Data Analysis Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Data Analysis
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 57 64
Rank change year-on-year -8 +7 +31
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 71 62 51
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.23% 3.68% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 4.01% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 33 20
10th Percentile £288 £268 £406
25th Percentile £313 £300 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £438 £500 £538
90th Percentile £483 £525 £539
UK median daily rate £480 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +1.05% -1.04% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £16.04 - -
25th Percentile £16.12 - £12.30
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £14.50
75th Percentile £17.12 - £25.17
90th Percentile £17.35 - £30.32
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £31.82 £33.22
% change year-on-year -16.72% -4.20% +7.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Analysis 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 1,829 1,548 1,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 83.14% 91.87% 86.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 894 1,048
10th Percentile £288 £259 £212
25th Percentile £377 £368 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £600 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 81 60
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.55 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.30 £14.38
Median hourly rate £17.12 £20.00 £19.94
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +0.31% +8.80%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £40.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £27.99 £53.88
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Scotland

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in Scotland

Data Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
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 Data Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 July 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 48 £383 -1.92% 5
Edinburgh -10 18 £413 -15.38% 2
Renfrewshire - 2 - - 1
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 5
Perthshire - 1 £575 -
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
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 11 (15.49%) Confluence
2 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (23.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (18.31%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) IntelliMatch
1 2 (2.82%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.41%) iTrent
2 1 (1.41%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.90%) Power Platform
2 5 (7.04%) Azure
2 5 (7.04%) ChatGPT
3 4 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.63%) GitHub
4 3 (4.23%) Anthropic Claude
4 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (2.82%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.41%) Alation
6 1 (1.41%) AWS
6 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.41%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.90%) MongoDB
1 12 (16.90%) Power BI
2 10 (14.08%) DynamoDB
3 6 (8.45%) Metadata
3 6 (8.45%) Relational Database
4 5 (7.04%) Tableau
5 4 (5.63%) Db2
6 2 (2.82%) Power Query
6 2 (2.82%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.41%) Big Data
7 1 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 12 (16.90%) JIRA
2 2 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.41%) Git
General
1 40 (56.34%) Finance
2 34 (47.89%) Social Skills
3 31 (43.66%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (16.90%) Banking
5 8 (11.27%) Front Office
6 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
7 5 (7.04%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (4.23%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Back Office
10 1 (1.41%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (59.15%) Analyst
2 22 (30.99%) Business Analyst
3 11 (15.49%) Data Analyst
4 9 (12.68%) Business Systems Analyst
4 9 (12.68%) Systems Analyst
5 8 (11.27%) Senior
6 6 (8.45%) Developer
6 6 (8.45%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (7.04%) Data Business Analyst
7 5 (7.04%) Python Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Administrator
8 4 (5.63%) Data Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Senior Systems Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (5.63%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (4.23%) Accountant
9 3 (4.23%) Systems Accountant
9 3 (4.23%) Technical Business Analyst
9 3 (4.23%) Workday Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.08%) JSON
2 6 (8.45%) Web Services
3 2 (2.82%) Celery
3 2 (2.82%) Kafka
3 2 (2.82%) PyTorch
3 2 (2.82%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (2.82%) REST
3 2 (2.82%) RESTful
3 2 (2.82%) scikit-learn
3 2 (2.82%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.41%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.72%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.04%) Derivative
2 5 (7.04%) Equity Derivative
2 5 (7.04%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.63%) CMDB
3 4 (5.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (4.23%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.82%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.82%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.41%) Equities
6 1 (1.41%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (35.21%) Agile
2 23 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (25.35%) Scrum
3 18 (25.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 18 (25.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (23.94%) Business Analysis
4 17 (23.94%) Migration
5 15 (21.13%) Validation
6 14 (19.72%) User Acceptance Testing
7 13 (18.31%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (18.31%) Decision-Making
8 12 (16.90%) Process Improvement
9 10 (14.08%) Sequence Diagram
10 9 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (12.68%) Data Lineage
10 9 (12.68%) Data Mapping
11 8 (11.27%) AI
11 8 (11.27%) Data Architecture
11 8 (11.27%) Data Modelling
12 7 (9.86%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (45.07%) SQL
2 14 (19.72%) Python
3 8 (11.27%) PL/SQL
4 7 (9.86%) Java
5 4 (5.63%) Perl
6 2 (2.82%) C++
7 1 (1.41%) C#
7 1 (1.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.04%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.63%) HND
3 3 (4.23%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.41%) ACCA
4 1 (1.41%) CIMA
4 1 (1.41%) CIPD
4 1 (1.41%) Degree
4 1 (1.41%) IIBA
4 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.68%) Data Quality
2 8 (11.27%) QA
3 6 (8.45%) ISO 20022
4 2 (2.82%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (2.82%) ISO 8583
4 2 (2.82%) SLA
5 1 (1.41%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (18.31%) Oracle
2 9 (12.68%) MuleSoft
3 8 (11.27%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
4 4 (5.63%) Sybase
5 2 (2.82%) Alteryx
5 2 (2.82%) FIS
5 2 (2.82%) Fiserv
5 2 (2.82%) SmartStream
6 1 (1.41%) Calypso
6 1 (1.41%) Murex
6 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.41%) SAP