Support Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Support Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Support Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 August 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
7 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 86 121
Rank change year-on-year -28 +35 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Support Analyst 8 27 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.47% 1.43% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 1.53% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 21 22
10th Percentile £167 £156 £146
25th Percentile £228 £163 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £175 £166
Median % change year-on-year +145.71% +5.26% -12.50%
75th Percentile £502 £193 £194
90th Percentile £510 £238 £250
UK median daily rate £290 £225 £305
% change year-on-year +28.89% -26.23% +22.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £18.38 -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £19.69 £21.80
% change year-on-year +16.83% -9.69% +16.27%

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 1,576 1,770 2,482
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.79% 94.05% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 890 1,094 1,655
10th Percentile £243 £194 £227
25th Percentile £363 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £540 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.02% -0.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 81 61
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.50 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.02 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.71 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +8.71% +2.31% -34.00%
75th Percentile £26.21 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.88 £53.75 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%

Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Analyst in Scotland

Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Support Analyst in Scotland

Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Support Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 7 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Support Analyst in Scotland

Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Analyst in Scotland

Support 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 Support Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 August 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 -27 4 £430 +145.71% 2
Edinburgh -7 3 £507 +173.78% 8
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £188 -
Support Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 August 2025, Support 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 Support Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) OCI
2 3 (37.50%) Order to Cash
2 3 (37.50%) Accounts Receivable
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle Receivables
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (37.50%) ERP
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (37.50%) Cash Management
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (25.00%) User Stories
3 2 (25.00%) ProC
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills

Support 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 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Cash Management
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (37.50%) OCI
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Accounts Receivable
1 3 (37.50%) Cash Management
1 3 (37.50%) ERP
1 3 (37.50%) Order to Cash
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (12.50%) Accounts Payable
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) ProC
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle