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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 106 144
Rank change year-on-year +44 +38 -5
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 28 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.99% 0.27% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 0.30% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 3
10th Percentile - - £46,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £50,172 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,625 £51,528 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.27% -17.56% +4.17%
75th Percentile £25,938 £52,884 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,940 - £69,750
Scotland median annual salary £25,625 £51,528 £62,500
% change year-on-year -50.27% -17.56% +6.38%

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 913 1,348 1,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.54% 89.75% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 423 949 1,151
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £36,250
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 £73,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £98,474 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +6.48%

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 11 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 1 (3.57%) Chatbot
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) GitHub
2 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
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 3 (10.71%) Git
1 3 (10.71%) GitLab
General
1 25 (89.29%) Finance
2 16 (57.14%) Banking
3 10 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (28.57%) Front Office
4 8 (28.57%) Legal
5 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
6 3 (10.71%) Retail Banking
6 3 (10.71%) Social Science
7 1 (3.57%) Electronics
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 3 (10.71%) Audit Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Data Scientist
6 2 (7.14%) Fraud Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Security Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Fraud Data Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Testing Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Trainer
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 24 (85.71%) Mathematics
2 13 (46.43%) Visualisation
3 12 (42.86%) Analytics
3 12 (42.86%) Statistical Modelling
4 11 (39.29%) Data Analytics
4 11 (39.29%) Predictive Modelling
4 11 (39.29%) Quantitative Analysis
5 10 (35.71%) Data Extraction
5 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (35.71%) Storytelling
6 8 (28.57%) Model Validation
6 8 (28.57%) Project Management
6 8 (28.57%) Quantitative Finance
6 8 (28.57%) Validation
7 5 (17.86%) Data Science
8 3 (10.71%) Data Modelling
8 3 (10.71%) Decision-Making
8 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.71%) Workflow
8 3 (10.71%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (60.71%) SQL
2 13 (46.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (89.29%) Degree
2 9 (32.14%) Master's Degree
2 9 (32.14%) PhD
3 2 (7.14%) CISM
3 2 (7.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
2 2 (7.14%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (3.57%) PayPal