Statistics Jobs in Edinburgh

Statistics
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Statistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Statistics over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 107 136
Rank change year-on-year +53 +29 +10
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 28 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.19% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 0.23% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 3
10th Percentile - - £46,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £65,000 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,625 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -63.39% +12.00% -3.02%
75th Percentile £25,938 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,750 - £69,750
Scotland median annual salary £25,625 £62,055 £46,500
% change year-on-year -58.71% +33.45% -19.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Statistics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 851 1,332 1,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.04% 88.21% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 361 933 1,060
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,250 £46,250 £43,962
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Statistics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in Edinburgh

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Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Statistics in Edinburgh

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Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Statistics in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Statistics in Edinburgh

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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 1 (3.57%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.57%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (35.71%) Big Data
2 2 (7.14%) Data Mining
2 2 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Git
1 1 (3.57%) GitLab
General
1 24 (85.71%) Finance
2 13 (46.43%) Banking
3 11 (39.29%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (35.71%) Front Office
4 10 (35.71%) Legal
5 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.57%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Analyst
2 11 (39.29%) Data Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Risk Officer
4 4 (14.29%) Risk Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Data Scientist
5 2 (7.14%) Fraud Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Security Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Trainer
6 1 (3.57%) Audit Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Fraud Data Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Testing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (96.43%) Mathematics
2 13 (46.43%) Visualisation
3 12 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (42.86%) Statistical Modelling
4 11 (39.29%) Analytics
4 11 (39.29%) Quantitative Analysis
5 10 (35.71%) Data Analytics
5 10 (35.71%) Data Extraction
5 10 (35.71%) Model Validation
5 10 (35.71%) Predictive Modelling
5 10 (35.71%) Project Management
5 10 (35.71%) Quantitative Finance
5 10 (35.71%) Storytelling
5 10 (35.71%) Validation
6 3 (10.71%) Data Science
6 3 (10.71%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
7 2 (7.14%) Computer Science
7 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
7 2 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (53.57%) SQL
2 13 (46.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (92.86%) Degree
2 12 (42.86%) Master's Degree
2 12 (42.86%) PhD
3 2 (7.14%) CISM
3 2 (7.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (3.57%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) PayPal