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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 60 61
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 +35
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis 68 60 56
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 3.07% 3.68% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 4.04% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 30 26
10th Percentile £288 £270 £381
25th Percentile £322 £310 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £427 £468
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% -8.71% -4.54%
75th Percentile £441 £510 £497
90th Percentile £492 £539 £538
UK median daily rate £484 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +1.89% -2.06% -3.00%
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 £27.50 £31.64 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.08% -2.65% +4.84%

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 1,850 1,484 1,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 83.56% 91.10% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,001 837 1,005
10th Percentile £270 £264 £211
25th Percentile £375 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £541
90th Percentile £668 £597 £667
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 90 58
10th Percentile £13.31 £16.62 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.87 £14.13
Median hourly rate £17.24 £19.99 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -13.74% +2.02% +3.49%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £40.94
90th Percentile £71.15 £27.95 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% +0.61%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -1 44 £398 +5.65% 21
Edinburgh -10 18 £413 -18.56% 27
Renfrewshire - 2 - - 2
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 23
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 11 (16.18%) Confluence
2 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (19.12%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Aladdin
1 1 (1.47%) iTrent
1 1 (1.47%) MultiFonds
1 1 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.47%) Primavera
1 1 (1.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.12%) Power Platform
2 5 (7.35%) Azure
2 5 (7.35%) ChatGPT
3 4 (5.88%) GitHub
4 3 (4.41%) Anthropic Claude
4 3 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (2.94%) AWS
5 2 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.47%) GCP
6 1 (1.47%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.47%) OCI
6 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (19.12%) Power BI
2 12 (17.65%) MongoDB
3 10 (14.71%) DynamoDB
4 6 (8.82%) Metadata
5 5 (7.35%) Relational Database
6 4 (5.88%) Db2
6 4 (5.88%) Tableau
7 3 (4.41%) Power Query
8 2 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (2.94%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.47%) Big Data
9 1 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (1.47%) Data Lake
9 1 (1.47%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (1.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (17.65%) JIRA
2 2 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.47%) ER Studio
3 1 (1.47%) ERwin
3 1 (1.47%) Git
3 1 (1.47%) PowerDesigner
General
1 38 (55.88%) Finance
2 31 (45.59%) Social Skills
3 30 (44.12%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (17.65%) Banking
5 9 (13.24%) Front Office
6 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.41%) Investment Banking
7 3 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Back Office
8 1 (1.47%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.47%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Military
8 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Private Banking
8 1 (1.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (60.29%) Analyst
2 19 (27.94%) Business Analyst
3 11 (16.18%) Data Analyst
4 9 (13.24%) Business Systems Analyst
4 9 (13.24%) Systems Analyst
5 8 (11.76%) Senior
6 7 (10.29%) Developer
7 6 (8.82%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (7.35%) Python Developer
9 4 (5.88%) Administrator
9 4 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
9 4 (5.88%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
9 4 (5.88%) Senior Systems Analyst
9 4 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
9 4 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (4.41%) Accountant
10 3 (4.41%) Data Engineer
10 3 (4.41%) Systems Accountant
10 3 (4.41%) Technical Business Analyst
10 3 (4.41%) Workday Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.71%) JSON
2 6 (8.82%) Web Services
3 2 (2.94%) Celery
3 2 (2.94%) Kafka
3 2 (2.94%) PyTorch
3 2 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (2.94%) REST
3 2 (2.94%) RESTful
3 2 (2.94%) scikit-learn
3 2 (2.94%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.47%) Middleware
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.59%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.82%) Derivative
3 5 (7.35%) Equity Derivative
4 4 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (4.41%) Data Structures
5 3 (4.41%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.94%) Equities
6 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.47%) CMDB
7 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.47%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.47%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.29%) Agile
2 19 (27.94%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (25.00%) Scrum
3 17 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (23.53%) Business Analysis
4 16 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (22.06%) Business Intelligence
5 15 (22.06%) Migration
5 15 (22.06%) Validation
6 13 (19.12%) User Acceptance Testing
7 12 (17.65%) Decision-Making
8 11 (16.18%) Process Improvement
9 10 (14.71%) Sequence Diagram
10 8 (11.76%) AI
10 8 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (11.76%) Data Lineage
10 8 (11.76%) Data Mapping
10 8 (11.76%) Data Modelling
10 8 (11.76%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 32 (47.06%) SQL
2 12 (17.65%) Python
3 8 (11.76%) PL/SQL
4 7 (10.29%) Java
5 4 (5.88%) Perl
6 2 (2.94%) C++
7 1 (1.47%) C#
7 1 (1.47%) R
7 1 (1.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.88%) HND
1 4 (5.88%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.41%) Postgraduate
3 1 (1.47%) ACCA
3 1 (1.47%) CIMA
3 1 (1.47%) CIPD
3 1 (1.47%) Degree
3 1 (1.47%) IIBA
3 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.71%) Data Quality
2 8 (11.76%) QA
3 4 (5.88%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.47%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.47%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.47%) GDPR
4 1 (1.47%) GRC
4 1 (1.47%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (17.65%) Oracle
2 9 (13.24%) MuleSoft
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.88%) Sybase
5 1 (1.47%) Avaloq
5 1 (1.47%) Calypso
5 1 (1.47%) Charles River
5 1 (1.47%) Google
5 1 (1.47%) Murex
5 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.47%) SAP
5 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.47%) SimCorp
5 1 (1.47%) Sparx
5 1 (1.47%) Temenos