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 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 251 239 264
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 10.69% 15.13% 14.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.49% 16.70% 15.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 129 166
10th Percentile £241 £275 £156
25th Percentile £363 £375 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £381
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +18.03% -10.29%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £475
90th Percentile £538 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.70% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 13
10th Percentile - £16.13 £12.32
25th Percentile £15.81 £17.10 £14.50
Median hourly rate £15.90 £20.80 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% +13.17% +26.72%
75th Percentile £23.31 £28.79 £19.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £42.25 £19.59
UK median hourly rate £27.34 £22.06 £19.69
% change year-on-year +23.93% +12.05% +3.62%

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 2,185 1,431 1,751
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 90.57% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 812 1,059
10th Percentile £263 £222 £200
25th Percentile £375 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £550
90th Percentile £674 £600 £664
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 66 72
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.14 £12.31
25th Percentile £14.00 £17.30 £14.73
Median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £18.20
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% +9.89% +2.71%
75th Percentile £60.91 £26.21 £24.18
90th Percentile £72.67 £60.63 £52.05
UK median hourly rate £42.15 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.59% -41.51% -1.96%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -7 123 £402 -4.29% 82
Edinburgh -4 96 £425 -16.09% 64
Renfrewshire 0 5 - - 3
Perthshire - 5 £513 - 2
Highlands - 4 £484 - 4
Lanarkshire -1 3 £463 +255.77% 43
West Lothian -6 3 - -
South Lanarkshire -7 2 £650 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - -
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 - 2
Midlothian - 1 £500 - 32
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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 67 (26.69%) Agile
2 63 (25.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (17.53%) Business Analysis
4 40 (15.94%) Requirements Gathering
4 40 (15.94%) SQL
5 39 (15.54%) Data Analysis
5 39 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (15.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 37 (14.74%) Microsoft Excel
8 36 (14.34%) Azure
9 35 (13.94%) JIRA
9 35 (13.94%) Microsoft
9 35 (13.94%) Workshop Facilitation
10 33 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (11.95%) Scrum
11 30 (11.95%) User Stories
12 29 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
12 29 (11.55%) Migration
13 27 (10.76%) Confluence
14 26 (10.36%) Power BI
14 26 (10.36%) Power Platform
15 25 (9.96%) User Acceptance Testing
16 22 (8.76%) Oracle
16 22 (8.76%) Validation
17 21 (8.37%) ITSM
17 21 (8.37%) Security Cleared
18 20 (7.97%) ITIL
18 20 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
18 20 (7.97%) ServiceNow
19 19 (7.57%) Customer Service

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 27 (10.76%) Confluence
2 8 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.40%) Camunda
Applications
1 37 (14.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.17%) MS Visio
3 16 (6.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (1.59%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.20%) Primavera
3 2 (0.80%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.80%) MultiFonds
3 2 (0.80%) Sonata
4 1 (0.40%) Actimize
4 1 (0.40%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 36 (14.34%) Azure
2 26 (10.36%) Power Platform
3 20 (7.97%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.77%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.98%) AWS
6 6 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.39%) GCP
7 5 (1.99%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.59%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.20%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.20%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.80%) Adobe Analytics
10 2 (0.80%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.80%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.80%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.40%) Apple Pay
11 1 (0.40%) Google Pay
11 1 (0.40%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.99%) DNS
1 5 (1.99%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.20%) VPN
2 3 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.80%) Broadband
3 2 (0.80%) Network Security
3 2 (0.80%) VoIP
4 1 (0.40%) Firewall
4 1 (0.40%) Internet
4 1 (0.40%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.36%) Power BI
2 11 (4.38%) DynamoDB
2 11 (4.38%) MongoDB
3 10 (3.98%) Tableau
4 4 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.59%) Power Query
4 4 (1.59%) Star Schema
5 2 (0.80%) Metadata
5 2 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.40%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (13.94%) JIRA
2 3 (1.20%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.80%) REST Assured
3 2 (0.80%) Selenium
4 1 (0.40%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.40%) ERwin
4 1 (0.40%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.40%) Tricentis qTest
4 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 87 (34.66%) Finance
1 87 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 57 (22.71%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (14.34%) Banking
4 27 (10.76%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.77%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (3.19%) Retail
9 5 (1.99%) Billing
9 5 (1.99%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.99%) Front Office
9 5 (1.99%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.59%) Italian Language
10 4 (1.59%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.59%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.20%) Private Banking
11 3 (1.20%) Retail Finance
12 2 (0.80%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.38%) JSON
2 6 (2.39%) Web Services
3 1 (0.40%) .NET
3 1 (0.40%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.16%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.98%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (3.19%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.39%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.39%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (1.99%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.59%) Derivative
6 4 (1.59%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.59%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.20%) CMDB
7 3 (1.20%) Equities
8 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.80%) Fixed Income
8 2 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.80%) OTC Derivatives
8 2 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.80%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.80%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.17%) Windows
2 5 (1.99%) Android
2 5 (1.99%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.99%) Mac OS
2 5 (1.99%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.59%) Linux
4 3 (1.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (26.69%) Agile
2 63 (25.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (17.53%) Business Analysis
4 40 (15.94%) Requirements Gathering
5 39 (15.54%) Data Analysis
5 39 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (15.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 35 (13.94%) Workshop Facilitation
8 33 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (11.95%) Scrum
9 30 (11.95%) User Stories
10 29 (11.55%) Business Intelligence
10 29 (11.55%) Migration
11 25 (9.96%) User Acceptance Testing
12 22 (8.76%) Validation
13 21 (8.37%) ITSM
14 20 (7.97%) ITIL
15 19 (7.57%) Customer Service
15 19 (7.57%) Risk Management
16 18 (7.17%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.94%) SQL
2 17 (6.77%) Python
3 10 (3.98%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.20%) Java
4 3 (1.20%) Perl
4 3 (1.20%) R
5 1 (0.40%) C#
Qualifications
1 21 (8.37%) Security Cleared
2 15 (5.98%) SC Cleared
3 5 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (1.99%) Degree
4 3 (1.20%) CBAP
4 3 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (1.20%) Postgraduate
5 2 (0.80%) IIBA
6 1 (0.40%) CEH
6 1 (0.40%) CISM
6 1 (0.40%) CISSP
6 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.40%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.40%) GIAC
6 1 (0.40%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.58%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.18%) PMO
3 8 (3.19%) QA
4 5 (1.99%) SLA
5 4 (1.59%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.80%) GDPR
7 2 (0.80%) NIST
8 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (5.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 35 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.76%) Oracle
3 20 (7.97%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.59%) MuleSoft
5 8 (3.19%) Citrix
6 7 (2.79%) Google
7 6 (2.39%) SAP
8 4 (1.59%) Calypso
8 4 (1.59%) IFS
9 3 (1.20%) Avaloq
9 3 (1.20%) Charles River
9 3 (1.20%) GoldenSource
9 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.80%) Adobe
10 2 (0.80%) Optimizely
10 2 (0.80%) SimCorp
10 2 (0.80%) Temenos
10 2 (0.80%) VMware
11 1 (0.40%) Databricks
11 1 (0.40%) Workday