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 25 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 8 6
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 261 241 271
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 11.49% 15.00% 14.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.28% 16.56% 15.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 134 172
10th Percentile £269 £266 £156
25th Percentile £366 £357 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £447 £381
Median % change year-on-year -4.92% +17.25% -10.29%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £475
90th Percentile £538 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £461
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.39% -5.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 15
10th Percentile - £15.79 £12.33
25th Percentile £15.81 £16.44 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.90 £19.37 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year -17.89% +5.99% +26.00%
75th Percentile £23.31 £21.19 £19.03
90th Percentile £95.00 £22.78 £19.59
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £22.14 £19.00
% change year-on-year +16.31% +16.53% -2.58%

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 2,126 1,455 1,756
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 90.54% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 826 1,069
10th Percentile £263 £228 £193
25th Percentile £375 £357 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £556 £528 £550
90th Percentile £653 £584 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 62 76
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.02 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.18 £16.90 £14.73
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.60 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.59% +15.28% -4.06%
75th Percentile £60.91 £25.97 £24.43
90th Percentile £74.16 £61.13 £56.25
UK median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.68% -41.51% -1.58%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 25 August 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 0 122 £410 +2.50% 38
Edinburgh -3 103 £425 -15.55% 29
Renfrewshire 0 5 - - 3
Perthshire - 5 £513 - 1
Highlands - 4 £484 - 2
Aberdeen -1 3 - - 2
Lanarkshire -1 3 £463 +255.77% 33
West Lothian -4 3 - - 2
South Lanarkshire -7 3 £650 - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 -
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
Midlothian - 1 £500 - 22
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 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 72 (27.59%) Agile
2 59 (22.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (18.39%) Business Analysis
4 41 (15.71%) SQL
5 40 (15.33%) Data Analysis
5 40 (15.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 39 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (14.56%) Azure
7 38 (14.56%) Microsoft Excel
8 37 (14.18%) Microsoft
9 36 (13.79%) Requirements Gathering
10 34 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (13.03%) JIRA
10 34 (13.03%) Workshop Facilitation
11 33 (12.64%) User Stories
12 32 (12.26%) Scrum
13 30 (11.49%) Migration
14 28 (10.73%) Business Intelligence
14 28 (10.73%) User Acceptance Testing
15 27 (10.34%) Power BI
15 27 (10.34%) Power Platform
16 26 (9.96%) Security Cleared
17 25 (9.58%) Confluence
18 23 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
19 22 (8.43%) Oracle
19 22 (8.43%) Validation
20 21 (8.05%) ServiceNow
21 20 (7.66%) Decision-Making
21 20 (7.66%) ITIL
21 20 (7.66%) ITSM

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 25 (9.58%) Confluence
2 12 (4.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.38%) Camunda
3 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 38 (14.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (6.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 17 (6.51%) MS Visio
3 12 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (1.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (1.53%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.15%) Primavera
3 2 (0.77%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.77%) MultiFonds
3 2 (0.77%) Sonata
4 1 (0.38%) Actimize
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 38 (14.56%) Azure
2 27 (10.34%) Power Platform
3 23 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (5.36%) AWS
6 7 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.30%) Snowflake
8 5 (1.92%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.92%) GCP
9 3 (1.15%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.15%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.77%) Adobe Analytics
10 2 (0.77%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.77%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.77%) SaaS
11 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.38%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.92%) DNS
1 5 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.15%) VPN
2 3 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.77%) Broadband
3 2 (0.77%) Internet
3 2 (0.77%) Network Security
4 1 (0.38%) Firewall
4 1 (0.38%) Intranet
4 1 (0.38%) SSL
4 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.34%) Power BI
2 11 (4.21%) DynamoDB
2 11 (4.21%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.68%) Tableau
4 6 (2.30%) Power Query
5 3 (1.15%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (13.03%) JIRA
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.15%) Selenium
3 2 (0.77%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.38%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.38%) ERwin
4 1 (0.38%) GitLab
4 1 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.38%) Tricentis qTest
4 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 92 (35.25%) Social Skills
2 86 (32.95%) Finance
3 59 (22.61%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (13.03%) Banking
5 30 (11.49%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (4.98%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.68%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.30%) Retail
11 5 (1.92%) Billing
11 5 (1.92%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.92%) Front Office
11 5 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.53%) Italian Language
13 3 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.15%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.15%) Private Banking
13 3 (1.15%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.77%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.21%) JSON
2 6 (2.30%) Web Services
3 1 (0.38%) .NET
3 1 (0.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.58%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.83%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.30%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (1.53%) Derivative
5 4 (1.53%) Mainframe
5 4 (1.53%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.15%) CMDB
6 3 (1.15%) Equities
6 3 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.77%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.77%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.77%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.77%) OTC Derivatives
7 2 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.77%) Social Media
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.13%) Windows
2 5 (1.92%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.53%) Android
3 4 (1.53%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.53%) Linux
3 4 (1.53%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (27.59%) Agile
2 59 (22.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (18.39%) Business Analysis
4 40 (15.33%) Data Analysis
4 40 (15.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 39 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (13.79%) Requirements Gathering
7 34 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (13.03%) Workshop Facilitation
8 33 (12.64%) User Stories
9 32 (12.26%) Scrum
10 30 (11.49%) Migration
11 28 (10.73%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (10.73%) User Acceptance Testing
12 22 (8.43%) Validation
13 20 (7.66%) Decision-Making
13 20 (7.66%) ITIL
13 20 (7.66%) ITSM
13 20 (7.66%) Risk Management
14 19 (7.28%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (15.71%) SQL
2 13 (4.98%) Python
3 10 (3.83%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.15%) Java
4 3 (1.15%) Perl
4 3 (1.15%) R
5 1 (0.38%) C#
5 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (9.96%) Security Cleared
2 20 (7.66%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.68%) Degree
4 5 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (1.92%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.15%) CBAP
5 3 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (1.15%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.77%) IIBA
6 2 (0.77%) ISEB
7 1 (0.38%) CEH
7 1 (0.38%) CISM
7 1 (0.38%) CISSP
7 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.38%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.38%) GIAC
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.75%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.98%) PMO
3 11 (4.21%) QA
4 4 (1.53%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.53%) SLA
5 3 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.77%) GDPR
6 2 (0.77%) NIST
7 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.38%) GRC
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.38%) P3O
7 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) CASB
Vendors
1 37 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.43%) Oracle
3 21 (8.05%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.45%) MuleSoft
5 8 (3.07%) Citrix
6 6 (2.30%) SAP
7 5 (1.92%) Google
8 4 (1.53%) Calypso
8 4 (1.53%) IFS
9 3 (1.15%) Avaloq
9 3 (1.15%) Charles River
9 3 (1.15%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.77%) Adobe
10 2 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.77%) Optimizely
10 2 (0.77%) SimCorp
10 2 (0.77%) Splunk
10 2 (0.77%) Temenos
10 2 (0.77%) Tenable
10 2 (0.77%) VMware
93 Analyst jobs in Scotland