Analytical Skills Contracts in Scotland

Analytical Skills
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 15 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 240 218 281
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 14.87% 9.82% 9.82%
As % of the General category 20.53% 15.14% 14.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 142 205
10th Percentile £203 £231 £238
25th Percentile £388 £382 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £589 £613 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 3
10th Percentile - £12.50 £49.99
25th Percentile - £13.06 £53.38
Median hourly rate £15.60 £17.50 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% -70.35% +127.04%
75th Percentile £17.76 £19.50 £59.79
90th Percentile £19.05 £20.57 £60.25
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £18.00 £43.43
% change year-on-year +66.67% -58.55% +22.34%

All General Skills
Scotland

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,169 1,440 1,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 72.43% 64.86% 65.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 864 1,390
10th Percentile £240 £182 £236
25th Percentile £375 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% - +3.83%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £570
90th Percentile £612 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 28
10th Percentile £16.04 £12.30 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.54 £16.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.88 £19.17 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -3.57% -23.54%
75th Percentile £28.38 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £57.16 £69.00 £66.84
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
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 Analytical Skills within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +9 136 £470 +4.44% 72
Edinburgh +1 76 £475 -5.00% 57
Aberdeen +5 7 £375 -16.67% 8
East Lothian - 3 £168 -
Perth and Kinross - 3 £450 -
Renfrewshire +12 2 - - 37
Stirling +1 2 £400 -23.81% 4
Perthshire 0 2 £550 +10.00% 1
West Lothian +9 1 £188 - 1
Highlands 0 1 - -
Fife -1 1 £115 - 2
Dundee - 1 £220 - 6
Scottish Borders - 1 - -
Analytical Skills
UK

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.08%) Confluence
4 2 (0.83%) Camunda
4 2 (0.83%) JBoss
4 2 (0.83%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 26 (10.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (7.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.08%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.25%) Finacle
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 45 (18.75%) Azure
2 26 (10.83%) AWS
3 23 (9.58%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (5.83%) Cloud Computing
5 13 (5.42%) Amazon S3
6 12 (5.00%) Power Platform
7 11 (4.58%) IaaS
7 11 (4.58%) Yammer
8 10 (4.17%) OpenShift
9 8 (3.33%) OCI
10 6 (2.50%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.08%) Cohesity
11 5 (2.08%) PaaS
11 5 (2.08%) SaaS
12 4 (1.67%) Google Analytics
12 4 (1.67%) Snowflake
13 3 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.25%) Google Data Studio
13 3 (1.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.17%) NAS
1 10 (4.17%) SAN
2 9 (3.75%) Network Security
3 6 (2.50%) DNS
3 6 (2.50%) VPN
4 5 (2.08%) DHCP
5 4 (1.67%) LAN
6 3 (1.25%) WAN
7 2 (0.83%) Firewall
7 2 (0.83%) Internet
7 2 (0.83%) Intranet
7 2 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.83%) WLAN
8 1 (0.42%) 4G
8 1 (0.42%) ADSL
8 1 (0.42%) HTTP
8 1 (0.42%) PSTN
8 1 (0.42%) SDH
8 1 (0.42%) SSL
8 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.08%) MongoDB
2 28 (11.67%) Relational Database
3 27 (11.25%) DB2
4 11 (4.58%) Power BI
5 8 (3.33%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.33%) Tableau
6 6 (2.50%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (2.08%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.67%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (1.25%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.83%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.83%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.42%) GIS
11 1 (0.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 28 (11.67%) JUnit
2 16 (6.67%) Git
2 16 (6.67%) JIRA
3 11 (4.58%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.25%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.25%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.25%) Xcode
5 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.42%) GitLab
6 1 (0.42%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.42%) PyCharm
6 1 (0.42%) TestRail
6 1 (0.42%) Toad
6 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 162 (67.50%) Social Skills
2 92 (38.33%) Finance
3 45 (18.75%) Banking
4 39 (16.25%) Public Sector
5 23 (9.58%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (8.75%) Front Office
7 20 (8.33%) Investment Banking
8 14 (5.83%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.50%) Publishing
10 5 (2.08%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.08%) Retail Banking
11 4 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.25%) Marketing
12 3 (1.25%) Private Banking
12 3 (1.25%) Retail
13 2 (0.83%) Back Office
13 2 (0.83%) Electronics
13 2 (0.83%) Military
13 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (27.50%) Analyst
2 41 (17.08%) Developer
3 28 (11.67%) Business Analyst
4 27 (11.25%) Java Developer
5 18 (7.50%) Architect
5 18 (7.50%) Senior
6 11 (4.58%) Change Analyst
7 9 (3.75%) Lead
7 9 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (3.75%) Support Engineer
8 8 (3.33%) Python Engineer
9 7 (2.92%) Data Analyst
9 7 (2.92%) Investment Banking Java Developer
9 7 (2.92%) Project Manager
9 7 (2.92%) SQL Developer
9 7 (2.92%) Sybase Developer
10 6 (2.50%) Consultant
10 6 (2.50%) Infrastructure Architect
10 6 (2.50%) SAP Analyst
10 6 (2.50%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.50%) Spring
2 25 (10.42%) Kafka
3 20 (8.33%) JMS
4 5 (2.08%) Middleware
4 5 (2.08%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.25%) SwiftUI
5 3 (1.25%) UIKit
6 2 (0.83%) .NET
6 2 (0.83%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.83%) HTML
6 2 (0.83%) IBM Integration Bus
6 2 (0.83%) J2EE
6 2 (0.83%) LDAP
6 2 (0.83%) MSMQ
6 2 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.83%) RESTful
7 1 (0.42%) CSS
7 1 (0.42%) EDI
7 1 (0.42%) SOAP
7 1 (0.42%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.25%) Data Structures
2 20 (8.33%) Equities
3 12 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (4.58%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.17%) Virtual Team
6 9 (3.75%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.75%) Product Ownership
6 9 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.33%) CMDB
7 8 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.33%) Mainframe
7 8 (3.33%) Replication
8 6 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.50%) Derivative
8 6 (2.50%) Equity Derivative
9 5 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.67%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 55 (22.92%) Linux
2 41 (17.08%) Windows
3 21 (8.75%) Unix
4 14 (5.83%) Windows Server
5 12 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (3.75%) Solaris
7 5 (2.08%) AIX
8 4 (1.67%) HPUX
8 4 (1.67%) Windows 10
9 3 (1.25%) Android
9 3 (1.25%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (68.75%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (37.50%) Agile
3 43 (17.92%) Project Management
4 37 (15.42%) SDLC
5 30 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 29 (12.08%) Performance Tuning
6 29 (12.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (11.67%) CI/CD
7 28 (11.67%) DevOps
8 27 (11.25%) Data Protection
9 26 (10.83%) ITIL
10 25 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (9.58%) Open Source
11 23 (9.58%) Software Engineering
11 23 (9.58%) Time Management
11 23 (9.58%) Waterfall
12 22 (9.17%) Change Management
12 22 (9.17%) Database Tuning
12 22 (9.17%) Multithreading
13 20 (8.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 54 (22.50%) SQL
2 52 (21.67%) Python
3 34 (14.17%) Java
4 18 (7.50%) Shell Script
5 5 (2.08%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.67%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.67%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.25%) C#
7 3 (1.25%) Objective-C
7 3 (1.25%) Swift
7 3 (1.25%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.42%) Bicep
8 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.42%) Perl
8 1 (0.42%) R
8 1 (0.42%) SOQL
8 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (14.58%) Degree
2 7 (2.92%) CISSP
2 7 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (2.92%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.50%) Azure Certification
3 6 (2.50%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.08%) CISM
4 5 (2.08%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.25%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.25%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.25%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.25%) PMP
6 2 (0.83%) ACCA
6 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.83%) ISACA
6 2 (0.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.42%) QA
2 23 (9.58%) Disclosure Scotland
3 14 (5.83%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.25%) PMO
5 3 (1.25%) SLA
6 2 (0.83%) Basel III
6 2 (0.83%) FINREP
6 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.42%) COREP
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.42%) IFRS
7 1 (0.42%) NIST
7 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (2.50%) Docker
2 5 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (1.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.67%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (1.25%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.83%) RACF
5 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.17%) NetBackup
2 10 (4.17%) Oracle RMAN
3 9 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.67%) Ansible
4 4 (1.67%) Data Guard
4 4 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
4 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (1.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (1.67%) Oracle Flashback
5 3 (1.25%) Terraform
6 2 (0.83%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.83%) Puppet
6 2 (0.83%) SCCM
6 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.42%) CASB
7 1 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.42%) Podman
7 1 (0.42%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 47 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.25%) Sybase
3 20 (8.33%) Oracle
4 13 (5.42%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.17%) Veritas
6 9 (3.75%) IBM
7 6 (2.50%) Dynatrace
7 6 (2.50%) SAP
7 6 (2.50%) Sun
8 5 (2.08%) Citrix
8 5 (2.08%) Dell
9 4 (1.67%) Avaloq
9 4 (1.67%) Cisco
9 4 (1.67%) Google
9 4 (1.67%) Qualys
9 4 (1.67%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.67%) Unisys
10 3 (1.25%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.25%) Temenos
10 3 (1.25%) VMware