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 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 13 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 254 214 249
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 10.68% 13.48% 13.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.53% 14.99% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 118 158
10th Percentile £239 £293 £142
25th Percentile £363 £400 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £366
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +23.12% -11.93%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £450
90th Percentile £538 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £465 £450 £460
% change year-on-year +3.33% -2.17% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 10
10th Percentile - £18.27 £12.37
25th Percentile £15.81 £20.40 £15.42
Median hourly rate £15.99 £25.15 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year -36.42% +36.87% +26.72%
75th Percentile £22.00 £35.00 £19.57
90th Percentile £95.00 £49.00 £19.59
UK median hourly rate £28.55 £21.27 £21.66
% change year-on-year +34.23% -1.80% +14.00%

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 2,203 1,428 1,716
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 89.92% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 814 1,015
10th Percentile £272 £206 £195
25th Percentile £377 £362 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £461 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% +2.50% -5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £538
90th Percentile £660 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 57 67
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.51 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.75 £17.30 £14.73
Median hourly rate £20.67 £20.80 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% +14.70% +2.31%
75th Percentile £60.91 £38.04 £24.17
90th Percentile £74.16 £64.60 £45.62
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £41.27
% change year-on-year +65.84% -39.05% -8.30%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 13 October 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 0 120 £402 -5.41% 53
Edinburgh +3 100 £438 -14.13% 52
Highlands - 8 £484 - 8
Renfrewshire -1 5 - - 2
West Lothian -8 3 - - 4
Perthshire - 3 £513 -
Lanarkshire -3 2 £475 +265.38% 3
South Lanarkshire -5 2 £650 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 -
Midlothian - 1 £500 - 2
Stirling - 1 - -
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £510 - 2
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 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 75 (29.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 69 (27.17%) Agile
3 48 (18.90%) Data Analysis
4 47 (18.50%) Business Analysis
5 43 (16.93%) SQL
6 42 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (16.14%) Microsoft Excel
8 39 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (15.35%) Requirements Gathering
9 38 (14.96%) Business Intelligence
9 38 (14.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 35 (13.78%) JIRA
10 35 (13.78%) Workshop Facilitation
11 33 (12.99%) Power BI
11 33 (12.99%) Power Platform
12 32 (12.60%) User Stories
13 30 (11.81%) Microsoft
14 29 (11.42%) Azure
14 29 (11.42%) Migration
15 28 (11.02%) Confluence
16 26 (10.24%) Scrum
17 25 (9.84%) ITIL
17 25 (9.84%) Security Cleared
18 24 (9.45%) Data Quality
18 24 (9.45%) User Acceptance Testing
19 22 (8.66%) Oracle
19 22 (8.66%) Validation
20 21 (8.27%) Analytics
20 21 (8.27%) Decision-Making
21 20 (7.87%) Cybersecurity

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 28 (11.02%) Confluence
2 7 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 41 (16.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (7.87%) MS Visio
3 16 (6.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (1.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.18%) Primavera
3 2 (0.79%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.79%) MultiFonds
3 2 (0.79%) Sonata
4 1 (0.39%) Actimize
4 1 (0.39%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.39%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.99%) Power Platform
2 29 (11.42%) Azure
3 17 (6.69%) AWS
3 17 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.36%) GCP
6 3 (1.18%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.18%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.18%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.18%) PowerApps
6 3 (1.18%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.79%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (0.79%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.39%) Apple Pay
8 1 (0.39%) Google Pay
8 1 (0.39%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.39%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.18%) Broadband
1 3 (1.18%) DNS
2 2 (0.79%) Network Security
2 2 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (0.79%) VoIP
3 1 (0.39%) Firewall
3 1 (0.39%) VPN
3 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (12.99%) Power BI
2 11 (4.33%) DynamoDB
2 11 (4.33%) MongoDB
3 10 (3.94%) Tableau
4 7 (2.76%) Metadata
5 6 (2.36%) Power Query
6 5 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.57%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.79%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.39%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (13.78%) JIRA
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.79%) REST Assured
3 2 (0.79%) Selenium
4 1 (0.39%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.39%) ERwin
4 1 (0.39%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.39%) Tricentis qTest
4 1 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 89 (35.04%) Finance
1 89 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 67 (26.38%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (14.96%) Banking
4 24 (9.45%) Public Sector
5 20 (7.87%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.54%) Retail
8 6 (2.36%) Billing
9 5 (1.97%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.97%) Front Office
10 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.57%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.18%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.18%) Military
11 3 (1.18%) Private Banking
11 3 (1.18%) Retail Finance
12 2 (0.79%) Legal
12 2 (0.79%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.33%) JSON
2 6 (2.36%) Web Services
3 1 (0.39%) .NET
3 1 (0.39%) Middleware
3 1 (0.39%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.09%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.51%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (3.94%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (2.76%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.97%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.57%) Derivative
7 4 (1.57%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.57%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.18%) CMDB
8 3 (1.18%) Equities
8 3 (1.18%) Social Media
8 3 (1.18%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.79%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.79%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.79%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.79%) NHS
9 2 (0.79%) OTC Derivatives
9 2 (0.79%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.12%) Windows
2 3 (1.18%) Android
2 3 (1.18%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.18%) macOS
3 2 (0.79%) Linux
4 1 (0.39%) Unix
4 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (29.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 69 (27.17%) Agile
3 48 (18.90%) Data Analysis
4 47 (18.50%) Business Analysis
5 42 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (15.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (15.35%) Requirements Gathering
7 38 (14.96%) Business Intelligence
7 38 (14.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 35 (13.78%) Workshop Facilitation
9 32 (12.60%) User Stories
10 29 (11.42%) Migration
11 26 (10.24%) Scrum
12 25 (9.84%) ITIL
13 24 (9.45%) User Acceptance Testing
14 22 (8.66%) Validation
15 21 (8.27%) Analytics
15 21 (8.27%) Decision-Making
16 20 (7.87%) Cybersecurity
16 20 (7.87%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.93%) SQL
2 16 (6.30%) Python
3 10 (3.94%) PL/SQL
4 4 (1.57%) R
5 3 (1.18%) Java
6 1 (0.39%) C#
6 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 25 (9.84%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.09%) SC Cleared
3 5 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (1.97%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.57%) Degree
5 3 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.18%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.79%) CBAP
6 2 (0.79%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.79%) IIBA
6 2 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.39%) CEH
7 1 (0.39%) CISM
7 1 (0.39%) CISSP
7 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.39%) GIAC
7 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.45%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.72%) PMO
3 9 (3.54%) SLA
4 8 (3.15%) QA
5 4 (1.57%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.57%) GDPR
5 4 (1.57%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.39%) GRC
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.39%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (11.81%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.66%) Oracle
3 17 (6.69%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.54%) MuleSoft
5 7 (2.76%) Google
6 6 (2.36%) Citrix
6 6 (2.36%) SAP
7 4 (1.57%) Calypso
7 4 (1.57%) IFS
7 4 (1.57%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.18%) Avaloq
8 3 (1.18%) Charles River
8 3 (1.18%) GoldenSource
9 2 (0.79%) Adobe
9 2 (0.79%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.79%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.79%) Temenos
10 1 (0.39%) FNZ
10 1 (0.39%) Sparx
10 1 (0.39%) Workday