Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 226 250 405
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 14.03% 13.84% 17.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.55% 15.06% 18.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 156 263
10th Percentile £275 £145 £156
25th Percentile £383 £210 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £415
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.64% -
75th Percentile £525 £450 £488
90th Percentile £550 £500 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 6
10th Percentile £18.27 £12.38 -
25th Percentile £20.40 £16.34 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.38 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.87% +26.72% -3.33%
75th Percentile £35.00 £19.59 £19.25
90th Percentile £49.00 - £25.75
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -7.58% +18.42% +11.76%

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 1,453 1,660 2,203
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 91.86% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 974 1,393
10th Percentile £204 £190 £250
25th Percentile £360 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £449 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.34% -5.47% -
75th Percentile £538 £537 £558
90th Percentile £625 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 65 59
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.39 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £23.75 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +31.00% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £38.04 £24.18 £55.08
90th Percentile £64.87 £43.42 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.92% -12.78% +62.28%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 29 October 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 -6 115 £425 +19.38% 20
Edinburgh +1 92 £508 +27.06% 23
Renfrewshire +9 5 £500 +17.65% 6
West Lothian -2 5 £54 -63.66% 2
Clackmannanshire +4 2 - -
Lanarkshire 0 2 £130 - 9
South Lanarkshire +7 1 - - 4
Fife 0 1 - - 3
Aberdeen -3 1 - - 5
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 October 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 58 (25.66%) Agile
2 47 (20.80%) SQL
3 45 (19.91%) Migration
4 40 (17.70%) Microsoft
5 39 (17.26%) Data Modelling
5 39 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (15.93%) Business Analysis
6 36 (15.93%) Data Analysis
7 34 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (13.72%) Microsoft Excel
8 31 (13.72%) Python
9 30 (13.27%) ITIL
10 27 (11.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 25 (11.06%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (11.06%) Regulatory Compliance
12 24 (10.62%) Data Protection
12 24 (10.62%) Due Diligence
12 24 (10.62%) Fintech
12 24 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (10.18%) Case Management
13 23 (10.18%) Degree
13 23 (10.18%) Digital Banking
13 23 (10.18%) Scenario Testing
13 23 (10.18%) Security Cleared
14 21 (9.29%) Linux
14 21 (9.29%) Project Management
15 20 (8.85%) Analytics
15 20 (8.85%) Waterfall
16 19 (8.41%) Azure
16 19 (8.41%) Change 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 18 (7.96%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.42%) Confluence
3 5 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.77%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (1.77%) SAS
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 31 (13.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (7.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.21%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.06%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (8.41%) Azure
3 12 (5.31%) Power Platform
4 10 (4.42%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (3.10%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.10%) Viva Engage
6 5 (2.21%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.33%) GCP
8 2 (0.88%) AWS
8 2 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.88%) Lucidchart
8 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.88%) SaaS
8 2 (0.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.44%) Collibra
9 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.44%) OCI
9 1 (0.44%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.33%) VPN
1 3 (1.33%) WAN
2 2 (0.88%) Firewall
2 2 (0.88%) Internet
2 2 (0.88%) VoIP
3 1 (0.44%) ATM
3 1 (0.44%) Broadband
3 1 (0.44%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.31%) Relational Database
2 11 (4.87%) Power BI
3 8 (3.54%) BigQuery
4 7 (3.10%) Tableau
5 6 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.65%) Metadata
6 4 (1.77%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.33%) Data Mining
7 3 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.33%) Power Query
7 3 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.33%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.88%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.44%) Big Data
9 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (5.31%) JIRA
2 3 (1.33%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.44%) TestComplete
3 1 (0.44%) Zephyr
General
1 98 (43.36%) Finance
2 87 (38.50%) Social Skills
3 84 (37.17%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (23.89%) Banking
5 33 (14.60%) Public Sector
6 31 (13.72%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (4.42%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.33%) French Language
10 3 (1.33%) Legal
10 3 (1.33%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.88%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.88%) Front Office
11 2 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.88%) Military
12 1 (0.44%) German Language
12 1 (0.44%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.33%) JSON
2 3 (1.33%) Kafka
3 1 (0.44%) ADO
3 1 (0.44%) NumPy
3 1 (0.44%) Pandas
3 1 (0.44%) PySpark
3 1 (0.44%) Web Services
3 1 (0.44%) XML
3 1 (0.44%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.29%) Management Information System
2 15 (6.64%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.87%) CMDB
5 9 (3.98%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.10%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (3.10%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.77%) Derivative
9 4 (1.77%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.77%) Wiki
10 3 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.33%) Freedom of Information
10 3 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.88%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.88%) OTC Derivatives
11 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.29%) Linux
2 18 (7.96%) Windows
3 15 (6.64%) Unix
4 7 (3.10%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.77%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (25.66%) Agile
2 45 (19.91%) Migration
3 39 (17.26%) Data Modelling
3 39 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (15.93%) Business Analysis
4 36 (15.93%) Data Analysis
5 34 (15.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (13.27%) ITIL
7 27 (11.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 25 (11.06%) Regulatory Compliance
9 24 (10.62%) Data Protection
9 24 (10.62%) Due Diligence
9 24 (10.62%) Fintech
9 24 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (10.18%) Case Management
10 23 (10.18%) Digital Banking
10 23 (10.18%) Scenario Testing
11 21 (9.29%) Project Management
12 20 (8.85%) Analytics
12 20 (8.85%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 47 (20.80%) SQL
2 31 (13.72%) Python
3 12 (5.31%) Perl
4 7 (3.10%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.33%) Bicep
5 3 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (1.33%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.44%) COBOL
6 1 (0.44%) Java
6 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.44%) ProC
6 1 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 23 (10.18%) Degree
1 23 (10.18%) Security Cleared
2 16 (7.08%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.42%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.98%) CISSP
5 8 (3.54%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (2.65%) CompTIA CySA+
6 6 (2.65%) GCIA
6 6 (2.65%) GCIH
7 5 (2.21%) CISM
8 4 (1.77%) CASP
9 3 (1.33%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.33%) CEH
9 3 (1.33%) GIAC
9 3 (1.33%) HND
9 3 (1.33%) ISEB
10 2 (0.88%) CISA
10 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.64%) GDPR
2 13 (5.75%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.10%) PMO
4 6 (2.65%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (2.21%) SLA
6 4 (1.77%) QA
7 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.88%) MiFID
9 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.44%) Basel III
9 1 (0.44%) COREP
9 1 (0.44%) FINREP
9 1 (0.44%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (3.98%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.44%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.64%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.31%) Oracle
4 8 (3.54%) ArcSight
5 6 (2.65%) SAP
5 6 (2.65%) Teradata
6 3 (1.33%) Bloomberg
6 3 (1.33%) Google
6 3 (1.33%) Splunk
7 2 (0.88%) Avaloq
7 2 (0.88%) Databricks
7 2 (0.88%) Poppulo
7 2 (0.88%) Reuters
7 2 (0.88%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.88%) Snow
7 2 (0.88%) Tenable
8 1 (0.44%) Adobe
8 1 (0.44%) IBM
8 1 (0.44%) Remedy
8 1 (0.44%) Workday