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 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 14 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 252 217 251
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 10.61% 13.46% 13.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.46% 14.97% 14.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 118 157
10th Percentile £244 £293 £141
25th Percentile £363 £400 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +20.00% -9.64%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £450
90th Percentile £538 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £470 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +4.44% -2.70% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 11
10th Percentile - £18.27 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.81 £20.40 £13.44
Median hourly rate £15.99 £25.15 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year -36.42% +36.87% +26.72%
75th Percentile £22.00 £35.00 £19.55
90th Percentile £95.00 £49.00 £19.59
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £21.14 £21.37
% change year-on-year +32.48% -1.10% +12.47%

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 2,199 1,450 1,744
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 89.95% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,149 821 1,036
10th Percentile £271 £213 £199
25th Percentile £375 £363 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% +2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £538
90th Percentile £669 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 58 68
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.59 £12.30
25th Percentile £14.63 £17.30 £14.73
Median hourly rate £19.33 £20.40 £18.07
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +12.91% +1.95%
75th Percentile £60.91 £36.03 £24.16
90th Percentile £74.16 £64.54 £45.23
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.16% -5.55%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -5 120 £402 -5.41% 99
Edinburgh +3 99 £438 -14.13% 87
Highlands - 8 £484 - 10
Renfrewshire 0 5 - - 3
West Lothian -8 3 - - 6
Perthshire - 3 £513 - 1
Lanarkshire -3 2 £475 +265.38% 21
South Lanarkshire -5 2 £650 - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 -
Midlothian - 1 £500 - 18
Stirling - 1 - - 1
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £510 - 2
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 74 (29.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 69 (27.38%) Agile
3 48 (19.05%) Data Analysis
4 47 (18.65%) Business Analysis
5 43 (17.06%) SQL
6 41 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (15.87%) Microsoft Excel
8 39 (15.48%) Requirements Gathering
9 38 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (15.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 37 (14.68%) Business Intelligence
11 35 (13.89%) JIRA
11 35 (13.89%) Workshop Facilitation
12 32 (12.70%) Power BI
12 32 (12.70%) Power Platform
12 32 (12.70%) User Stories
13 29 (11.51%) Azure
13 29 (11.51%) Microsoft
13 29 (11.51%) Migration
14 28 (11.11%) Confluence
15 26 (10.32%) Scrum
16 25 (9.92%) ITIL
16 25 (9.92%) Security Cleared
17 24 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
18 23 (9.13%) Data Quality
19 22 (8.73%) Oracle
19 22 (8.73%) Validation
20 21 (8.33%) Decision-Making
21 20 (7.94%) Analytics
21 20 (7.94%) Cybersecurity

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 28 (11.11%) Confluence
2 6 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 40 (15.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (7.94%) MS Visio
3 15 (5.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.19%) Primavera
3 2 (0.79%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.79%) MultiFonds
3 2 (0.79%) Sonata
4 1 (0.40%) Actimize
4 1 (0.40%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.70%) Power Platform
2 29 (11.51%) Azure
3 17 (6.75%) AWS
3 17 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.38%) GCP
6 3 (1.19%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.19%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.19%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.19%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.19%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.79%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (0.79%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.40%) Apple Pay
8 1 (0.40%) Google Pay
8 1 (0.40%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.19%) Broadband
1 3 (1.19%) DNS
2 2 (0.79%) Network Security
2 2 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (0.79%) VoIP
3 1 (0.40%) Firewall
3 1 (0.40%) VPN
3 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.70%) Power BI
2 11 (4.37%) DynamoDB
2 11 (4.37%) MongoDB
3 10 (3.97%) Tableau
4 7 (2.78%) Metadata
5 5 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.98%) Power Query
6 4 (1.59%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.79%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects XI
8 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.40%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (13.89%) JIRA
2 3 (1.19%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.79%) REST Assured
3 2 (0.79%) Selenium
4 1 (0.40%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.40%) ERwin
4 1 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.40%) Tricentis qTest
4 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 89 (35.32%) Finance
2 88 (34.92%) Social Skills
3 66 (26.19%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (15.08%) Banking
5 24 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 20 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.57%) Retail
9 6 (2.38%) Billing
10 5 (1.98%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.98%) Front Office
11 4 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.59%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.19%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.19%) Military
12 3 (1.19%) Private Banking
12 3 (1.19%) Retail Finance
13 2 (0.79%) Legal
13 2 (0.79%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.37%) JSON
2 6 (2.38%) Web Services
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) Middleware
3 1 (0.40%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (3.97%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.98%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.59%) Derivative
7 4 (1.59%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.59%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.19%) CMDB
8 3 (1.19%) Equities
8 3 (1.19%) Social Media
8 3 (1.19%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.79%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.79%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.79%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.79%) OTC Derivatives
9 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.79%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.16%) Windows
2 3 (1.19%) Android
2 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.79%) Linux
4 1 (0.40%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (29.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 69 (27.38%) Agile
3 48 (19.05%) Data Analysis
4 47 (18.65%) Business Analysis
5 41 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (15.48%) Requirements Gathering
7 38 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (15.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 37 (14.68%) Business Intelligence
9 35 (13.89%) Workshop Facilitation
10 32 (12.70%) User Stories
11 29 (11.51%) Migration
12 26 (10.32%) Scrum
13 25 (9.92%) ITIL
14 24 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
15 22 (8.73%) Validation
16 21 (8.33%) Decision-Making
17 20 (7.94%) Analytics
17 20 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
18 19 (7.54%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 43 (17.06%) SQL
2 16 (6.35%) Python
3 10 (3.97%) PL/SQL
4 4 (1.59%) R
5 3 (1.19%) Java
6 1 (0.40%) C#
6 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 25 (9.92%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 5 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (1.98%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.59%) Degree
5 3 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.19%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.79%) CBAP
6 2 (0.79%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.79%) IIBA
6 2 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.40%) CEH
7 1 (0.40%) CISM
7 1 (0.40%) CISSP
7 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.40%) GIAC
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.13%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.37%) PMO
3 9 (3.57%) SLA
4 8 (3.17%) QA
5 4 (1.59%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.59%) GDPR
5 4 (1.59%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.40%) GRC
6 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.40%) NIST
6 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (11.51%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.73%) Oracle
3 17 (6.75%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.57%) MuleSoft
5 7 (2.78%) Google
6 6 (2.38%) Citrix
6 6 (2.38%) SAP
7 4 (1.59%) Calypso
7 4 (1.59%) IFS
7 4 (1.59%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.19%) Avaloq
8 3 (1.19%) Charles River
8 3 (1.19%) GoldenSource
9 2 (0.79%) Adobe
9 2 (0.79%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.79%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.79%) Temenos
10 1 (0.40%) FNZ
10 1 (0.40%) Sparx
10 1 (0.40%) Workday