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 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 193 252 359
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 12.66% 15.14% 15.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.10% 16.57% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 173 230
10th Percentile £259 £182 £150
25th Percentile £350 £311 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £405 £410
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% -1.16% -0.67%
75th Percentile £519 £472 £488
90th Percentile £550 £500 £526
UK median daily rate £450 £471 £475
% change year-on-year -4.36% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £30.15 £18.94 -
25th Percentile £30.38 - £15.42
Median hourly rate £35.50 £19.59 £17.46
Median % change year-on-year +81.21% +12.20% +16.40%
75th Percentile £45.63 - £23.25
90th Percentile £55.75 £22.34 £27.75
UK median hourly rate £20.75 £24.20 £18.93
% change year-on-year -14.26% +27.84% +11.09%

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 1,369 1,521 2,235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.83% 91.35% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 804 921 1,386
10th Percentile £216 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £489
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -7.93% +2.89%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 46 57
10th Percentile £14.57 £13.23 £12.21
25th Percentile £19.24 £17.32 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.09 £23.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% +17.95% +10.05%
75th Percentile £43.30 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile £62.00 £38.50 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%

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 21 December 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 21 December 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 21 December 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 -8 91 £425 +6.25% 18
Edinburgh -2 82 £488 +14.71% 17
West Lothian -1 5 £54 -80.66% 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 5 £260 -
South Lanarkshire - 3 £632 -
Fife +2 1 £43 -85.83%
Lanarkshire - 1 £130 - 16
Renfrewshire - 1 £500 -
Inverclyde - 1 £450 -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 December 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 48 (24.87%) Agile
2 41 (21.24%) SQL
3 36 (18.65%) Migration
4 35 (18.13%) Business Analysis
5 33 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (16.06%) Microsoft Excel
7 30 (15.54%) Microsoft
8 29 (15.03%) Data Analysis
9 27 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (13.47%) Data Modelling
10 26 (13.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 23 (11.92%) Data Protection
12 22 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (10.88%) Python
14 20 (10.36%) Project Management
15 19 (9.84%) Case Management
15 19 (9.84%) Degree
15 19 (9.84%) Waterfall
16 18 (9.33%) Regulatory Compliance
17 17 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
17 17 (8.81%) Data Governance
17 17 (8.81%) Fintech
17 17 (8.81%) Oracle
17 17 (8.81%) Power Platform
17 17 (8.81%) Scenario Testing
17 17 (8.81%) User Acceptance Testing
17 17 (8.81%) Validation
18 16 (8.29%) Analytics
18 16 (8.29%) Data Quality
18 16 (8.29%) Digital Banking

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 14 (7.25%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.63%) Confluence
3 2 (1.04%) Camunda
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 31 (16.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (4.66%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.52%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.52%) iTrent
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.81%) Power Platform
2 16 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.70%) Azure
4 10 (5.18%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.63%) Viva Engage
6 6 (3.11%) AWS
7 5 (2.59%) Lucidchart
8 4 (2.07%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.04%) GCP
9 2 (1.04%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.52%) Boomi
10 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.52%) OCI
10 1 (0.52%) SaaS
10 1 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.59%) DNS
1 5 (2.59%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.04%) VoIP
3 1 (0.52%) Firewall
3 1 (0.52%) Internet
3 1 (0.52%) Intranet
3 1 (0.52%) LAN
3 1 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.52%) VPN
3 1 (0.52%) WAN
3 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.77%) Power BI
2 10 (5.18%) Relational Database
3 8 (4.15%) Tableau
4 7 (3.63%) Metadata
5 5 (2.59%) BigQuery
6 4 (2.07%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.04%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.04%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.52%) Big Data
8 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects XI
8 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.52%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 8 (4.15%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) GitLab
2 1 (0.52%) TestComplete
2 1 (0.52%) Tricentis qTest
2 1 (0.52%) Zephyr
General
1 84 (43.52%) Finance
2 72 (37.31%) Social Skills
3 70 (36.27%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (26.42%) Banking
5 26 (13.47%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (12.95%) Public Sector
7 10 (5.18%) Investment Banking
8 6 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.11%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.55%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.55%) French Language
9 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.04%) Front Office
10 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.04%) Legal
11 1 (0.52%) German Language
11 1 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.55%) JSON
3 1 (0.52%) .NET
3 1 (0.52%) ADO
3 1 (0.52%) NumPy
3 1 (0.52%) Pandas
3 1 (0.52%) PySpark
3 1 (0.52%) Swagger
3 1 (0.52%) XML
3 1 (0.52%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.29%) Management Information System
2 15 (7.77%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.66%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.15%) CMDB
5 8 (4.15%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.15%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.15%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.11%) Wiki
7 5 (2.59%) Cyberattack
7 5 (2.59%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.07%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (2.07%) Freedom of Information
8 4 (2.07%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.55%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.55%) Derivative
10 2 (1.04%) OTC Derivatives
10 2 (1.04%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.52%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.25%) Linux
2 11 (5.70%) Unix
3 9 (4.66%) Windows
4 1 (0.52%) VMS
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (24.87%) Agile
2 36 (18.65%) Migration
3 35 (18.13%) Business Analysis
4 33 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (15.03%) Data Analysis
6 27 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (13.47%) Data Modelling
7 26 (13.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 23 (11.92%) Data Protection
9 22 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (10.36%) Project Management
11 19 (9.84%) Case Management
11 19 (9.84%) Waterfall
12 18 (9.33%) Regulatory Compliance
13 17 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (8.81%) Data Governance
13 17 (8.81%) Fintech
13 17 (8.81%) Scenario Testing
13 17 (8.81%) User Acceptance Testing
13 17 (8.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 41 (21.24%) SQL
2 21 (10.88%) Python
3 8 (4.15%) Perl
4 2 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.04%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.52%) Bicep
5 1 (0.52%) COBOL
5 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.52%) Java
5 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (9.84%) Degree
2 11 (5.70%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.66%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.11%) CompTIA CySA+
4 6 (3.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 6 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.59%) CISSP
5 5 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (2.59%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.07%) CEH
7 3 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.55%) CISM
7 3 (1.55%) GIAC
8 2 (1.04%) HND
8 2 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.04%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.04%) PMP
9 1 (0.52%) GCIA
9 1 (0.52%) ISEB
9 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.29%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.18%) PMO
3 9 (4.66%) GDPR
4 4 (2.07%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.55%) QA
6 2 (1.04%) GRC
6 2 (1.04%) MiFID
6 2 (1.04%) SLA
7 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.52%) Basel III
7 1 (0.52%) COREP
7 1 (0.52%) FINREP
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (2.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.52%) ISA Server
2 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (15.54%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.81%) Oracle
3 13 (6.74%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.70%) SAP
5 8 (4.15%) Splunk
6 6 (3.11%) Teradata
7 2 (1.04%) Avaloq
7 2 (1.04%) Databricks
7 2 (1.04%) Pega
7 2 (1.04%) Poppulo
7 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.04%) Snow
7 2 (1.04%) Workday
8 1 (0.52%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.52%) Ariba
8 1 (0.52%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.52%) FNZ
8 1 (0.52%) Infor
8 1 (0.52%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.52%) Reuters