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 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	70	59	68
Rank change year-on-year	-11	+9	+29
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis	71	56	52
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland	2.95%	3.52%	2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.49%	3.91%	3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted	41	27	28
10^th Percentile	£281	£293	£338
25^th Percentile	£313	£319	£376
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£400	£425	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-5.88%	-5.56%	+5.88%
75^th Percentile	£438	£496	£488
90^th Percentile	£550	£542	£541
UK median daily rate	£485	£475	£488
% change year-on-year	+2.11%	-2.56%	-4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	2
10^th Percentile	£16.04	-	£12.52
25^th Percentile	£16.12	-	£12.85
Median hourly rate	£16.50	-	£13.40
75^th Percentile	£17.12	-	£13.95
90^th Percentile	£17.35	-	£14.28
UK median hourly rate	£27.50	£31.50	£29.00
% change year-on-year	-12.70%	+8.62%	+1.75%

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.

	6 months to 21 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	2,035	1,431	1,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland	84.65%	90.00%	86.38%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,077	789	926
10^th Percentile	£263	£250	£208
25^th Percentile	£377	£385	£356
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£470	£465	£450
Median % change year-on-year	+1.08%	+3.33%	-5.26%
75^th Percentile	£556	£538	£538
90^th Percentile	£650	£613	£670
UK median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	131	100	42
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£15.31	£12.57
25^th Percentile	£13.87	£17.87	£15.06
Median hourly rate	£16.86	£19.99	£20.94
Median % change year-on-year	-15.64%	-4.55%	+10.60%
75^th Percentile	£37.67	£25.15	£24.18
90^th Percentile	£62.25	£40.58	£43.89
UK median hourly rate	£37.24	£25.08	£39.50
% change year-on-year	+48.51%	-36.52%	-7.06%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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 21 October 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.

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 21 October 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	46	£398	-1.85%	4
Edinburgh	-16	17	£325	-27.78%	4
Renfrewshire	-	2	-	-
Lanarkshire	-	2	£625	-	2
Perthshire	-	1	£575	-
Stirling	-	1	-	-
North Lanarkshire	-	1	£510	-	2
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Data Analysis Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Analysis also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for Data Analysis.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	43.7%	31
2	Stakeholder Management	36.6%	26
3	Agile	33.8%	24
4	Business Intelligence	32.4%	23
5	Microsoft Excel	31.0%	22
6	Problem-Solving	29.6%	21
7	Business Analysis	26.8%	19
8	Power BI	25.4%	18
8	Power Platform	25.4%	18
10	Scrum	22.5%	16
11	MS Visio	21.1%	15
11	Stakeholder Engagement	21.1%	15
13	Confluence	19.7%	14
13	JIRA	19.7%	14
15	Oracle	16.9%	12
15	Process Improvement	16.9%	12
15	User Acceptance Testing	16.9%	12
18	Data Mapping	15.5%	11
18	Data Quality	15.5%	11
18	Decision-Making	15.5%	11
18	Microsoft	15.5%	11
18	Migration	15.5%	11
18	User Stories	15.5%	11
24	Collaborative Working	14.1%	10
24	DynamoDB	14.1%	10
24	JSON	14.1%	10
24	MongoDB	14.1%	10
24	Requirements Gathering	14.1%	10
24	Sequence Diagram	14.1%	10
24	Validation	14.1%	10

Data Analysis Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Stakeholder Management	36.6%	26
2	Agile	33.8%	24
3	Business Intelligence	32.4%	23
4	Problem-Solving	29.6%	21
5	Business Analysis	26.8%	19
6	Scrum	22.5%	16
7	Stakeholder Engagement	21.1%	15
8	Process Improvement	16.9%	12
8	User Acceptance Testing	16.9%	12
10	Data Mapping	15.5%	11
10	Decision-Making	15.5%	11
10	Migration	15.5%	11
10	User Stories	15.5%	11
14	Collaborative Working	14.1%	10
14	Requirements Gathering	14.1%	10
14	Sequence Diagram	14.1%	10
14	Validation	14.1%	10
18	Analytics	12.7%	9
18	Continuous Improvement	12.7%	9
20	Data Modelling	11.3%	8