Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Analyst salary in Edinburgh is £43,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 May 2025.

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

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 25 30
Rank change year-on-year +20 +5 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 172 116 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.66% 7.82% 9.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.28% 8.15% 10.55%
Number of salaries quoted 45 66 118
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,375 £25,350
25th Percentile £25,313 £35,125 £32,166
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £48,032 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.96% +11.70% +8.44%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,625 £56,875
90th Percentile £59,000 £63,750 £70,000
Scotland median annual salary £43,250 £42,500 £40,113
% change year-on-year +1.76% +5.95% +6.97%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 772 1,424 1,887
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.23% 95.96% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 339 1,004 1,107
10th Percentile £26,929 £32,500 £35,640
25th Percentile £44,375 £45,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £56,736
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.47% +8.07%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Edinburgh

Analyst
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analyst in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Analyst in Edinburgh

Analyst
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2025, Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 94 (54.65%) Finance
2 66 (38.37%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (36.63%) Social Skills
4 56 (32.56%) Banking
5 45 (26.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (20.35%) Agile
7 32 (18.60%) Customer Service
8 31 (18.02%) SQL
9 29 (16.86%) Analytics
10 26 (15.12%) Data Analysis
11 22 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (11.63%) Data Extraction
13 20 (11.63%) Risk Management
14 19 (11.05%) Mathematics
15 18 (10.47%) Degree
15 18 (10.47%) Business Analysis
15 18 (10.47%) CI/CD
16 17 (9.88%) Python
16 17 (9.88%) AWS
16 17 (9.88%) Visualisation
16 17 (9.88%) DevOps
17 16 (9.30%) Statistical Modelling
18 15 (8.72%) Data Analytics
18 15 (8.72%) Continuous Delivery
18 15 (8.72%) Continuous Integration
19 14 (8.14%) User Acceptance Testing
19 14 (8.14%) Tableau
19 14 (8.14%) Artificial Intelligence
19 14 (8.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 7 (4.07%) SAS
2 3 (1.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.58%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.88%) AWS
2 8 (4.65%) SaaS
3 7 (4.07%) Azure
4 6 (3.49%) Snowflake
5 4 (2.33%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.74%) GCP
6 3 (1.74%) Serverless
7 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.58%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.58%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.58%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.91%) Firewall
2 2 (1.16%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.58%) FTP
3 1 (0.58%) Internet
3 1 (0.58%) Network Security
3 1 (0.58%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.58%) SSL
3 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.14%) Tableau
2 10 (5.81%) Big Data
3 4 (2.33%) Power BI
4 2 (1.16%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.58%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.58%) GIS
5 1 (0.58%) Metadata
5 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.58%) OLAP
5 1 (0.58%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.49%) JIRA
2 3 (1.74%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.58%) GitLab
3 1 (0.58%) Selenium
General
1 94 (54.65%) Finance
2 66 (38.37%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (36.63%) Social Skills
4 56 (32.56%) Banking
5 12 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.65%) Retail
7 7 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.49%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.91%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.33%) Marketing
10 4 (2.33%) Wholesale Banking
11 2 (1.16%) Arabic Language
11 2 (1.16%) Automotive
11 2 (1.16%) Law
11 2 (1.16%) Legal
11 2 (1.16%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (1.16%) Russian Language
12 1 (0.58%) Billing
12 1 (0.58%) Games
12 1 (0.58%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.74%) JSON
2 1 (0.58%) CSS
2 1 (0.58%) HTML
2 1 (0.58%) Middleware
2 1 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.58%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.98%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.40%) Market Risk
3 10 (5.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (3.49%) Credit Risk
4 6 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.33%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.74%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.74%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.74%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.16%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.58%) Clustering
8 1 (0.58%) CMDB
8 1 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.58%) iSeries
8 1 (0.58%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.58%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.98%) Windows
2 7 (4.07%) Linux
3 3 (1.74%) zOS
4 2 (1.16%) Unix
5 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.58%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.58%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (26.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 35 (20.35%) Agile
3 32 (18.60%) Customer Service
4 29 (16.86%) Analytics
5 26 (15.12%) Data Analysis
6 22 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (11.63%) Data Extraction
8 20 (11.63%) Risk Management
9 19 (11.05%) Mathematics
10 18 (10.47%) Business Analysis
10 18 (10.47%) CI/CD
11 17 (9.88%) DevOps
11 17 (9.88%) Visualisation
12 16 (9.30%) Statistical Modelling
13 15 (8.72%) Continuous Delivery
13 15 (8.72%) Continuous Integration
13 15 (8.72%) Data Analytics
14 14 (8.14%) Artificial Intelligence
14 14 (8.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (18.02%) SQL
2 17 (9.88%) Python
3 4 (2.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.33%) R
4 1 (0.58%) Perl
4 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (10.47%) Degree
2 4 (2.33%) CCA
3 3 (1.74%) CBAP
4 2 (1.16%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (1.16%) CCNA
4 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.16%) CISSP
5 1 (0.58%) ACCA
5 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.58%) CEH
5 1 (0.58%) CFA
5 1 (0.58%) CISA
5 1 (0.58%) CISM
5 1 (0.58%) CRISC
5 1 (0.58%) GCIA
5 1 (0.58%) GIAC
5 1 (0.58%) ISEB
5 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.58%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 7 (4.07%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.49%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.91%) QA
5 4 (2.33%) GDPR
5 4 (2.33%) NIST
6 3 (1.74%) ITGC
7 2 (1.16%) ISO 20022
7 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.16%) SEPA
7 2 (1.16%) SLA
8 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.58%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (0.58%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.58%) RACF
Vendors
1 13 (7.56%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.65%) ServiceNow
3 3 (1.74%) Genesys
3 3 (1.74%) Oracle
3 3 (1.74%) Verint
4 2 (1.16%) Cisco
4 2 (1.16%) F5
4 2 (1.16%) Fortinet
4 2 (1.16%) Google
4 2 (1.16%) LogicMonitor
4 2 (1.16%) Qualys
4 2 (1.16%) SolarWinds
5 1 (0.58%) Adobe
5 1 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.58%) IBM
5 1 (0.58%) Maxymiser
5 1 (0.58%) Medallia
5 1 (0.58%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.58%) Splunk
5 1 (0.58%) Symantec