Analyst Job Trends in Glasgow

Analyst
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Analyst salary in Glasgow is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 57 105
Rank change year-on-year +49 +48 -96
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 120 29 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 10.23% 4.02% 3.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.79% 4.31% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 55 21 52
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +10.39% -13.48%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,250 £53,188
90th Percentile £65,000 £54,500 £57,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year - +16.88% -9.41%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 1,112 673 2,715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 93.21% 98.09%
Number of salaries quoted 651 279 780
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £66,043 £72,016 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Analyst
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Glasgow

Analyst
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Glasgow over the 6 months to 11 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Glasgow

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 11 August 2026, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 43 (35.83%) Microsoft
2 33 (27.50%) Azure
3 26 (21.67%) Azure Certification
4 17 (14.17%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (14.17%) SQL
5 16 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 16 (13.33%) Python
6 15 (12.50%) Active Directory
6 15 (12.50%) AI
6 15 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
6 15 (12.50%) Tableau
7 14 (11.67%) Power BI
7 14 (11.67%) Power Platform
8 13 (10.83%) Azure AI
8 13 (10.83%) CompTIA CySA+
8 13 (10.83%) CompTIA Security+
8 13 (10.83%) ForeScout
8 13 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (10.00%) Windows
10 11 (9.17%) Decision-Making
10 11 (9.17%) Entra ID
10 11 (9.17%) PowerShell
11 9 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (7.50%) Data Analysis
11 9 (7.50%) SCCM
12 8 (6.67%) Windows Server
13 7 (5.83%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (5.00%) Agile
14 6 (5.00%) ITIL

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.67%) IIS
4 1 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 33 (27.50%) Azure
2 14 (11.67%) Power Platform
3 13 (10.83%) Azure AI
3 13 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (9.17%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.50%) SaaS
6 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.83%) AWS
7 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.83%) GCP
7 1 (0.83%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.83%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.17%) VPN
2 3 (2.50%) DHCP
2 3 (2.50%) DNS
3 2 (1.67%) Firewall
4 1 (0.83%) LAN
4 1 (0.83%) Network Security
4 1 (0.83%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.83%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.50%) Tableau
2 14 (11.67%) Power BI
3 2 (1.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.83%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.83%) Looker
Development Applications
1 5 (4.17%) JIRA
2 2 (1.67%) Git
General
1 37 (30.83%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.67%) Finance
3 8 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.00%) Retail
5 2 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.83%) Back Office
6 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.83%) Law
6 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.50%) Product Ownership
2 2 (1.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (1.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (0.83%) AS400
3 1 (0.83%) Data Centre
3 1 (0.83%) Derivative
3 1 (0.83%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (0.83%) Equities
3 1 (0.83%) Fixed Income
3 1 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (0.83%) Operational Technology
3 1 (0.83%) Reference Data
3 1 (0.83%) Replication
3 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.00%) Windows
2 8 (6.67%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.17%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.83%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (14.17%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (13.33%) Mentoring
3 15 (12.50%) AI
3 15 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (9.17%) Decision-Making
5 9 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (7.50%) Data Analysis
6 7 (5.83%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (5.00%) Agile
7 6 (5.00%) ITIL
7 6 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (4.17%) Business Analysis
8 5 (4.17%) Incident Response
8 5 (4.17%) Project Delivery
9 4 (3.33%) Analytical Thinking
9 4 (3.33%) Business Transformation
9 4 (3.33%) Customer Service
9 4 (3.33%) Financial Analysis
9 4 (3.33%) Service Delivery
10 3 (2.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.17%) SQL
2 16 (13.33%) Python
3 11 (9.17%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.67%) C#
4 2 (1.67%) RPG
5 1 (0.83%) Java
5 1 (0.83%) R
Qualifications
1 26 (21.67%) Azure Certification
2 13 (10.83%) CompTIA CySA+
2 13 (10.83%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (2.50%) Degree
4 2 (1.67%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (1.67%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.67%) GRC
1 2 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.67%) NIST
2 1 (0.83%) QA
2 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.33%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (7.50%) SCCM
2 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 43 (35.83%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.83%) ForeScout
3 6 (5.00%) VMware
4 3 (2.50%) Citrix
5 2 (1.67%) Cisco
6 1 (0.83%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.83%) IBM
6 1 (0.83%) Infor
6 1 (0.83%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.83%) Qualys
6 1 (0.83%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.83%) Sophos
6 1 (0.83%) Splunk
6 1 (0.83%) Veeam