Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £415, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 264 274 291
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 12.00% 16.26% 14.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.82% 17.67% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 159 188
10th Percentile £300 £265 £166
25th Percentile £359 £368 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +20.00% -10.18%
75th Percentile £475 £525 £480
90th Percentile £538 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £451 £450 £462
% change year-on-year +0.11% -2.60% -2.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 15
10th Percentile - £16.02 £12.33
25th Percentile - £16.63 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.81 £19.59 £16.34
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% +19.89% +12.69%
75th Percentile £15.99 £21.19 £18.56
90th Percentile £95.00 £25.80 £19.55
UK median hourly rate £25.33 £22.14 £18.89
% change year-on-year +14.41% +17.20% +2.79%

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 2,059 1,551 1,830
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.59% 92.05% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,087 909 1,137
10th Percentile £300 £231 £200
25th Percentile £387 £358 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £540
90th Percentile £650 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 62 82
10th Percentile £13.41 £16.02 £12.57
25th Percentile £13.97 £16.90 £14.73
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.71 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +77.57% +8.71% +2.31%
75th Percentile £60.91 £25.97 £40.94
90th Percentile £74.25 £59.75 £54.88
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +73.38% -40.82% -1.88%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 +3 138 £398 -6.47% 19
Edinburgh -5 92 £430 -7.13% 19
Aberdeen +3 5 - - 4
Perthshire +2 5 £513 -
Renfrewshire -1 5 - - 1
South Lanarkshire -4 4 £650 +38.30%
Lanarkshire +1 3 £463 +255.77% 19
West Lothian -2 2 - - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - -
Highlands - 1 £350 - 2
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 -
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 July 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 69 (26.14%) Agile
2 54 (20.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 43 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (16.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 42 (15.91%) Data Analysis
6 39 (14.77%) Microsoft Excel
6 39 (14.77%) SQL
7 36 (13.64%) Azure
7 36 (13.64%) Microsoft
8 32 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (12.12%) JIRA
8 32 (12.12%) Scrum
9 31 (11.74%) Requirements Gathering
10 30 (11.36%) User Stories
11 28 (10.61%) Migration
11 28 (10.61%) Security Cleared
12 27 (10.23%) Workshop Facilitation
13 26 (9.85%) Decision-Making
13 26 (9.85%) User Acceptance Testing
14 24 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (9.09%) Confluence
14 24 (9.09%) ServiceNow
15 23 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
15 23 (8.71%) Power BI
15 23 (8.71%) Power Platform
16 22 (8.33%) Oracle
17 20 (7.58%) ITSM
18 19 (7.20%) Data Modelling
18 19 (7.20%) Data Quality

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 24 (9.09%) Confluence
2 13 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.38%) Camunda
3 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 39 (14.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (6.44%) MS Visio
4 12 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Primavera
2 2 (0.76%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.76%) Sonata
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.38%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.38%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.64%) Azure
2 23 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (8.71%) Power Platform
3 17 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (4.55%) AWS
5 6 (2.27%) Snowflake
6 4 (1.52%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.52%) GCP
7 3 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.14%) OneDrive
7 3 (1.14%) SaaS
8 2 (0.76%) Alation
8 2 (0.76%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.38%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.38%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.38%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.89%) DNS
2 3 (1.14%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.14%) VPN
2 3 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.76%) Internet
3 2 (0.76%) Network Security
4 1 (0.38%) Broadband
4 1 (0.38%) Firewall
4 1 (0.38%) Intranet
4 1 (0.38%) SSL
4 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.71%) Power BI
2 11 (4.17%) DynamoDB
2 11 (4.17%) MongoDB
3 8 (3.03%) Tableau
4 4 (1.52%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.14%) Power Query
6 2 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.38%) Big Data
7 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata
7 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 32 (12.12%) JIRA
2 3 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.14%) Selenium
3 2 (0.76%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.38%) GitLab
4 1 (0.38%) Tricentis qTest
4 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 91 (34.47%) Social Skills
2 87 (32.95%) Finance
3 59 (22.35%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (12.50%) Banking
5 30 (11.36%) Public Sector
6 15 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.65%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.52%) Front Office
11 4 (1.52%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.52%) Legal
11 4 (1.52%) Retail
12 3 (1.14%) Law
12 3 (1.14%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.76%) Billing
13 2 (0.76%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.76%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.17%) JSON
2 6 (2.27%) Web Services
3 1 (0.38%) .NET
3 1 (0.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.03%) CMDB
3 8 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.52%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (1.14%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.14%) Derivative
7 2 (0.76%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.76%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.76%) OTC Derivatives
7 2 (0.76%) PMI
7 2 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.38%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.38%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.38%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.68%) Windows
2 6 (2.27%) Linux
3 5 (1.89%) Unix
3 5 (1.89%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.52%) Android
4 4 (1.52%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.52%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (26.14%) Agile
2 54 (20.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 43 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (16.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 42 (15.91%) Data Analysis
6 32 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (12.12%) Scrum
7 31 (11.74%) Requirements Gathering
8 30 (11.36%) User Stories
9 28 (10.61%) Migration
10 27 (10.23%) Workshop Facilitation
11 26 (9.85%) Decision-Making
11 26 (9.85%) User Acceptance Testing
12 24 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (7.58%) ITSM
14 19 (7.20%) Data Modelling
14 19 (7.20%) Risk Management
14 19 (7.20%) Validation
15 18 (6.82%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (14.77%) SQL
2 17 (6.44%) Python
3 10 (3.79%) PL/SQL
4 5 (1.89%) Perl
5 4 (1.52%) Java
6 2 (0.76%) C#
6 2 (0.76%) VB
7 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (10.61%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.20%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (2.27%) Degree
5 5 (1.89%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.14%) CBAP
6 3 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.14%) Postgraduate
7 2 (0.76%) IIBA
7 2 (0.76%) ISEB
7 2 (0.76%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.38%) CEH
8 1 (0.38%) CISM
8 1 (0.38%) CISSP
8 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.38%) GIAC
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.20%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.55%) PMO
2 12 (4.55%) QA
3 6 (2.27%) ISO 20022
4 3 (1.14%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.76%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.76%) NIST
5 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.76%) SLA
6 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.38%) GDPR
6 1 (0.38%) GRC
6 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.38%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.38%) P3O
6 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (5.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) CASB
Vendors
1 36 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 22 (8.33%) Oracle
4 9 (3.41%) MuleSoft
5 7 (2.65%) Citrix
6 4 (1.52%) Calypso
6 4 (1.52%) IFS
6 4 (1.52%) SAP
7 3 (1.14%) Google
7 3 (1.14%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.76%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.76%) FIS
8 2 (0.76%) Fiserv
8 2 (0.76%) SmartStream
8 2 (0.76%) Splunk
8 2 (0.76%) Tenable
9 1 (0.38%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.38%) FNZ
9 1 (0.38%) Zscaler