Technical Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Technical Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Technical Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 107 151
Rank change year-on-year +23 +44 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Analyst 32 22 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.97% 0.99% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.09% 1.05% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 2
10th Percentile £292 £193 £186
25th Percentile £440 £413 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £338
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +40.74% -22.86%
75th Percentile £479 £535 £441
90th Percentile £483 £548 £499
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -9.52% +2.94% +2.00%

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 1,529 2,099 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,281 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £205 £238
25th Percentile £370 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 114 44
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.58 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Technical Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Analyst in Scotland

Technical Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Analyst in Scotland

Technical Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Analyst in Scotland

Technical Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Analyst in Scotland

Technical 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 Technical Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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 +20 21 £465 -2.21% 1
Edinburgh +3 11 - -
Technical Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (53.13%) Unix
2 11 (34.38%) Perl
2 11 (34.38%) Linux
2 11 (34.38%) OO
2 11 (34.38%) Python
2 11 (34.38%) Management Information System
2 11 (34.38%) Capacity Management
2 11 (34.38%) Technical Analysis
2 11 (34.38%) Storage Management
3 10 (31.25%) Finance
3 10 (31.25%) Banking
4 7 (21.88%) Business Analysis
5 6 (18.75%) Azure
5 6 (18.75%) CyberArk
5 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
5 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
6 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (15.63%) DevOps
6 5 (15.63%) User Stories
6 5 (15.63%) QA
6 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
6 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
6 5 (15.63%) Data Analysis
7 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.50%) Information Security
7 4 (12.50%) RACF
7 4 (12.50%) CMDB
7 4 (12.50%) Use Case
7 4 (12.50%) Confluence
7 4 (12.50%) JIRA

Technical 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 (12.50%) Confluence
2 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
1 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
2 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (9.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 10 (31.25%) Banking
1 10 (31.25%) Finance
2 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 11 (34.38%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.50%) CMDB
3 3 (9.38%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 17 (53.13%) Unix
2 11 (34.38%) Linux
3 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Capacity Management
1 11 (34.38%) OO
1 11 (34.38%) Storage Management
1 11 (34.38%) Technical Analysis
2 7 (21.88%) Business Analysis
3 5 (15.63%) Data Analysis
3 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
3 5 (15.63%) DevOps
3 5 (15.63%) User Stories
4 4 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (12.50%) Information Security
4 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (12.50%) Story Mapping
4 4 (12.50%) Storyboarding
4 4 (12.50%) Use Case
4 4 (12.50%) User Experience
4 4 (12.50%) Wireframes
5 3 (9.38%) Re-Platforming
Programming Languages
1 11 (34.38%) Perl
1 11 (34.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) QA
2 2 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) RACF
2 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) CyberArk
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.13%) Fiserv