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 7 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
7 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Analyst 260 226 247
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 10.88% 14.17% 13.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.73% 15.73% 14.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 121 155
10th Percentile £255 £275 £139
25th Percentile £369 £385 £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £356
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +26.40% -14.73%
75th Percentile £494 £525 £450
90th Percentile £538 £550 £500
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +5.56% -2.70% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 11
10th Percentile - £16.02 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.81 £16.63 £13.44
Median hourly rate £15.90 £20.80 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% +13.17% +26.72%
75th Percentile £23.31 £30.00 £19.55
90th Percentile £95.00 £44.50 £19.59
UK median hourly rate £28.13 £21.14 £21.44
% change year-on-year +33.07% -1.40% +12.82%

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 2,217 1,437 1,724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 90.09% 93.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 811 1,030
10th Percentile £274 £213 £197
25th Percentile £377 £363 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £538
90th Percentile £669 £600 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 61 68
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.02 £12.30
25th Percentile £14.45 £17.30 £14.73
Median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £18.07
Median % change year-on-year -3.35% +10.71% +1.95%
75th Percentile £60.91 £30.00 £24.16
90th Percentile £74.16 £64.34 £45.23
UK median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.82% -4.49%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -2 127 £405 -4.71% 94
Edinburgh -1 98 £438 -13.07% 82
Highlands - 8 £484 - 9
Renfrewshire 0 5 - - 4
Perthshire - 5 £513 -
Lanarkshire -2 3 £463 +255.77% 19
West Lothian -8 3 - - 7
South Lanarkshire -5 2 £650 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £575 -
Inverclyde - 1 £538 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 £510 - 2
Midlothian - 1 £500 - 13
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 74 (28.46%) Agile
2 73 (28.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (18.46%) Business Analysis
4 47 (18.08%) Data Analysis
5 43 (16.54%) SQL
6 42 (16.15%) Requirements Gathering
7 40 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
8 39 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 38 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (14.62%) JIRA
10 37 (14.23%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (14.23%) Workshop Facilitation
11 33 (12.69%) User Stories
12 32 (12.31%) Azure
12 32 (12.31%) Power BI
12 32 (12.31%) Power Platform
13 31 (11.92%) Migration
14 30 (11.54%) Confluence
14 30 (11.54%) Microsoft
15 29 (11.15%) Scrum
16 25 (9.62%) Security Cleared
16 25 (9.62%) User Acceptance Testing
17 24 (9.23%) ITIL
18 23 (8.85%) Data Quality
18 23 (8.85%) Validation
19 22 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
19 22 (8.46%) Decision-Making
19 22 (8.46%) Oracle
20 20 (7.69%) MS Visio

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 30 (11.54%) Confluence
2 7 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 39 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (7.69%) MS Visio
3 15 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (1.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 4 (1.54%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (1.15%) Primavera
3 2 (0.77%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.77%) MultiFonds
3 2 (0.77%) Sonata
4 1 (0.38%) Actimize
4 1 (0.38%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.31%) Azure
1 32 (12.31%) Power Platform
2 17 (6.54%) AWS
2 17 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (2.31%) GCP
5 4 (1.54%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.15%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.15%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.15%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.15%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.77%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (0.77%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.38%) Apple Pay
8 1 (0.38%) Google Pay
8 1 (0.38%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.15%) Broadband
1 3 (1.15%) DNS
2 2 (0.77%) Network Security
2 2 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (0.77%) VoIP
3 1 (0.38%) Firewall
3 1 (0.38%) VPN
3 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.31%) Power BI
2 11 (4.23%) DynamoDB
2 11 (4.23%) MongoDB
2 11 (4.23%) Tableau
3 7 (2.69%) Metadata
4 5 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.92%) Power Query
5 4 (1.54%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.38%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.38%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (14.62%) JIRA
2 3 (1.15%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.77%) REST Assured
3 2 (0.77%) Selenium
4 1 (0.38%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.38%) ERwin
4 1 (0.38%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.38%) Tricentis qTest
4 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 91 (35.00%) Finance
2 88 (33.85%) Social Skills
3 65 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (14.62%) Banking
5 24 (9.23%) Public Sector
6 20 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.46%) Retail
9 6 (2.31%) Billing
10 5 (1.92%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.92%) Front Office
11 4 (1.54%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.54%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.54%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.15%) Military
12 3 (1.15%) Private Banking
12 3 (1.15%) Retail Finance
13 2 (0.77%) Italian Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.23%) JSON
2 6 (2.31%) Web Services
3 1 (0.38%) .NET
3 1 (0.38%) Middleware
3 1 (0.38%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.46%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.38%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.31%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.92%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.54%) CMDB
7 4 (1.54%) Derivative
7 4 (1.54%) Mainframe
7 4 (1.54%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.15%) Equities
8 3 (1.15%) Social Media
8 3 (1.15%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.77%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.77%) OTC Derivatives
9 2 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.77%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.00%) Windows
2 3 (1.15%) Android
2 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.15%) Linux
2 3 (1.15%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.77%) Unix
3 2 (0.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (28.46%) Agile
2 73 (28.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (18.46%) Business Analysis
4 47 (18.08%) Data Analysis
5 42 (16.15%) Requirements Gathering
6 40 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 38 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (14.23%) Business Intelligence
9 37 (14.23%) Workshop Facilitation
10 33 (12.69%) User Stories
11 31 (11.92%) Migration
12 29 (11.15%) Scrum
13 25 (9.62%) User Acceptance Testing
14 24 (9.23%) ITIL
15 23 (8.85%) Validation
16 22 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
16 22 (8.46%) Decision-Making
17 20 (7.69%) Risk Management
18 19 (7.31%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.54%) SQL
2 17 (6.54%) Python
3 10 (3.85%) PL/SQL
4 4 (1.54%) R
5 3 (1.15%) Java
6 2 (0.77%) Perl
7 1 (0.38%) C#
7 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 25 (9.62%) Security Cleared
2 18 (6.92%) SC Cleared
3 5 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (1.92%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.54%) Degree
5 3 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.15%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.77%) CBAP
6 2 (0.77%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.77%) IIBA
6 2 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.38%) CEH
7 1 (0.38%) CISM
7 1 (0.38%) CISSP
7 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.38%) GIAC
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.85%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.23%) PMO
3 9 (3.46%) SLA
4 8 (3.08%) QA
5 4 (1.54%) GDPR
5 4 (1.54%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.38%) GRC
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.38%) NIST
7 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (3.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.46%) Oracle
3 18 (6.92%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.46%) MuleSoft
5 7 (2.69%) Google
6 6 (2.31%) Citrix
6 6 (2.31%) SAP
7 4 (1.54%) Calypso
7 4 (1.54%) IFS
7 4 (1.54%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.15%) Avaloq
8 3 (1.15%) Charles River
8 3 (1.15%) GoldenSource
9 2 (0.77%) Adobe
9 2 (0.77%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.77%) SimCorp
9 2 (0.77%) Temenos
9 2 (0.77%) VMware
10 1 (0.38%) Databricks
10 1 (0.38%) Workday
262 Analyst jobs in Scotland