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 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 8 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 288 248 320
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 14.49% 15.72% 15.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.69% 16.67% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 141 199
10th Percentile £306 £254 £167
25th Percentile £363 £363 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year - +3.03% -1.20%
75th Percentile £498 £500 £494
90th Percentile £610 £550 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 14
10th Percentile £15.99 £16.10 £12.30
25th Percentile £16.30 £16.44 £12.41
Median hourly rate £17.23 £19.59 £13.63
Median % change year-on-year -12.05% +43.78% -6.03%
75th Percentile £75.56 £23.26 £17.96
90th Percentile £95.00 £28.38 £24.11
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year +1.63% +35.83% -10.14%

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 1,835 1,488 2,011
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 94.30% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 935 855 1,226
10th Percentile £294 £250 £200
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £559
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 58 127
10th Percentile £12.73 £15.90 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.84 £16.00
Median hourly rate £23.84 £18.62 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.99% -4.50% +5.41%
75th Percentile £61.50 £24.66 £58.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £49.31 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.71% -25.33% -16.67%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +5 136 £415 -2.35% 24
Edinburgh -3 113 £425 - 25
South Lanarkshire -1 10 £610 +29.79% 2
Perthshire +1 8 £725 -
Renfrewshire 0 6 - - 2
Aberdeen +1 5 - - 7
Lanarkshire +2 2 £463 +255.77% 18
West Lothian -5 1 - -
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
Highlands - 1 £350 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £260 -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 79 (27.43%) Agile
2 46 (15.97%) SQL
3 44 (15.28%) Azure
4 43 (14.93%) Business Analysis
5 42 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 39 (13.54%) Data Analysis
7 36 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
7 36 (12.50%) Security Cleared
8 34 (11.81%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (11.81%) Microsoft
8 34 (11.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (11.46%) Data Quality
9 33 (11.46%) Power Platform
10 32 (11.11%) Decision-Making
11 31 (10.76%) Business Intelligence
12 30 (10.42%) DevOps
12 30 (10.42%) Power BI
13 27 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (9.38%) JIRA
13 27 (9.38%) SC Cleared
13 27 (9.38%) User Stories
14 26 (9.03%) Python
14 26 (9.03%) Requirements Gathering
15 25 (8.68%) Scrum
16 23 (7.99%) Microsoft 365
16 23 (7.99%) Windows
17 22 (7.64%) AI
17 22 (7.64%) Degree
17 22 (7.64%) ITIL

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 (5.90%) Confluence
2 12 (4.17%) 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (5.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.47%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (1.04%) Primavera
2 2 (0.69%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
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
3 1 (0.35%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.28%) Azure
2 33 (11.46%) Power Platform
3 27 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (7.99%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.51%) AWS
6 9 (3.13%) Power Automate
7 8 (2.78%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.04%) Lucidchart
9 3 (1.04%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.69%) Alation
10 2 (0.69%) GCP
10 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.69%) SaaS
11 1 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.35%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.35%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.56%) DNS
2 11 (3.82%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (1.04%) VPN
5 2 (0.69%) Internet
6 1 (0.35%) Intranet
6 1 (0.35%) LAN
6 1 (0.35%) Network Security
6 1 (0.35%) SSL
6 1 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.42%) Power BI
2 8 (2.78%) Tableau
3 6 (2.08%) Tick Data
4 5 (1.74%) DynamoDB
4 5 (1.74%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.74%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.04%) Power Query
6 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.69%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.35%) Big Data
7 1 (0.35%) Metadata
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 27 (9.38%) JIRA
2 6 (2.08%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.04%) GitLab
3 3 (1.04%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.04%) Selenium
4 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.35%) Tricentis qTest
5 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 91 (31.60%) Finance
2 86 (29.86%) Social Skills
3 49 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.99%) Banking
6 14 (4.86%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.78%) Investment Banking
8 7 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.08%) Law
10 5 (1.74%) Corporate Banking
10 5 (1.74%) Legal
10 5 (1.74%) Retail
10 5 (1.74%) Retail Banking
11 4 (1.39%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.04%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.04%) Front Office
12 3 (1.04%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.69%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.78%) .NET
2 5 (1.74%) JSON
3 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.94%) Product Ownership
2 19 (6.60%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.86%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (3.82%) Cyberattack
4 11 (3.82%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (3.47%) CMDB
6 9 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.39%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.69%) Derivative
10 2 (0.69%) OTC Derivatives
10 2 (0.69%) PMI
11 1 (0.35%) CCTV
11 1 (0.35%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.35%) NHS
11 1 (0.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.99%) Windows
2 17 (5.90%) Linux
3 6 (2.08%) Unix
3 6 (2.08%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.74%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.39%) Android
5 4 (1.39%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.69%) VMS
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (27.43%) Agile
2 43 (14.93%) Business Analysis
3 42 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (14.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 39 (13.54%) Data Analysis
5 34 (11.81%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (11.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 32 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 31 (10.76%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (10.42%) DevOps
9 27 (9.38%) User Stories
10 26 (9.03%) Requirements Gathering
11 25 (8.68%) Scrum
12 22 (7.64%) AI
12 22 (7.64%) ITIL
12 22 (7.64%) Migration
12 22 (7.64%) Workshop Facilitation
13 20 (6.94%) Data Modelling
14 19 (6.60%) Asset Management
14 19 (6.60%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 46 (15.97%) SQL
2 26 (9.03%) Python
3 8 (2.78%) C#
4 6 (2.08%) C++
4 6 (2.08%) Perl
5 5 (1.74%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.04%) Java
7 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.69%) VB
8 1 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 27 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.64%) Degree
4 12 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.82%) CompTIA CySA+
5 11 (3.82%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.04%) CBAP
7 3 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.69%) IIBA
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
9 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.46%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.51%) QA
3 9 (3.13%) PMO
4 5 (1.74%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.04%) GRC
5 3 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.04%) SLA
6 2 (0.69%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.69%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.69%) NIST
7 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.35%) P3O
7 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (4.17%) 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 34 (11.81%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.90%) Oracle
2 17 (5.90%) ServiceNow
3 13 (4.51%) Splunk
4 8 (2.78%) Citrix
5 6 (2.08%) SAP
6 4 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (1.39%) Workday
7 3 (1.04%) Calypso
7 3 (1.04%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.69%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.69%) FIS
8 2 (0.69%) Fiserv
8 2 (0.69%) Google
8 2 (0.69%) IFS
8 2 (0.69%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.69%) SmartStream
8 2 (0.69%) Tenable
9 1 (0.35%) Databricks
9 1 (0.35%) Zscaler