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 22 June 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 0
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 291 266 319
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 13.86% 16.55% 15.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.94% 17.62% 16.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 152 198
10th Percentile £313 £258 £157
25th Percentile £363 £356 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £510 £488
90th Percentile £600 £550 £538
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 17
10th Percentile £15.99 £16.10 £12.30
25th Percentile £16.30 £16.44 £12.50
Median hourly rate £17.23 £19.59 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.05% +30.60% +3.45%
75th Percentile £75.56 £23.26 £18.56
90th Percentile £95.00 £28.38 £23.05
UK median hourly rate £22.68 £22.14 £16.30
% change year-on-year +2.42% +35.83% -10.71%

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 1,948 1,510 1,976
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 93.96% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 866 1,210
10th Percentile £302 £233 £200
25th Percentile £400 £358 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £517 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.30% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 66 129
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.02 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.84 £15.22
Median hourly rate £35.00 £19.71 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.57% +1.08% +3.01%
75th Percentile £61.50 £25.15 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £57.50 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £43.61 £27.36 £37.50
% change year-on-year +59.36% -27.03% -14.77%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +5 145 £406 -4.47% 13
Edinburgh -4 110 £444 +3.20% 17
Perthshire +2 8 £725 -
South Lanarkshire -3 7 £443 -5.85% 2
Renfrewshire 0 6 - - 1
Aberdeen +2 5 - - 2
Lanarkshire +1 2 £463 +255.77% 15
West Lothian -4 1 - -
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
Highlands - 1 £350 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 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 86 (29.55%) Agile
2 49 (16.84%) SQL
3 48 (16.49%) Business Analysis
3 48 (16.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 44 (15.12%) Data Analysis
5 43 (14.78%) Azure
6 42 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 37 (12.71%) Microsoft Excel
7 37 (12.71%) Security Cleared
8 34 (11.68%) JIRA
8 34 (11.68%) Microsoft
9 33 (11.34%) Scrum
10 32 (11.00%) DevOps
11 31 (10.65%) Data Quality
12 29 (9.97%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (9.97%) Business Intelligence
12 29 (9.97%) Decision-Making
12 29 (9.97%) Power Platform
12 29 (9.97%) User Stories
13 28 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
13 28 (9.62%) Power BI
14 27 (9.28%) ITIL
14 27 (9.28%) SC Cleared
15 26 (8.93%) Migration
15 26 (8.93%) Python
16 25 (8.59%) Requirements Gathering
17 24 (8.25%) Workshop Facilitation
18 23 (7.90%) Confluence
18 23 (7.90%) Oracle

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 23 (7.90%) Confluence
2 12 (4.12%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.34%) Camunda
4 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 37 (12.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (5.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 15 (5.15%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (1.03%) Primavera
2 2 (0.69%) IntelliMatch
2 2 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.34%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.34%) Sonata
Cloud Services
1 43 (14.78%) Azure
2 29 (9.97%) Azure DevOps
2 29 (9.97%) Power Platform
3 21 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (4.81%) AWS
5 8 (2.75%) Power Automate
6 7 (2.41%) Snowflake
7 5 (1.72%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.37%) GCP
9 3 (1.03%) Lucidchart
9 3 (1.03%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.69%) Alation
10 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.69%) SaaS
11 1 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.34%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.34%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.78%) DNS
2 6 (2.06%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.03%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (1.03%) VPN
3 3 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.69%) Internet
5 1 (0.34%) Intranet
5 1 (0.34%) Network Security
5 1 (0.34%) SSL
5 1 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.62%) Power BI
2 11 (3.78%) DynamoDB
2 11 (3.78%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.41%) Tableau
4 6 (2.06%) Tick Data
5 5 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.03%) Power Query
7 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.34%) Big Data
8 1 (0.34%) Metadata
8 1 (0.34%) QlikView
8 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (11.68%) JIRA
2 6 (2.06%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.03%) Selenium
4 2 (0.69%) GitLab
4 2 (0.69%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 93 (31.96%) Social Skills
2 92 (31.62%) Finance
3 55 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (11.68%) Public Sector
5 24 (8.25%) Banking
6 18 (6.19%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.41%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.06%) Law
10 5 (1.72%) Legal
11 4 (1.37%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (1.37%) Italian Language
11 4 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Retail
11 4 (1.37%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.03%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.03%) Front Office
12 3 (1.03%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.78%) JSON
2 7 (2.41%) .NET
3 6 (2.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.25%) Product Ownership
2 16 (5.50%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.47%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (3.44%) CMDB
5 8 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.06%) Cyberattack
6 6 (2.06%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.37%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.03%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.03%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.69%) Derivative
10 2 (0.69%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.69%) OTC Derivatives
10 2 (0.69%) PMI
10 2 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.34%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.84%) Windows
2 12 (4.12%) Linux
3 6 (2.06%) Unix
3 6 (2.06%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.37%) Android
5 4 (1.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.34%) VMS
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (29.55%) Agile
2 48 (16.49%) Business Analysis
2 48 (16.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 44 (15.12%) Data Analysis
4 42 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (11.34%) Scrum
6 32 (11.00%) DevOps
7 29 (9.97%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (9.97%) Decision-Making
7 29 (9.97%) User Stories
8 28 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (9.28%) ITIL
10 26 (8.93%) Migration
11 25 (8.59%) Requirements Gathering
12 24 (8.25%) Workshop Facilitation
13 22 (7.56%) AI
14 21 (7.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (6.53%) ITSM
16 18 (6.19%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (16.84%) SQL
2 26 (8.93%) Python
3 10 (3.44%) PL/SQL
4 8 (2.75%) C#
5 6 (2.06%) C++
5 6 (2.06%) Perl
6 4 (1.37%) Java
7 2 (0.69%) VB
8 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (12.71%) Security Cleared
2 27 (9.28%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.84%) Degree
4 9 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (3.09%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.06%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (2.06%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.03%) CBAP
6 3 (1.03%) IIBA
6 3 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.03%) Postgraduate
7 2 (0.69%) ISEB
7 2 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.34%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.34%) GCIH
8 1 (0.34%) GIAC
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (10.65%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.12%) QA
3 8 (2.75%) PMO
4 4 (1.37%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.03%) SLA
6 2 (0.69%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.69%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.69%) NIST
7 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.34%) GDPR
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.34%) P3O
7 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) CASB
Vendors
1 34 (11.68%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.90%) Oracle
3 22 (7.56%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.09%) MuleSoft
5 8 (2.75%) Citrix
5 8 (2.75%) Splunk
6 5 (1.72%) SAP
7 4 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (1.37%) IFS
7 4 (1.37%) Workday
8 3 (1.03%) Calypso
9 2 (0.69%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.69%) FIS
9 2 (0.69%) Fiserv
9 2 (0.69%) Google
9 2 (0.69%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.69%) SmartStream
9 2 (0.69%) Tenable
10 1 (0.34%) Databricks
10 1 (0.34%) Zscaler