Analytics Contracts in Scotland

Analytics
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 37 49
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 -1
Contract jobs citing Analytics 63 96 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.87% 4.49% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% 5.18% 5.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 61 103
10th Percentile £322 £341 £371
25th Percentile £413 £435 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.84% -2.80% +5.26%
75th Percentile £510 £625 £616
90th Percentile £575 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £39.10
25th Percentile - - £45.25
Median hourly rate - £21.64 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year - -61.01% +217.14%
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - - £71.90
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £29.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year +18.97% -10.22% -7.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,519 1,853 2,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.19% 86.67% 91.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 1,147 1,712
10th Percentile £255 £223 £260
25th Percentile £368 £363 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% -2.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £572 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 92 57
10th Percentile £16.18 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.07 £11.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +21.95% -57.28%
75th Percentile £25.42 £42.71 £35.00
90th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £62.33
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £37.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year -28.86% +6.23% +36.29%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in Scotland

Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Analytics in Scotland

Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytics in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Analytics in Scotland

Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Analytics in Scotland

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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 Analytics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Edinburgh +14 44 £473 -5.40% 75
Glasgow -31 17 £368 -23.33% 44
Aberdeen - 1 £350 - 6
Analytics
UK

Analytics
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 4 (6.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 4 (6.35%) Confluence
1 4 (6.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (4.76%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (4.76%) Apache Spark
2 3 (4.76%) WordPress
3 2 (3.17%) Apache
3 2 (3.17%) CMS
3 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.59%) GeoServer
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.59%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.59%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.59%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.81%) AWS
2 13 (20.63%) Azure
3 10 (15.87%) Power Platform
4 7 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (7.94%) Amazon S3
5 5 (7.94%) GCP
5 5 (7.94%) Google Analytics
5 5 (7.94%) OCI
6 4 (6.35%) Oracle CX
6 4 (6.35%) Power Automate
6 4 (6.35%) Snowflake
7 3 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (4.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (4.76%) Serverless
8 2 (3.17%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (3.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (11.11%) Power BI
3 5 (7.94%) Oracle Database
4 4 (6.35%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (6.35%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (6.35%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (6.35%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (6.35%) Power Query
4 4 (6.35%) Tableau
5 3 (4.76%) Big Data
5 3 (4.76%) MariaDB
5 3 (4.76%) MongoDB
5 3 (4.76%) MySQL
5 3 (4.76%) Redis
6 2 (3.17%) BigQuery
6 2 (3.17%) Hadoop
6 2 (3.17%) NoSQL
6 2 (3.17%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (3.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) JIRA
2 2 (3.17%) ER Studio
2 2 (3.17%) Git
3 1 (1.59%) GitLab
3 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Forms
General
1 21 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 19 (30.16%) Social Skills
3 16 (25.40%) Finance
4 10 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (11.11%) Banking
6 3 (4.76%) Marketing
6 3 (4.76%) Retail
6 3 (4.76%) Retail Banking
7 2 (3.17%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.17%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Front Office
8 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Law
8 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (25.40%) Analyst
2 14 (22.22%) Developer
3 12 (19.05%) Senior
4 9 (14.29%) Lead
5 7 (11.11%) Data Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Business Analyst
6 6 (9.52%) Data Analyst
7 4 (6.35%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Java Developer
8 3 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Product Owner
8 3 (4.76%) Web Developer
9 2 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Payments Business Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Project Manager
9 2 (3.17%) Report Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Security Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (3.17%) Technical Manager
9 2 (3.17%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.94%) Middleware
1 5 (7.94%) Node.js
1 5 (7.94%) Oracle Fusion
1 5 (7.94%) RESTful
2 4 (6.35%) CSS
2 4 (6.35%) HTML
2 4 (6.35%) React
2 4 (6.35%) Spring
3 3 (4.76%) AngularJS
3 3 (4.76%) ARM Templates
3 3 (4.76%) HTML5 Canvas
3 3 (4.76%) JSON
3 3 (4.76%) Spring Boot
3 3 (4.76%) Web Services
3 3 (4.76%) YAML
4 2 (3.17%) .NET
4 2 (3.17%) Kafka
4 2 (3.17%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (3.17%) PySpark
4 2 (3.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.35%) Cloud Native
1 4 (6.35%) Low-Code
1 4 (6.35%) Onboarding
1 4 (6.35%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.17%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle Licensing
4 1 (1.59%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.59%) Replication
4 1 (1.59%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) AIX
1 1 (1.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (42.86%) Agile
2 16 (25.40%) DevOps
3 15 (23.81%) Data Analytics
4 13 (20.63%) CI/CD
4 13 (20.63%) ETL
5 12 (19.05%) Decision-Making
5 12 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (17.46%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (14.29%) Business Analytics
7 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (12.70%) Data Analysis
8 8 (12.70%) Data Governance
8 8 (12.70%) User Experience
9 7 (11.11%) Data Engineering
9 7 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (11.11%) Microservices
9 7 (11.11%) Migration
9 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
9 7 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (11.11%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 23 (36.51%) SQL
2 20 (31.75%) Python
3 12 (19.05%) Java
4 7 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 4 (6.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (4.76%) Bash
6 3 (4.76%) Bicep
6 3 (4.76%) PowerShell
7 2 (3.17%) PL/SQL
7 2 (3.17%) Shell Script
7 2 (3.17%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.59%) C#
8 1 (1.59%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (20.63%) Degree
2 4 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.76%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.87%) Data Quality
2 7 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
3 5 (7.94%) Accessibility
3 5 (7.94%) WCAG
4 4 (6.35%) QA
5 3 (4.76%) PERC
6 2 (3.17%) GDPR
7 1 (1.59%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Docker
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) Grafana
2 4 (6.35%) Terraform
3 3 (4.76%) Ansible
3 3 (4.76%) Progress Chef
3 3 (4.76%) Prometheus
4 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) Oracle
2 8 (12.70%) Google
3 5 (7.94%) Adobe
4 4 (6.35%) Databricks
4 4 (6.35%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.59%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.59%) Facebook
5 1 (1.59%) Fiserv
5 1 (1.59%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.59%) Teradata
5 1 (1.59%) VMware