Service Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Service Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Service Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 107 114
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Service Analyst 16 17 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.98% 0.81% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 0.86% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 28
10th Percentile £184 £142 £118
25th Percentile £265 £169 £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £178 £164
Median % change year-on-year +125.35% +8.40% -2.24%
75th Percentile £506 £316 £180
90th Percentile £570 £446 £400
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £220
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £16.15 - -
25th Percentile £16.21 - £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.24 - £14.50
75th Percentile £24.60 - £14.75
90th Percentile £30.41 - £16.25
UK median hourly rate £15.23 £14.84 £15.50
% change year-on-year +2.59% -4.23% +6.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,547 1,985 2,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 94.43% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 883 1,226 1,793
10th Percentile £256 £200 £230
25th Percentile £368 £351 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% +2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.31% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 113 45
10th Percentile £15.68 £12.30 £12.90
25th Percentile £16.63 £16.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.74 £24.29 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year -22.87% +12.09% -34.33%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.03
90th Percentile £40.63 £66.00 £68.25
UK median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -18.89% +87.50%

Service Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Service Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Service Analyst in Scotland

Service Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Analyst in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Service Analyst in Scotland

Service Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Analyst in Scotland

Service Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Analyst in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Service Analyst in Scotland

Service Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Analyst in Scotland

Service 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 Service Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 May 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 0 9 £488 +178.57% 6
Edinburgh +10 3 - - 4
West Lothian +2 2 - -
South Lanarkshire +16 1 - -
Lanarkshire +2 1 £130 - 1
Service Analyst
UK

Service Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Service Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Service Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 9 (56.25%) ITIL
3 8 (50.00%) Windows
3 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (43.75%) Public Sector
4 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
5 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
5 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
6 4 (25.00%) Android
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (25.00%) Agile
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
6 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
7 3 (18.75%) Service Management
7 3 (18.75%) ITSM
8 2 (12.50%) Finance
8 2 (12.50%) Device Driver
8 2 (12.50%) SLA
8 2 (12.50%) Apple
8 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
8 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
8 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
8 2 (12.50%) Military
8 2 (12.50%) German Language
8 2 (12.50%) Equitrac
8 2 (12.50%) DevOps
8 2 (12.50%) OneDrive

Service Analyst Skill Set
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 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
3 1 (6.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) German Language
3 2 (12.50%) Military
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
1 2 (12.50%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Android
2 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) ITIL
2 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
4 4 (25.00%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) ITSM
5 3 (18.75%) Service Management
6 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
6 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) DevOps
6 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 2 (12.50%) Time Management
7 1 (6.25%) Backlog Management
7 1 (6.25%) Business Transformation
7 1 (6.25%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (6.25%) Sprint Planning
7 1 (6.25%) Task Automation
7 1 (6.25%) User Experience
7 1 (6.25%) User Stories
7 1 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) BitLocker
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Apple
2 2 (12.50%) Equitrac
3 1 (6.25%) Mitel
3 1 (6.25%) Progress
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow