Product Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Product Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Product Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 106 129
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Product Analyst 3 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.20% 0.19% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.20% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £446 £551 £424
25th Percentile £497 £553 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £563 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +12.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £672 £578 £553
90th Percentile £719 £584 £559
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £584
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.58% +2.95%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 1,340 1,472 2,161
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 91.89% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 761 867 1,316
10th Percentile £231 £205 £250
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £588
90th Percentile £653 £638 £678
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 50 87
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.83 £12.97
25th Percentile £17.47 £18.77 £16.50
Median hourly rate £20.25 £23.30 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.07% -48.23% +153.95%
75th Percentile £39.51 £24.18 £61.13
90th Percentile £60.92 £42.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% -18.75% +14.29%

Product Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Product Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Product Analyst job vacancy trend in Scotland

Product Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Analyst job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Product Analyst job vacancies in Scotland

Product Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Product Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Product Analyst in Scotland

Product Analyst
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 Product Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 January 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
Edinburgh +2 2 £425 -22.73% 1
Glasgow +8 1 £750 +30.43%
Product Analyst
UK

Product Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, Product Analyst contract job roles required 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 featuring Product Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall

Product Analyst Skill Set
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 3 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (33.33%) Derivative
3 1 (33.33%) OTC Derivatives
3 1 (33.33%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree