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 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 7 5
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 254 247 271
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 10.83% 15.29% 14.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.59% 16.91% 15.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 133 169
10th Percentile £244 £275 £156
25th Percentile £363 £368 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £444 £375
Median % change year-on-year -4.28% +18.40% -11.76%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £475
90th Percentile £538 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.70% -5.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 13
10th Percentile - £16.13 £12.32
25th Percentile £15.81 £17.10 £14.50
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 £19.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £42.25 £19.59
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £22.11 £20.00
% change year-on-year +19.88% +10.53% +5.26%

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 2,191 1,461 1,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 90.46% 93.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 820 1,068
10th Percentile £263 £220 £200
25th Percentile £375 £362 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% +2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £550
90th Percentile £653 £600 £671
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 67 74
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.16 £12.32
25th Percentile £13.99 £17.30 £14.73
Median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% +9.47% +3.10%
75th Percentile £60.91 £27.10 £24.18
90th Percentile £72.83 £60.50 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%

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 September 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 September 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 September 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 -4 123 £402 -3.71% 33
Edinburgh -3 98 £425 -16.09% 21
Renfrewshire 0 5 - - 4
Perthshire - 5 £513 -
Highlands - 4 £484 - 3
Lanarkshire -2 3 £463 +255.77% 29
West Lothian -6 3 - - 1
South Lanarkshire -8 2 £650 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - -
Aberdeen -4 1 - - 8
Midlothian - 1 £500 - 14
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 - 1
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 September 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 67 (26.38%) Agile
2 60 (23.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (17.32%) Business Analysis
4 41 (16.14%) Data Analysis
5 40 (15.75%) SQL
6 39 (15.35%) Requirements Gathering
6 39 (15.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 38 (14.96%) Microsoft Excel
7 38 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (14.57%) Azure
9 35 (13.78%) JIRA
9 35 (13.78%) Microsoft
10 34 (13.39%) Workshop Facilitation
11 33 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (12.20%) Scrum
12 31 (12.20%) User Stories
13 29 (11.42%) Business Intelligence
14 28 (11.02%) Migration
15 26 (10.24%) Confluence
15 26 (10.24%) Power BI
15 26 (10.24%) Power Platform
15 26 (10.24%) User Acceptance Testing
16 22 (8.66%) Oracle
17 21 (8.27%) ITSM
17 21 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
17 21 (8.27%) Security Cleared
17 21 (8.27%) ServiceNow
17 21 (8.27%) Validation
18 19 (7.48%) ITIL
18 19 (7.48%) Risk Management

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 26 (10.24%) Confluence
2 9 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.39%) Camunda
Applications
1 38 (14.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.09%) MS Visio
3 17 (6.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (1.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.18%) Primavera
3 2 (0.79%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.79%) MultiFonds
3 2 (0.79%) 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 37 (14.57%) Azure
2 26 (10.24%) Power Platform
3 21 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.69%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.51%) AWS
6 6 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.97%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.97%) GCP
8 4 (1.57%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.18%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.18%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.79%) Adobe Analytics
10 2 (0.79%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.79%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.79%) SaaS
11 1 (0.39%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.39%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.97%) DNS
1 5 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.18%) VPN
2 3 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.79%) Broadband
3 2 (0.79%) Internet
3 2 (0.79%) Network Security
4 1 (0.39%) Firewall
4 1 (0.39%) Intranet
4 1 (0.39%) SSL
4 1 (0.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.24%) Power BI
2 11 (4.33%) DynamoDB
2 11 (4.33%) MongoDB
3 10 (3.94%) Tableau
4 5 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.97%) Power Query
5 4 (1.57%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.79%) Metadata
6 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (13.78%) JIRA
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.79%) REST Assured
3 2 (0.79%) Selenium
4 1 (0.39%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.39%) ERwin
4 1 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.39%) Tricentis qTest
4 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 89 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 85 (33.46%) Finance
3 56 (22.05%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (13.78%) Banking
5 26 (10.24%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.69%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.76%) Retail
10 5 (1.97%) Billing
10 5 (1.97%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.97%) Front Office
10 5 (1.97%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.57%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.18%) Private Banking
12 3 (1.18%) Retail Finance
13 2 (0.79%) Marketing
13 2 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.33%) JSON
2 6 (2.36%) Web Services
3 1 (0.39%) .NET
3 1 (0.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.45%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.33%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (3.15%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.36%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.36%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (1.97%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.57%) Derivative
6 4 (1.57%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.57%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.18%) CMDB
7 3 (1.18%) Equities
7 3 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.79%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.79%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.79%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.79%) OTC Derivatives
8 2 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.69%) Windows
2 5 (1.97%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.57%) Android
3 4 (1.57%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.57%) Linux
3 4 (1.57%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (26.38%) Agile
2 60 (23.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (17.32%) Business Analysis
4 41 (16.14%) Data Analysis
5 39 (15.35%) Requirements Gathering
5 39 (15.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 38 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (13.39%) Workshop Facilitation
8 33 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (12.20%) Scrum
9 31 (12.20%) User Stories
10 29 (11.42%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (11.02%) Migration
12 26 (10.24%) User Acceptance Testing
13 21 (8.27%) ITSM
13 21 (8.27%) Validation
14 19 (7.48%) ITIL
14 19 (7.48%) Risk Management
15 18 (7.09%) Decision-Making
15 18 (7.09%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.75%) SQL
2 16 (6.30%) Python
3 10 (3.94%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.18%) Java
4 3 (1.18%) Perl
4 3 (1.18%) R
5 1 (0.39%) C#
5 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (8.27%) Security Cleared
2 15 (5.91%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.36%) Degree
4 5 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.18%) CBAP
5 3 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (1.18%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.79%) IIBA
6 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
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%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.39%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.39%) GIAC
7 1 (0.39%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.91%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.12%) PMO
3 9 (3.54%) QA
4 5 (1.97%) SLA
5 4 (1.57%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.18%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.79%) GDPR
7 2 (0.79%) NIST
8 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.39%) GRC
8 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.39%) P3O
8 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (5.51%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) CASB
Vendors
1 35 (13.78%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.66%) Oracle
3 21 (8.27%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.54%) MuleSoft
5 8 (3.15%) Citrix
6 6 (2.36%) SAP
7 5 (1.97%) Google
8 4 (1.57%) Calypso
8 4 (1.57%) IFS
9 3 (1.18%) Avaloq
9 3 (1.18%) Charles River
9 3 (1.18%) GoldenSource
9 3 (1.18%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.79%) Adobe
10 2 (0.79%) Optimizely
10 2 (0.79%) SimCorp
10 2 (0.79%) Temenos
10 2 (0.79%) VMware
11 1 (0.39%) Dell
11 1 (0.39%) Murex