Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends 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 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 15 28
Rank change year-on-year +3 +13 -7
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 191 196 172
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 12.36% 11.66% 7.35%
As % of the General category 18.82% 17.24% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 129 119
10th Percentile £183 £167 £161
25th Percentile £363 £328 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £501 £560
90th Percentile £588 £590 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £524 £525
% change year-on-year -4.53% -0.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
10th Percentile - £15.35 £16.43
25th Percentile - £15.88 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £17.00 £20.44
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -16.81% +67.78%
75th Percentile - £18.38 £59.03
90th Percentile - £19.05 £63.45
UK median hourly rate £33.46 £24.18 £32.50
% change year-on-year +38.38% -25.60% -7.14%

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 1,015 1,137 1,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 65.70% 67.64% 67.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 678 977
10th Percentile £200 £190 £192
25th Percentile £358 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £606 £625 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 30 42
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.60 £12.13
25th Percentile £13.61 £18.77 £15.42
Median hourly rate £18.37 £22.55 £19.34
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +16.57% +14.20%
75th Percentile £25.80 £24.18 £56.05
90th Percentile £56.63 £35.30 £62.40
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -14.27% -16.67% +32.00%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Analytical Skills

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 17 December 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 -3 93 £425 -1.16% 30
Edinburgh +2 78 £525 +23.53% 20
West Lothian - 4 £394 - 2
Perthshire +5 3 £600 +10.34% 2
Moray - 3 £153 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 3 £525 - 5
Fife -1 2 £142 +23.04% 2
South Lanarkshire - 2 £550 - 4
Analytical Skills
UK

Analytical Skills
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 8 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.14%) Confluence
3 3 (1.57%) Apache
3 3 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.52%) Camunda
5 1 (0.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.52%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 21 (10.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.09%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.57%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.52%) iTrent
3 1 (0.52%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.09%) Azure
2 18 (9.42%) AWS
3 14 (7.33%) Power Platform
4 12 (6.28%) Snowflake
5 10 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.66%) GCP
7 6 (3.14%) GitHub
8 4 (2.09%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.09%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 4 (2.09%) Viva Engage
9 3 (1.57%) OCI
9 3 (1.57%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.57%) Serverless
10 2 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.05%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.62%) Firewall
1 5 (2.62%) VPN
2 2 (1.05%) Network Security
3 1 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.52%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.52%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.52%) HTTP
3 1 (0.52%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.52%) NAS
3 1 (0.52%) SAN
3 1 (0.52%) WAN
3 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.38%) Relational Database
2 14 (7.33%) Power BI
3 13 (6.81%) DB2
4 12 (6.28%) MongoDB
5 9 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (3.66%) Tableau
7 6 (3.14%) Metadata
8 5 (2.62%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (2.09%) Data Lake
9 4 (2.09%) Power Query
9 4 (2.09%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.57%) IBM InfoSphere
10 3 (1.57%) MSDE
11 2 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (1.05%) QlikView
12 1 (0.52%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 13 (6.81%) JUnit
2 11 (5.76%) JIRA
3 10 (5.24%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.19%) ERwin
5 6 (3.14%) Git
6 4 (2.09%) ER Studio
7 3 (1.57%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.57%) IntelliJ
7 3 (1.57%) PyCharm
7 3 (1.57%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.57%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (1.05%) GitLab
9 1 (0.52%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.52%) Tricentis qTest
9 1 (0.52%) Xcode
General
1 103 (53.93%) Social Skills
2 82 (42.93%) Finance
3 44 (23.04%) Banking
4 32 (16.75%) Public Sector
5 25 (13.09%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (8.90%) Investment Banking
7 15 (7.85%) Front Office
8 14 (7.33%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (5.24%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.14%) Financial Institution
10 6 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.57%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.05%) Legal
12 2 (1.05%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.52%) Automotive
13 1 (0.52%) Billing
13 1 (0.52%) Corporate Banking
13 1 (0.52%) French Language
13 1 (0.52%) Local Government
13 1 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 76 (39.79%) Analyst
2 26 (13.61%) Business Analyst
3 20 (10.47%) Developer
4 14 (7.33%) Senior
5 13 (6.81%) Java Developer
6 12 (6.28%) Investment Banking Java Developer
6 12 (6.28%) SQL Developer
6 12 (6.28%) Sybase Developer
7 10 (5.24%) Data Analyst
7 10 (5.24%) Fraud Analyst
8 9 (4.71%) Data Modeller
9 7 (3.66%) Change Analyst
9 7 (3.66%) Data Engineer
9 7 (3.66%) Lead
10 6 (3.14%) Site Engineer
10 6 (3.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 6 (3.14%) Support Officer
10 6 (3.14%) Windows Engineer
11 5 (2.62%) Data Protection Officer
11 5 (2.62%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.33%) Spring
2 13 (6.81%) JMS
2 13 (6.81%) Kafka
3 5 (2.62%) REST
4 4 (2.09%) OAuth
4 4 (2.09%) SAML
5 3 (1.57%) JSON
5 3 (1.57%) Node.js
5 3 (1.57%) OpenID
5 3 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.57%) PySpark
5 3 (1.57%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.05%) NumPy
6 2 (1.05%) Pandas
7 1 (0.52%) J2SE
7 1 (0.52%) Loki
7 1 (0.52%) React
7 1 (0.52%) RESTful
7 1 (0.52%) Swagger
7 1 (0.52%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (6.81%) Data Structures
3 12 (6.28%) Equities
4 8 (4.19%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (4.19%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (4.19%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.14%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.62%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.57%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.57%) Derivative
9 3 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.05%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (1.05%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.05%) OTC Derivatives
10 2 (1.05%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.52%) Linux
2 18 (9.42%) Windows
3 8 (4.19%) Unix
4 5 (2.62%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.57%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.52%) Android
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) Solaris
6 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (37.17%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (34.03%) Agile
3 34 (17.80%) Migration
4 30 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (15.71%) SDLC
5 27 (14.14%) Data Modelling
6 26 (13.61%) DevOps
7 21 (10.99%) Data Protection
8 20 (10.47%) Case Management
8 20 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (9.95%) Data Analysis
9 19 (9.95%) Decision-Making
9 19 (9.95%) Fintech
10 18 (9.42%) Digital Banking
10 18 (9.42%) Due Diligence
10 18 (9.42%) Performance Tuning
10 18 (9.42%) Regulatory Compliance
10 18 (9.42%) Scenario Testing
11 17 (8.90%) CI/CD
12 16 (8.38%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 42 (21.99%) Python
2 39 (20.42%) SQL
3 20 (10.47%) Java
4 12 (6.28%) PowerShell
4 12 (6.28%) Shell Script
5 7 (3.66%) Bash
6 5 (2.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (2.09%) C#
7 4 (2.09%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.57%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.05%) Go
9 2 (1.05%) Perl
10 1 (0.52%) Bicep
10 1 (0.52%) COBOL
10 1 (0.52%) Groovy
10 1 (0.52%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.52%) Swift
10 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (10.47%) Degree
2 18 (9.42%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.19%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (3.66%) CISSP
5 6 (3.14%) CISM
6 5 (2.62%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.09%) CEH
7 4 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.09%) GIAC
7 4 (2.09%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.57%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.05%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.05%) MCSE
10 1 (0.52%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.52%) PCI QSA
10 1 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.38%) QA
2 14 (7.33%) Data Quality
2 14 (7.33%) Disclosure Scotland
3 7 (3.66%) GDPR
4 4 (2.09%) NIST
5 3 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.05%) MiFID
6 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.52%) Basel III
7 1 (0.52%) COBIT
7 1 (0.52%) COREP
7 1 (0.52%) FINREP
7 1 (0.52%) PERC
7 1 (0.52%) PMO
7 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.66%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.05%) Docker
3 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.81%) Terraform
2 12 (6.28%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.62%) SCCM
4 4 (2.09%) Ansible
5 3 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.05%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.52%) Grafana
7 1 (0.52%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 31 (16.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.33%) Oracle
3 13 (6.81%) Sybase
4 8 (4.19%) Splunk
5 6 (3.14%) SAP
6 5 (2.62%) Teradata
7 4 (2.09%) Databricks
7 4 (2.09%) Google
8 3 (1.57%) CyberArk
8 3 (1.57%) IBM
8 3 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.05%) Avaloq
9 2 (1.05%) Cribl.io
9 2 (1.05%) Informatica
9 2 (1.05%) Poppulo
9 2 (1.05%) VMware
10 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.52%) Snow
10 1 (0.52%) Sparx
10 1 (0.52%) Workday