
4 3 (1.38%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.92%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (22.48%) Agile
2 43 (19.72%) Migration
3 37 (16.97%) Business Analysis
4 36 (16.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (16.51%) Data Analysis
5 34 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (15.14%) Data Modelling
7 30 (13.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 26 (11.93%) Case Management
8 26 (11.93%) Data Protection
9 25 (11.47%) Regulatory Compliance
10 24 (11.01%) Due Diligence
10 24 (11.01%) Fintech
10 24 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (10.55%) Digital Banking
11 23 (10.55%) ITIL
11 23 (10.55%) Scenario Testing
12 22 (10.09%) Project Management
13 21 (9.63%) Waterfall
14 20 (9.17%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 41 (18.81%) SQL
2 26 (11.93%) Python
3 10 (4.59%) Perl
4 5 (2.29%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.46%) Bicep
6 1 (0.46%) COBOL
6 1 (0.46%) Java
6 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (9.17%) Degree
2 15 (6.88%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.13%) DV Cleared
4 8 (3.67%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (3.67%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.21%) CISSP
6 4 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.83%) CISM
6 4 (1.83%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (1.83%) GCIA
6 4 (1.83%) GCIH
7 3 (1.38%) CASP
7 3 (1.38%) CEH
7 3 (1.38%) GIAC
8 2 (0.92%) HND
8 2 (0.92%) ISEB
8 2 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.92%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.92%) PMP
9 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.88%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.50%) GDPR
3 9 (4.13%) PMO
4 6 (2.75%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.38%) QA
6 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.92%) MiFID
6 2 (0.92%) SLA
7 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.46%) Basel III
7 1 (0.46%) COREP
7 1 (0.46%) FINREP
7 1 (0.46%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (2.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) ISA Server
2 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.34%) Oracle
3 15 (6.88%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.50%) SAP
5 6 (2.75%) Teradata
6 5 (2.29%) ArcSight
7 4 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.38%) Splunk
9 2 (0.92%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.92%) Databricks
9 2 (0.92%) Pega
9 2 (0.92%) Poppulo
9 2 (0.92%) Snow
9 2 (0.92%) Workday
10 1 (0.46%) Ariba
10 1 (0.46%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.46%) IBM
10 1 (0.46%) Infor
10 1 (0.46%) Remedy
10 1 (0.46%) Reuters