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 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 8 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 222 266 366
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 13.86% 16.13% 15.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.26% 17.44% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 179 236
10th Percentile £260 £236 £155
25th Percentile £336 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £420 £418
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +0.60% +0.42%
75th Percentile £500 £478 £494
90th Percentile £643 £551 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 11
10th Percentile - £17.85 -
25th Percentile - £19.59 £12.50
Median hourly rate £17.23 £21.89 £15.42
Median % change year-on-year -21.27% +41.93% -0.77%
75th Percentile £24.37 £27.33 £21.20
90th Percentile £28.65 £31.34 £30.75
UK median hourly rate £18.57 £24.50 £16.30
% change year-on-year -24.20% +50.31% -12.83%

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 1,455 1,525 2,201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.48% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 801 941 1,352
10th Percentile £250 £234 £203
25th Percentile £366 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £663 £619 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 39 109
10th Percentile £12.60 £15.52 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.50 £18.27 £16.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year - -46.26% +88.92%
75th Percentile £53.75 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £65.27 £35.93 £66.20
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.20 £32.69
% change year-on-year +5.42% +1.56% -22.84%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +3 107 £415 -2.35% 20
Edinburgh -3 81 £413 -2.94% 17
South Lanarkshire 0 10 £610 +29.79% 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 5 £260 -
Perthshire +2 4 £763 +110.34% 1
Aberdeen -1 4 - - 12
West Lothian -4 4 £54 -85.21% 1
Inverclyde - 1 £450 -
Highlands - 1 £350 - 1
Fife - 1 £43 - 1
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 1
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 March 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 52 (23.42%) Agile
2 47 (21.17%) SQL
3 40 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (16.22%) Business Analysis
5 35 (15.77%) Data Quality
6 32 (14.41%) Data Analysis
7 30 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 29 (13.06%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (12.16%) Decision-Making
10 26 (11.71%) Microsoft
10 26 (11.71%) Microsoft Excel
10 26 (11.71%) Security Cleared
11 25 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (10.81%) Azure
12 24 (10.81%) Power Platform
13 23 (10.36%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (10.36%) Degree
14 21 (9.46%) Change Management
14 21 (9.46%) Power BI
14 21 (9.46%) Project Management
14 21 (9.46%) Python
15 20 (9.01%) Data Modelling
15 20 (9.01%) Migration
16 19 (8.56%) ITIL
17 18 (8.11%) SC Cleared
17 18 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
18 17 (7.66%) DevOps
19 16 (7.21%) Analytics
19 16 (7.21%) Oracle
19 16 (7.21%) User Acceptance Testing

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 9 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.35%) Confluence
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.90%) Camunda
3 2 (0.90%) SAS
4 1 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 26 (11.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (3.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.25%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.45%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.45%) iTrent
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (10.81%) Azure
1 24 (10.81%) Power Platform
2 15 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (6.31%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (5.41%) Snowflake
5 10 (4.50%) Power Automate
6 8 (3.60%) AWS
7 6 (2.70%) Lucidchart
8 4 (1.80%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.90%) Alation
9 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.90%) GCP
9 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.45%) Boomi
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.45%) OCI
10 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.45%) SaaS
10 1 (0.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.45%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.95%) DNS
1 11 (4.95%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.45%) Firewall
2 1 (0.45%) Internet
2 1 (0.45%) Intranet
2 1 (0.45%) LAN
2 1 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.45%) VoIP
2 1 (0.45%) VPN
2 1 (0.45%) WAN
2 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.46%) Power BI
2 9 (4.05%) Relational Database
3 8 (3.60%) Metadata
3 8 (3.60%) Tableau
4 6 (2.70%) Tick Data
5 5 (2.25%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.90%) Big Data
6 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.90%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.45%) Power Query
7 1 (0.45%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 9 (4.05%) JIRA
2 6 (2.70%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.35%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.45%) Selenium
4 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.45%) TestComplete
4 1 (0.45%) Tricentis qTest
4 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 75 (33.78%) Finance
2 69 (31.08%) Social Skills
3 50 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (14.41%) Public Sector
5 30 (13.51%) Banking
6 14 (6.31%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (4.50%) Investment Banking
8 9 (4.05%) Retail Banking
9 6 (2.70%) Law
9 6 (2.70%) Legal
10 5 (2.25%) Corporate Banking
10 5 (2.25%) Retail
11 4 (1.80%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.35%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.90%) French Language
14 1 (0.45%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.15%) .NET
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.45%) Swagger
2 1 (0.45%) XML
2 1 (0.45%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.86%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (5.41%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.95%) Cyberattack
4 10 (4.50%) CMDB
5 8 (3.60%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.25%) Wiki
8 4 (1.80%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.80%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.35%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.90%) PMI
11 1 (0.45%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.21%) Windows
2 14 (6.31%) Linux
3 4 (1.80%) Unix
4 2 (0.90%) VMS
4 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (23.42%) Agile
2 40 (18.02%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (16.22%) Business Analysis
4 32 (14.41%) Data Analysis
5 30 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 29 (13.06%) Cybersecurity
7 27 (12.16%) Decision-Making
8 25 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (10.36%) Business Intelligence
10 21 (9.46%) Change Management
10 21 (9.46%) Project Management
11 20 (9.01%) Data Modelling
11 20 (9.01%) Migration
12 19 (8.56%) ITIL
13 18 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
14 17 (7.66%) DevOps
15 16 (7.21%) Analytics
15 16 (7.21%) User Acceptance Testing
16 15 (6.76%) SIEM
16 15 (6.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 47 (21.17%) SQL
2 21 (9.46%) Python
3 7 (3.15%) C#
4 6 (2.70%) C++
5 3 (1.35%) Perl
6 2 (0.90%) VB
7 1 (0.45%) Bicep
7 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.45%) Java
7 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (11.71%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.36%) Degree
3 18 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.31%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.41%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (4.95%) CompTIA CySA+
6 11 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.90%) CEH
9 2 (0.90%) CISSP
9 2 (0.90%) GIAC
9 2 (0.90%) IIBA
9 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.90%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.45%) CBAP
10 1 (0.45%) CISM
10 1 (0.45%) GCIH
10 1 (0.45%) ISEB
10 1 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (15.77%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.15%) PMO
3 5 (2.25%) QA
3 5 (2.25%) SLA
4 4 (1.80%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.90%) GRC
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.90%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.45%) ISA Server
2 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (11.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.21%) Oracle
3 14 (6.31%) Splunk
4 12 (5.41%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.95%) SAP
6 6 (2.70%) Teradata
7 4 (1.80%) Workday
8 3 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.90%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.90%) FIS
9 2 (0.90%) Fiserv
9 2 (0.90%) Pega
9 2 (0.90%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.90%) SmartStream
9 2 (0.90%) Tenable
10 1 (0.45%) Ariba
10 1 (0.45%) Citrix
10 1 (0.45%) IBM
10 1 (0.45%) Infor
10 1 (0.45%) MuleSoft