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 17 February 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 215 254 377
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 13.58% 15.48% 15.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.93% 16.79% 16.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 165 237
10th Percentile £260 £215 £155
25th Percentile £338 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £419 £418
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +0.24% +1.21%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £494
90th Percentile £634 £550 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -1.10% -4.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 8
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.50 £12.44
25th Percentile £20.42 - £14.69
Median hourly rate £30.50 £19.59 £17.46
Median % change year-on-year +55.69% +12.20% +15.71%
75th Percentile £37.88 £24.18 £23.92
90th Percentile £51.25 £30.25 £35.93
UK median hourly rate £18.57 £24.59 £17.64
% change year-on-year -24.47% +39.37% +3.52%

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 1,440 1,513 2,239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 92.20% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 809 889 1,385
10th Percentile £233 £205 £250
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £570 £550 £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 87 42 100
10th Percentile £13.07 £15.11 £12.30
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.77 £16.44
Median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -42.50% +114.77%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £64.14 £33.70 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% -6.67%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 17 February 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 +1 109 £425 - 22
Edinburgh -4 79 £425 - 22
South Lanarkshire - 9 £610 - 1
West Lothian -1 5 £54 -85.16% 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 5 £260 -
Perthshire +2 4 £763 +110.34% 1
Aberdeen -6 1 - - 9
Fife - 1 £43 - 1
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 1
Inverclyde - 1 £450 -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 February 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 54 (25.12%) Agile
2 51 (23.72%) SQL
3 44 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (16.28%) Business Analysis
5 34 (15.81%) Data Analysis
6 33 (15.35%) Data Quality
7 30 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
8 29 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (13.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 27 (12.56%) Microsoft
11 26 (12.09%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (11.16%) Change Management
12 24 (11.16%) Degree
12 24 (11.16%) Python
13 23 (10.70%) Azure
13 23 (10.70%) Data Modelling
13 23 (10.70%) ITIL
13 23 (10.70%) Project Management
14 22 (10.23%) Power Platform
14 22 (10.23%) Security Cleared
15 21 (9.77%) Analytics
15 21 (9.77%) Decision-Making
16 20 (9.30%) ServiceNow
17 19 (8.84%) Business Intelligence
17 19 (8.84%) DevOps
17 19 (8.84%) Migration
17 19 (8.84%) Power BI
18 17 (7.91%) Oracle
18 17 (7.91%) User Acceptance Testing
18 17 (7.91%) Visualisation

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 7 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.40%) Confluence
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.93%) Camunda
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.47%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.12%) MS Visio
3 10 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.93%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.47%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.47%) iTrent
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.70%) Azure
2 22 (10.23%) Power Platform
3 13 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (5.12%) Snowflake
6 10 (4.65%) Power Automate
7 8 (3.72%) AWS
7 8 (3.72%) Lucidchart
8 4 (1.86%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.93%) Alation
9 2 (0.93%) GCP
9 2 (0.93%) Viva Engage
10 1 (0.47%) Boomi
10 1 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.47%) OCI
10 1 (0.47%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.47%) SaaS
10 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.12%) DNS
1 11 (5.12%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.47%) Firewall
2 1 (0.47%) Internet
2 1 (0.47%) Intranet
2 1 (0.47%) LAN
2 1 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.47%) VoIP
2 1 (0.47%) VPN
2 1 (0.47%) WAN
2 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.84%) Power BI
2 14 (6.51%) Relational Database
3 8 (3.72%) Metadata
4 7 (3.26%) Tableau
5 6 (2.79%) Tick Data
6 5 (2.33%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.40%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.93%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.47%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.47%) Big Data
9 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.47%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.47%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (3.72%) JIRA
2 6 (2.79%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.93%) GitLab
4 1 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.47%) TestComplete
4 1 (0.47%) Tricentis qTest
4 1 (0.47%) Zephyr
General
1 82 (38.14%) Finance
2 73 (33.95%) Social Skills
3 51 (23.72%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (14.88%) Banking
5 30 (13.95%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.58%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (5.12%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.26%) Retail Banking
9 6 (2.79%) Legal
10 5 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.86%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.86%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.86%) Law
12 3 (1.40%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.40%) Retail
13 2 (0.93%) French Language
13 2 (0.93%) Front Office
13 2 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.26%) .NET
2 1 (0.47%) ADO
2 1 (0.47%) NumPy
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.47%) Pandas
2 1 (0.47%) PySpark
2 1 (0.47%) Swagger
2 1 (0.47%) XML
2 1 (0.47%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.44%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (6.51%) CMDB
2 14 (6.51%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (6.05%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (5.58%) Management Information System
5 11 (5.12%) Cyberattack
6 8 (3.72%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (3.26%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.79%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.79%) Wiki
9 5 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.40%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.40%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.93%) PMI
12 1 (0.47%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.47%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.44%) Windows
2 14 (6.51%) Linux
3 6 (2.79%) Unix
4 2 (0.93%) VMS
4 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.12%) Agile
2 44 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (16.28%) Business Analysis
4 34 (15.81%) Data Analysis
5 29 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
6 28 (13.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 26 (12.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (11.16%) Change Management
9 23 (10.70%) Data Modelling
9 23 (10.70%) ITIL
9 23 (10.70%) Project Management
10 21 (9.77%) Analytics
10 21 (9.77%) Decision-Making
11 19 (8.84%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (8.84%) DevOps
11 19 (8.84%) Migration
12 17 (7.91%) User Acceptance Testing
12 17 (7.91%) Visualisation
13 16 (7.44%) Data Protection
13 16 (7.44%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 51 (23.72%) SQL
2 24 (11.16%) Python
3 6 (2.79%) C#
3 6 (2.79%) C++
4 3 (1.40%) Perl
5 2 (0.93%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.93%) VB
6 1 (0.47%) Bicep
6 1 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (11.16%) Degree
2 22 (10.23%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.51%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.58%) CompTIA Security+
5 11 (5.12%) CompTIA CySA+
5 11 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (5.12%) DV Cleared
6 7 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.40%) CEH
8 3 (1.40%) CISSP
8 3 (1.40%) GIAC
9 2 (0.93%) CISM
9 2 (0.93%) IIBA
9 2 (0.93%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.93%) PMP
10 1 (0.47%) CBAP
10 1 (0.47%) GCIH
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.35%) Data Quality
2 9 (4.19%) PMO
3 5 (2.33%) SLA
4 4 (1.86%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.86%) QA
5 2 (0.93%) GDPR
5 2 (0.93%) GRC
5 2 (0.93%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.93%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.47%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) ISA Server
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (12.56%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.30%) ServiceNow
3 17 (7.91%) Oracle
4 14 (6.51%) Splunk
5 13 (6.05%) SAP
6 6 (2.79%) Teradata
7 4 (1.86%) Workday
8 2 (0.93%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.93%) Databricks
8 2 (0.93%) FIS
8 2 (0.93%) Fiserv
8 2 (0.93%) Pega
8 2 (0.93%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.93%) SmartStream
8 2 (0.93%) Snow
9 1 (0.47%) Ariba
9 1 (0.47%) Avaloq
9 1 (0.47%) Infor
9 1 (0.47%) Remedy