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 citing Data Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	70	55	67
Rank change year-on-year	-15	+12	+37
Contract jobs citing Data Analysis	73	60	53
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland	3.08%	3.74%	2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.59%	4.16%	3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted	43	32	30
10^th Percentile	£283	£274	£304
25^th Percentile	£319	£322	£358
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£402	£425	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-5.41%	-5.56%	+9.09%
75^th Percentile	£441	£525	£488
90^th Percentile	£548	£603	£539
UK median daily rate	£483	£475	£475
% change year-on-year	+1.63%	-	-7.45%
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	£28.26	£31.00	£29.00
% change year-on-year	-8.85%	+6.90%	-2.60%

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 citing process or methodology skills in Scotland.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	2,033	1,443	1,523
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland	85.67%	89.85%	85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,081	814	891
10^th Percentile	£263	£241	£206
25^th Percentile	£377	£386	£358
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£465	£450
Median % change year-on-year	+2.15%	+3.33%	-6.25%
75^th Percentile	£556	£538	£538
90^th Percentile	£650	£625	£650
UK median daily rate	£525	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted	139	100	43
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£15.01	£13.33
25^th Percentile	£13.73	£17.87	£17.46
Median hourly rate	£16.75	£20.00	£22.88
Median % change year-on-year	-16.25%	-12.57%	+15.82%
75^th Percentile	£35.80	£25.15	£24.18
90^th Percentile	£60.45	£40.66	£40.90
UK median hourly rate	£34.00	£25.15	£35.36
% change year-on-year	+35.19%	-28.87%	-20.09%

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 4 November 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 4 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Glasgow	-5	48	£400	-4.76%	9
Edinburgh	-19	17	£325	-27.78%	6
Renfrewshire	-	2	-	-	1
Lanarkshire	-	2	£625	-	6
Perthshire	-	1	£575	-	1
Stirling	-	1	-	-
North Lanarkshire	-	1	£510	-
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Data Analysis Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 4 November 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 citing Data Analysis.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	46.6%	34
2	Stakeholder Management	38.4%	28
3	Agile	37.0%	27
4	Problem-Solving	31.5%	23
5	Business Intelligence	30.1%	22
5	Microsoft Excel	30.1%	22
7	Business Analysis	28.8%	21
8	JIRA	23.3%	17
8	Power BI	23.3%	17
8	Power Platform	23.3%	17
11	Scrum	21.9%	16
11	Stakeholder Engagement	21.9%	16
13	MS Visio	20.5%	15
14	Confluence	19.2%	14
14	Data Mapping	19.2%	14
14	Data Quality	19.2%	14
14	User Stories	19.2%	14
18	Microsoft	16.4%	12
18	Migration	16.4%	12
18	Oracle	16.4%	12
18	Process Improvement	16.4%	12
18	Requirements Gathering	16.4%	12
18	User Acceptance Testing	16.4%	12
24	Decision-Making	15.1%	11
24	Validation	15.1%	11
26	Collaborative Working	13.7%	10
26	DynamoDB	13.7%	10
26	JSON	13.7%	10
26	MongoDB	13.7%	10
26	Sequence Diagram	13.7%	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	38.4%	28
2	Agile	37.0%	27
3	Problem-Solving	31.5%	23
4	Business Intelligence	30.1%	22
5	Business Analysis	28.8%	21
6	Scrum	21.9%	16
6	Stakeholder Engagement	21.9%	16
8	Data Mapping	19.2%	14
8	User Stories	19.2%	14
10	Migration	16.4%	12
10	Process Improvement	16.4%	12
10	Requirements Gathering	16.4%	12
10	User Acceptance Testing	16.4%	12
14	Decision-Making	15.1%	11
14	Validation	15.1%	11
16	Collaborative Working	13.7%	10
16	Sequence Diagram	13.7%	10
18	Analytics	12.3%	9
18	Continuous Improvement	12.3%	9
20	Asset Management	11.0%	8