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 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 207 264 379
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 13.12% 15.39% 15.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.56% 16.79% 16.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 178 246
10th Percentile £260 £175 £152
25th Percentile £359 £308 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £412
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -2.97% -0.66%
75th Percentile £522 £472 £488
90th Percentile £550 £500 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 4
10th Percentile £30.15 - -
25th Percentile £30.38 £18.19 £15.42
Median hourly rate £35.50 £19.30 £17.46
Median % change year-on-year +83.99% +10.51% +16.40%
75th Percentile £45.63 £19.59 £23.25
90th Percentile £55.75 £20.97 £27.75
UK median hourly rate £20.66 £24.50 £19.25
% change year-on-year -15.67% +27.29% +11.58%

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 1,422 1,572 2,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 91.66% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 837 943 1,417
10th Percentile £213 £200 £250
25th Percentile £360 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £540 £539 £585
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 53 61
10th Percentile £17.57 £13.33 £12.26
25th Percentile £20.00 £16.37 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.94 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% +7.38% +10.05%
75th Percentile £43.30 £24.18 £59.03
90th Percentile £64.74 £28.25 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +39.88%

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 December 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 6 December 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 6 December 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 -7 102 £425 +6.25% 28
Edinburgh -3 90 £510 +20.00% 32
West Lothian -1 5 £54 -73.59% 3
Dumfries and Galloway - 4 £386 - 5
Fife +1 1 £43 -85.83% 2
Lanarkshire - 1 £130 - 10
Renfrewshire - 1 £500 - 4
Inverclyde - 1 £450 - 1
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 December 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 50 (24.15%) Agile
2 43 (20.77%) SQL
3 40 (19.32%) Migration
4 39 (18.84%) Business Analysis
5 37 (17.87%) Data Analysis
6 35 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (16.43%) Data Modelling
8 32 (15.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (14.98%) Microsoft
10 30 (14.49%) Microsoft Excel
11 26 (12.56%) Data Protection
12 25 (12.08%) Python
13 23 (11.11%) Case Management
14 22 (10.63%) Regulatory Compliance
14 22 (10.63%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (10.63%) Waterfall
15 21 (10.14%) Due Diligence
15 21 (10.14%) Fintech
15 21 (10.14%) ITIL
16 20 (9.66%) Digital Banking
16 20 (9.66%) Project Management
16 20 (9.66%) Scenario Testing
16 20 (9.66%) User Acceptance Testing
17 18 (8.70%) Analytics
17 18 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
18 17 (8.21%) Change Management
18 17 (8.21%) Data Governance
18 17 (8.21%) Degree
18 17 (8.21%) Validation

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 14 (6.76%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.83%) Confluence
3 3 (1.45%) SAS
4 2 (0.97%) Camunda
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 30 (14.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (4.35%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.48%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.48%) iTrent
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (7.25%) Power Platform
3 10 (4.83%) Azure
4 9 (4.35%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.38%) Viva Engage
6 5 (2.42%) AWS
6 5 (2.42%) Lucidchart
7 4 (1.93%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.97%) GCP
9 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.48%) Boomi
10 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.48%) OCI
10 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.48%) SaaS
10 1 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.45%) Firewall
2 2 (0.97%) VoIP
3 1 (0.48%) Internet
3 1 (0.48%) Intranet
3 1 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.48%) VPN
3 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.25%) Power BI
2 12 (5.80%) Relational Database
3 7 (3.38%) Metadata
3 7 (3.38%) Tableau
4 5 (2.42%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.45%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.45%) Power Query
5 3 (1.45%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.97%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.48%) Big Data
7 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (5.31%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) TestComplete
2 1 (0.48%) Zephyr
General
1 96 (46.38%) Finance
2 84 (40.58%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (37.20%) Social Skills
4 56 (27.05%) Banking
5 30 (14.49%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (12.56%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.31%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.42%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.45%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.45%) French Language
10 3 (1.45%) Legal
11 2 (0.97%) Front Office
11 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.97%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.48%) Automotive
12 1 (0.48%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.45%) JSON
3 1 (0.48%) ADO
3 1 (0.48%) NumPy
3 1 (0.48%) Pandas
3 1 (0.48%) PySpark
3 1 (0.48%) Swagger
3 1 (0.48%) XML
3 1 (0.48%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.21%) Data Protection Act
2 16 (7.73%) Management Information System
3 15 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.83%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (4.83%) CMDB
5 9 (4.35%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.38%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.90%) Wiki
8 4 (1.93%) Freedom of Information
8 4 (1.93%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.45%) Derivative
9 3 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.97%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.97%) OTC Derivatives
10 2 (0.97%) PKI
10 2 (0.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.80%) Unix
2 11 (5.31%) Linux
3 5 (2.42%) Windows
4 2 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (24.15%) Agile
2 40 (19.32%) Migration
3 39 (18.84%) Business Analysis
4 37 (17.87%) Data Analysis
5 35 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (16.43%) Data Modelling
7 32 (15.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 31 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (12.56%) Data Protection
10 23 (11.11%) Case Management
11 22 (10.63%) Regulatory Compliance
11 22 (10.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (10.63%) Waterfall
12 21 (10.14%) Due Diligence
12 21 (10.14%) Fintech
12 21 (10.14%) ITIL
13 20 (9.66%) Digital Banking
13 20 (9.66%) Project Management
13 20 (9.66%) Scenario Testing
13 20 (9.66%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 43 (20.77%) SQL
2 25 (12.08%) Python
3 9 (4.35%) Perl
4 3 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.48%) Bicep
6 1 (0.48%) COBOL
6 1 (0.48%) Java
6 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (8.21%) Degree
2 10 (4.83%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.86%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (2.90%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.42%) CISSP
6 4 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.93%) CEH
6 4 (1.93%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.45%) CISM
7 3 (1.45%) GIAC
8 2 (0.97%) HND
8 2 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.97%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.97%) PMP
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.48%) CBAP
9 1 (0.48%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.48%) IIBA
9 1 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.73%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.80%) GDPR
3 9 (4.35%) PMO
4 5 (2.42%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.45%) QA
6 2 (0.97%) MiFID
6 2 (0.97%) SLA
7 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.48%) Basel III
7 1 (0.48%) COREP
7 1 (0.48%) FINREP
System Software
1 7 (3.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) ISA Server
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (14.98%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.73%) Oracle
3 15 (7.25%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.83%) SAP
5 6 (2.90%) Teradata
6 3 (1.45%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.45%) Splunk
7 2 (0.97%) Avaloq
7 2 (0.97%) Databricks
7 2 (0.97%) Pega
7 2 (0.97%) Poppulo
7 2 (0.97%) Snow
7 2 (0.97%) Workday
8 1 (0.48%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.48%) Ariba
8 1 (0.48%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.48%) IBM
8 1 (0.48%) Infor
8 1 (0.48%) Remedy
8 1 (0.48%) Reuters