SQL Data Analyst Contract Job Trends in Scotland

SQL Data Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median SQL Data Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 114 136
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 +41
Contract jobs requiring a SQL Data Analyst 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.19% 0.11% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.12% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.76%
75th Percentile £388 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £463 £538 £481
% change year-on-year -13.95% +11.69% -6.10%

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 1,433 1,719 2,165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 92.37% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 1,021 1,371
10th Percentile £200 £193 £231
25th Percentile £358 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 67 59
10th Percentile £16.51 £12.35 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £38.04 £24.17 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.60 £45.62 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -38.66% -8.89% +69.81%

SQL Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

SQL Data Analyst job vacancy trend in Scotland

SQL Data Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SQL Data Analyst job vacancies in Scotland

SQL Data Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL Data Analyst job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SQL Data Analyst job vacancies in Scotland

SQL Data 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 SQL Data Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 - 3 £375 - 1
SQL Data Analyst
UK

SQL Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, SQL Data 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 SQL Data Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) NumPy
3 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Cloudera
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Pandas
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Apache Spark
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements

SQL Data 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 1 (33.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) NumPy
1 1 (33.33%) Pandas
1 1 (33.33%) PySpark
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cloudera
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow