Data Analysis Contracts in Scotland

Data Analysis
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 73 93
Rank change year-on-year +25 +20 -4
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 69 46 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 4.06% 2.24% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 2.58% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 17 50
10th Percentile £269 £362 £363
25th Percentile £309 £438 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +1.60% -1.58%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £547
90th Percentile £525 £543 £590
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - - £12.67
25th Percentile - £12.30 £13.22
Median hourly rate - £13.40 £14.15
Median % change year-on-year - -5.27% +12.98%
75th Percentile - £22.50 £15.07
90th Percentile - £29.46 £15.62
UK median hourly rate £34.65 £29.00 £23.30
% change year-on-year +19.48% +24.46% -25.44%

All Process and 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 1,569 1,786 2,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 92.29% 86.95% 92.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 1,096 1,708
10th Percentile £255 £213 £254
25th Percentile £368 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% -4.63% -
75th Percentile £538 £561 £550
90th Percentile £600 £646 £625
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.86% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 89 62
10th Percentile £16.43 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.50 £12.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.59 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% +28.50% -59.27%
75th Percentile £25.15 £48.00 £34.38
90th Percentile £50.48 £61.10 £60.40
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in Scotland

Data Analysis
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Data Analysis in Scotland

Data Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analysis in Scotland

Data Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Analysis in Scotland

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 2 July 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 +6 38 £408 -12.37% 60
Edinburgh +21 30 £475 -2.56% 67
Aberdeen - 1 - - 11
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
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 14 (20.29%) Confluence
2 5 (7.25%) SAS
3 4 (5.80%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.45%) CMS
4 1 (1.45%) Drupal
Applications
1 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (17.39%) MS Visio
3 4 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.90%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.09%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.80%) AWS
3 3 (4.35%) OCI
4 2 (2.90%) Azure
4 2 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.45%) Apigee
5 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.45%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.45%) ShareGate
5 1 (1.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) MQTT
2 2 (2.90%) Network Security
2 2 (2.90%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (24.64%) Power BI
2 10 (14.49%) Tableau
3 7 (10.14%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (8.70%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (4.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 3 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (4.35%) Power Query
5 3 (4.35%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.90%) Data Mining
6 2 (2.90%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.45%) Metadata
7 1 (1.45%) MS Access
7 1 (1.45%) QlikView
7 1 (1.45%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 15 (21.74%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) Toad
3 1 (1.45%) Postman
General
1 43 (62.32%) Social Skills
2 32 (46.38%) Finance
3 23 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (23.19%) Public Sector
5 12 (17.39%) Banking
6 6 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.80%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.90%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.45%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.45%) Legal
10 1 (1.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 48 (69.57%) Analyst
2 19 (27.54%) Business Analyst
3 17 (24.64%) Data Analyst
4 6 (8.70%) Architect
4 6 (8.70%) Data Architect
4 6 (8.70%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (7.25%) Data Engineer
5 5 (7.25%) Data Modeller
5 5 (7.25%) ITSM Analyst
5 5 (7.25%) ITSM Architect
5 5 (7.25%) SAS Analyst
5 5 (7.25%) SAS Architect
5 5 (7.25%) SAS Data Analyst
5 5 (7.25%) SAS Modeller
6 4 (5.80%) Business Data Analyst
6 4 (5.80%) Senior
6 4 (5.80%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Power BI Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (4.35%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.45%) REST
2 1 (1.45%) Swagger
2 1 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (7.25%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.35%) Derivative
5 2 (2.90%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.90%) Equities
5 2 (2.90%) Fixed Income
5 2 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.90%) Mainframe
5 2 (2.90%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) Linux
1 2 (2.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.03%) Data Modelling
2 19 (27.54%) Agile
2 19 (27.54%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (23.19%) Decision-Making
4 13 (18.84%) Visualisation
5 12 (17.39%) Business Analysis
6 11 (15.94%) Analytics
6 11 (15.94%) Data Visualisation
6 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (15.94%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (15.94%) User Stories
7 10 (14.49%) Data Governance
7 10 (14.49%) Migration
7 10 (14.49%) Validation
8 9 (13.04%) ETL
8 9 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (13.04%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (11.59%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (11.59%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 30 (43.48%) SQL
2 12 (17.39%) Python
3 4 (5.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.90%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.45%) R
5 1 (1.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (18.84%) Degree
2 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.45%) CBAP
3 1 (1.45%) IIBA
3 1 (1.45%) ISACA
3 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.84%) QA
2 11 (15.94%) Data Quality
3 6 (8.70%) Disclosure Scotland
3 6 (8.70%) GDPR
4 4 (5.80%) Accessibility
5 3 (4.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Grafana
2 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.45%) Kibana
3 1 (1.45%) logstash
Vendors
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.59%) Oracle
3 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.90%) Bloomberg
4 2 (2.90%) Reuters
5 1 (1.45%) Alteryx
5 1 (1.45%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (1.45%) Nintex