Data Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Data Analyst salary in Edinburgh is £25,625 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 89 120
Rank change year-on-year +21 +31 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 22 20 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.41% 1.34% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.72% 1.40% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13 16 21
10th Percentile - - £26,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £46,306 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,625 £55,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.41% +27.91% +7.50%
75th Percentile £25,938 £57,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £56,205 £62,807 £48,965
Scotland median annual salary £25,625 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -53.41% +29.41% +14.86%

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 808 1,428 1,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.50% 95.90% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 376 1,007 1,134
10th Percentile £27,215 £32,500 £35,570
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £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 £55,462
% change year-on-year +4.76% -5.34% +5.64%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in Edinburgh

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Data Analyst in Edinburgh

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Data 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 Data Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (90.91%) SQL
2 17 (77.27%) Data Extraction
2 17 (77.27%) Analytics
3 15 (68.18%) Data Analytics
4 14 (63.64%) Visualisation
4 14 (63.64%) Finance
5 12 (54.55%) Mathematics
6 11 (50.00%) Degree
6 11 (50.00%) Statistics
6 11 (50.00%) Tableau
6 11 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
7 10 (45.45%) Big Data
7 10 (45.45%) Predictive Modelling
7 10 (45.45%) Storytelling
7 10 (45.45%) Banking
8 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
8 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (31.82%) AWS
9 7 (31.82%) Data Quality
10 6 (27.27%) Data Analysis
10 6 (27.27%) Snowflake
11 5 (22.73%) Data Management
11 5 (22.73%) Migration
11 5 (22.73%) Data Migration
11 5 (22.73%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (18.18%) Data Science
12 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
12 4 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
12 4 (18.18%) Python
13 3 (13.64%) SAS

Data 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 3 (13.64%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) AWS
2 6 (27.27%) Snowflake
3 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (50.00%) Tableau
2 10 (45.45%) Big Data
3 3 (13.64%) Power BI
4 1 (4.55%) Data Mining
4 1 (4.55%) Metadata
General
1 14 (63.64%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Banking
3 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 5 (22.73%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) JSON
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Analytics
1 17 (77.27%) Data Extraction
2 15 (68.18%) Data Analytics
3 14 (63.64%) Visualisation
4 12 (54.55%) Mathematics
5 11 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
5 11 (50.00%) Statistics
6 10 (45.45%) Predictive Modelling
6 10 (45.45%) Storytelling
7 6 (27.27%) Data Analysis
8 5 (22.73%) Data Management
8 5 (22.73%) Data Migration
8 5 (22.73%) Migration
9 4 (18.18%) Data Science
9 4 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
9 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
10 3 (13.64%) Actionable Insight
10 3 (13.64%) Agile
10 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (13.64%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) Python
3 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.55%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle