Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £418, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 221 264 382
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 13.82% 15.69% 16.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.17% 16.99% 17.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 175 244
10th Percentile £260 £210 £155
25th Percentile £338 £350 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £419 £417
Median % change year-on-year -0.12% +0.48% +0.36%
75th Percentile £497 £476 £494
90th Percentile £632 £550 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 10
10th Percentile - £17.85 £12.48
25th Percentile £17.23 £19.59 £13.23
Median hourly rate £24.12 £21.89 £15.88
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% +37.81% +2.19%
75th Percentile £39.25 £27.33 £21.42
90th Percentile £53.20 £31.34 £32.48
UK median hourly rate £18.32 £24.66 £16.30
% change year-on-year -25.71% +51.29% -10.02%

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 1,457 1,554 2,220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.12% 92.34% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 946 1,360
10th Percentile £240 £228 £219
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 43 110
10th Percentile £12.60 £15.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.59 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -43.82% +92.57%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £65.27 £28.38 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £34.08
% change year-on-year -2.35% +0.66% -15.85%

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 3 March 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 3 March 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 3 March 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 +1 111 £420 -1.18% 31
Edinburgh -3 79 £414 -2.53% 18
South Lanarkshire 0 10 £610 +29.79% 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 5 £260 -
Perthshire +2 4 £763 +110.34% 1
West Lothian -3 4 £54 -85.21% 1
Aberdeen -3 3 - - 10
Inverclyde - 1 £450 -
Highlands - 1 £350 - 1
Fife - 1 £43 - 1
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 3
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 March 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 53 (23.98%) Agile
2 49 (22.17%) SQL
3 44 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (17.19%) Business Analysis
5 36 (16.29%) Data Analysis
6 35 (15.84%) Data Quality
7 31 (14.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 29 (13.12%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (12.67%) Microsoft Excel
10 27 (12.22%) Microsoft
11 26 (11.76%) Decision-Making
11 26 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (11.31%) Python
13 24 (10.86%) Degree
14 23 (10.41%) Azure
14 23 (10.41%) ITIL
14 23 (10.41%) Power Platform
15 22 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (9.95%) Change Management
15 22 (9.95%) Migration
15 22 (9.95%) Security Cleared
16 20 (9.05%) Data Modelling
16 20 (9.05%) Power BI
16 20 (9.05%) Project Management
17 19 (8.60%) Analytics
18 18 (8.14%) DevOps
18 18 (8.14%) Workshop Facilitation
19 17 (7.69%) Oracle
19 17 (7.69%) ServiceNow
19 17 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing

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 8 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.36%) Confluence
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.90%) Camunda
4 1 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.45%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (12.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.52%) MS Visio
3 9 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.45%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.45%) iTrent
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.41%) Azure
1 23 (10.41%) Power Platform
2 14 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
2 14 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.52%) Power Automate
3 10 (4.52%) Snowflake
4 8 (3.62%) Lucidchart
5 7 (3.17%) AWS
6 4 (1.81%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.90%) Alation
7 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.90%) GCP
7 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.90%) SaaS
8 1 (0.45%) Boomi
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.45%) OCI
8 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.45%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.98%) DNS
1 11 (4.98%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.45%) Firewall
2 1 (0.45%) Internet
2 1 (0.45%) Intranet
2 1 (0.45%) LAN
2 1 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.45%) VoIP
2 1 (0.45%) VPN
2 1 (0.45%) WAN
2 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.05%) Power BI
2 11 (4.98%) Relational Database
3 8 (3.62%) Metadata
4 7 (3.17%) Tableau
5 6 (2.71%) Tick Data
6 5 (2.26%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.36%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.90%) Big Data
8 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.45%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.45%) QlikView
9 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (4.07%) JIRA
2 6 (2.71%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.90%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.45%) TestComplete
4 1 (0.45%) Tricentis qTest
4 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 79 (35.75%) Finance
2 73 (33.03%) Social Skills
3 50 (22.62%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (14.48%) Public Sector
5 29 (13.12%) Banking
6 14 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (4.07%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.17%) Retail Banking
9 6 (2.71%) Law
9 6 (2.71%) Legal
10 4 (1.81%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (1.36%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Retail
12 2 (0.90%) French Language
12 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.17%) .NET
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.45%) Swagger
2 1 (0.45%) XML
2 1 (0.45%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.79%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (6.33%) CMDB
2 14 (6.33%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 12 (5.43%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (4.98%) Cyberattack
6 8 (3.62%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.17%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.71%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.26%) Wiki
10 3 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.36%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.36%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.90%) PMI
12 1 (0.45%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.24%) Windows
2 14 (6.33%) Linux
3 5 (2.26%) Unix
4 2 (0.90%) VMS
4 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (23.98%) Agile
2 44 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (17.19%) Business Analysis
4 36 (16.29%) Data Analysis
5 31 (14.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 29 (13.12%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (11.76%) Decision-Making
7 26 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (10.41%) ITIL
9 22 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (9.95%) Change Management
9 22 (9.95%) Migration
10 20 (9.05%) Data Modelling
10 20 (9.05%) Project Management
11 19 (8.60%) Analytics
12 18 (8.14%) DevOps
12 18 (8.14%) Workshop Facilitation
13 17 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
14 16 (7.24%) Data Protection
14 16 (7.24%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.17%) SQL
2 25 (11.31%) Python
3 7 (3.17%) C#
4 6 (2.71%) C++
5 3 (1.36%) Perl
6 2 (0.90%) VB
7 1 (0.45%) Bicep
7 1 (0.45%) Java
7 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (10.86%) Degree
2 22 (9.95%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.43%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (4.98%) CompTIA CySA+
5 11 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (4.52%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.90%) CEH
9 2 (0.90%) CISSP
9 2 (0.90%) GIAC
9 2 (0.90%) IIBA
9 2 (0.90%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.45%) CBAP
10 1 (0.45%) CISM
10 1 (0.45%) GCIH
10 1 (0.45%) ISEB
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (15.84%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.17%) PMO
3 5 (2.26%) SLA
4 4 (1.81%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.81%) QA
5 2 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.90%) GDPR
5 2 (0.90%) GRC
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.45%) ISA Server
2 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.69%) Oracle
2 17 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.33%) Splunk
4 11 (4.98%) SAP
5 6 (2.71%) Teradata
6 4 (1.81%) Workday
7 3 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.90%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.90%) FIS
8 2 (0.90%) Fiserv
8 2 (0.90%) Pega
8 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.90%) SmartStream
8 2 (0.90%) Tenable
9 1 (0.45%) Ariba
9 1 (0.45%) Citrix
9 1 (0.45%) IBM
9 1 (0.45%) Infor
9 1 (0.45%) Remedy