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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 54 63
Rank change year-on-year -17 +9 +34
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 69 67 51
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 2.88% 4.22% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% 4.62% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 32 25
10th Percentile £270 £273 £352
25th Percentile £303 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £425 £451
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% -5.66% -0.99%
75th Percentile £461 £519 £488
90th Percentile £554 £548 £538
UK median daily rate £485 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.11% - -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £16.04 - -
25th Percentile £16.12 - £12.30
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £13.40
75th Percentile £17.12 - £17.17
90th Percentile £17.35 - £21.97
UK median hourly rate £28.33 £30.00 £30.94
% change year-on-year -5.58% -3.03% -0.36%

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 2,007 1,450 1,606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 83.83% 91.31% 86.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,061 795 973
10th Percentile £263 £254 £211
25th Percentile £375 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £467 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% +3.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £565 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £610 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 105 48
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.84 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.87 £14.28
Median hourly rate £16.86 £20.00 £19.94
Median % change year-on-year -15.70% +0.31% -0.31%
75th Percentile £35.00 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £63.25 £36.00 £45.23
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -7 49 £395 -5.95% 36
Edinburgh -20 14 £325 -36.59% 23
Renfrewshire - 2 - - 3
Lanarkshire - 2 £625 - 15
Perthshire - 1 £575 - 1
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 13 (18.84%) Confluence
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (27.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (21.74%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.45%) Civil 3D
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.45%) Navisworks
4 1 (1.45%) ProjectWise
4 1 (1.45%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Aladdin
1 2 (2.90%) MultiFonds
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.45%) Primavera
2 1 (1.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.29%) Power Platform
2 5 (7.25%) ChatGPT
3 4 (5.80%) GitHub
4 3 (4.35%) Anthropic Claude
4 3 (4.35%) Azure
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.90%) AWS
5 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (2.90%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.45%) GCP
6 1 (1.45%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.45%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.29%) Power BI
2 12 (17.39%) MongoDB
3 10 (14.49%) DynamoDB
4 8 (11.59%) Metadata
5 6 (8.70%) Tableau
6 5 (7.25%) Relational Database
7 4 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (5.80%) Db2
8 3 (4.35%) Power Query
8 3 (4.35%) Star Schema
9 2 (2.90%) RDBMS
10 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
10 1 (1.45%) Metadata Repository
10 1 (1.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (18.84%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) ER Studio
3 1 (1.45%) ERwin
3 1 (1.45%) Git
3 1 (1.45%) PowerDesigner
General
1 40 (57.97%) Finance
2 30 (43.48%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (39.13%) Social Skills
4 18 (26.09%) Banking
5 9 (13.04%) Front Office
6 6 (8.70%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.35%) Investment Banking
7 3 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.35%) Retail
7 3 (4.35%) Retail Banking
7 3 (4.35%) Retail Finance
8 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Private Banking
9 1 (1.45%) Advertising
9 1 (1.45%) Back Office
9 1 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 42 (60.87%) Analyst
2 17 (24.64%) Business Analyst
3 14 (20.29%) Data Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) Business Systems Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) Systems Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) Developer
5 7 (10.14%) Senior
6 5 (7.25%) Python Developer
6 5 (7.25%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) Administrator
7 4 (5.80%) Data Business Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) Data Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) Senior Systems Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.35%) Accountant
8 3 (4.35%) Systems Accountant
8 3 (4.35%) Technical Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Workday Specialist
9 2 (2.90%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.49%) JSON
2 6 (8.70%) Web Services
3 2 (2.90%) Celery
3 2 (2.90%) Kafka
3 2 (2.90%) PyTorch
3 2 (2.90%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (2.90%) REST
3 2 (2.90%) RESTful
3 2 (2.90%) scikit-learn
3 2 (2.90%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.45%) LightGBM
4 1 (1.45%) Matplotlib
4 1 (1.45%) Middleware
4 1 (1.45%) MIDP
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.45%) Pandas
4 1 (1.45%) Plotly
4 1 (1.45%) PySpark
4 1 (1.45%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.94%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.70%) Derivative
3 5 (7.25%) Equity Derivative
4 4 (5.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (4.35%) Credit Risk
5 3 (4.35%) Equities
6 2 (2.90%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.90%) Taxonomies
7 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.45%) CMDB
7 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.88%) Agile
2 20 (28.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
3 18 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (23.19%) Business Analysis
4 16 (23.19%) Scrum
5 13 (18.84%) Migration
5 13 (18.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (17.39%) Process Improvement
6 12 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (15.94%) Data Mapping
8 10 (14.49%) Collaborative Working
8 10 (14.49%) Data Lineage
8 10 (14.49%) Sequence Diagram
8 10 (14.49%) User Stories
8 10 (14.49%) Validation
9 9 (13.04%) AI
9 9 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
10 8 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (11.59%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 33 (47.83%) SQL
2 15 (21.74%) Python
3 8 (11.59%) PL/SQL
4 6 (8.70%) Java
5 4 (5.80%) Perl
6 2 (2.90%) C++
6 2 (2.90%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (5.80%) HND
1 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.35%) Postgraduate
3 1 (1.45%) ACCA
3 1 (1.45%) CIMA
3 1 (1.45%) CIPD
3 1 (1.45%) Degree
3 1 (1.45%) IIBA
3 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.39%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.25%) QA
3 4 (5.80%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.45%) GDPR
4 1 (1.45%) GRC
4 1 (1.45%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (17.39%) Oracle
2 9 (13.04%) MuleSoft
3 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.80%) Sybase
5 3 (4.35%) GoldenSource
6 2 (2.90%) Avaloq
6 2 (2.90%) Charles River
6 2 (2.90%) SimCorp
6 2 (2.90%) Temenos
7 1 (1.45%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.45%) Calypso
7 1 (1.45%) Google
7 1 (1.45%) Murex
7 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.45%) Sparx