Analyst Job Trends in Glasgow

Analyst
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Analyst salary in Glasgow is £53,125 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 51 36
Rank change year-on-year +38 -15 -30
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 104 34 98
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 7.25% 4.47% 7.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.77% 4.76% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 58 25 49
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £46,563 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,125 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - £57,050 £60,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +31.25% - -6.98%

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 1,338 714 1,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 93.95% 97.90%
Number of salaries quoted 814 288 612
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,675 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,933
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.26% +0.82%

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 29 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 29 September 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 26 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (15.38%) Azure
3 14 (13.46%) Active Directory
3 14 (13.46%) Data Analysis
4 12 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (10.58%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (10.58%) Entra ID
5 11 (10.58%) PowerShell
5 11 (10.58%) Windows
6 10 (9.62%) Azure Certification
6 10 (9.62%) Decision-Making
6 10 (9.62%) SQL
7 9 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (7.69%) SCCM
8 8 (7.69%) Windows Server
9 7 (6.73%) AI
9 7 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (6.73%) Mentoring
9 7 (6.73%) Power BI
9 7 (6.73%) Power Platform
9 7 (6.73%) Python
10 6 (5.77%) ITIL
10 6 (5.77%) Tableau
10 6 (5.77%) VMware
11 5 (4.81%) Agile
11 5 (4.81%) Azure AI
11 5 (4.81%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (4.81%) CompTIA Security+

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 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.92%) IIS
3 1 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.38%) Azure
2 12 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (10.58%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.73%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.81%) Azure AI
6 3 (2.88%) SaaS
7 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.96%) AWS
8 1 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.96%) GCP
8 1 (0.96%) Miro
8 1 (0.96%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.81%) VPN
2 3 (2.88%) DHCP
2 3 (2.88%) DNS
3 2 (1.92%) Firewall
4 1 (0.96%) LAN
4 1 (0.96%) Network Security
4 1 (0.96%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.73%) Power BI
2 6 (5.77%) Tableau
3 3 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.96%) Looker
Development Applications
1 5 (4.81%) JIRA
2 2 (1.92%) Git
3 1 (0.96%) Hudson
General
1 26 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.27%) Finance
3 5 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (2.88%) Retail
5 2 (1.92%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.96%) Back Office
6 1 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.96%) Law
6 1 (0.96%) Legal
6 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.88%) .NET
2 1 (0.96%) XML
2 1 (0.96%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.92%) Product Ownership
1 2 (1.92%) Security Posture
2 1 (0.96%) AS400
2 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
2 1 (0.96%) Derivative
2 1 (0.96%) Driving Licence
2 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (0.96%) Equities
2 1 (0.96%) Fixed Income
2 1 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
2 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
2 1 (0.96%) Reference Data
2 1 (0.96%) Replication
2 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.58%) Windows
2 8 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.85%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.88%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (13.46%) Data Analysis
2 12 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (10.58%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (9.62%) Decision-Making
5 9 (8.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (6.73%) AI
7 7 (6.73%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (6.73%) Mentoring
8 6 (5.77%) ITIL
9 5 (4.81%) Agile
9 5 (4.81%) Incident Response
9 5 (4.81%) Process Improvement
9 5 (4.81%) Project Delivery
10 4 (3.85%) Analytical Thinking
10 4 (3.85%) Business Analysis
10 4 (3.85%) Business Strategy
10 4 (3.85%) Business Transformation
10 4 (3.85%) Financial Analysis
11 3 (2.88%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.58%) PowerShell
2 10 (9.62%) SQL
3 7 (6.73%) Python
4 2 (1.92%) C#
4 2 (1.92%) RPG
5 1 (0.96%) Java
5 1 (0.96%) R
5 1 (0.96%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.96%) XPath
Qualifications
1 10 (9.62%) Azure Certification
2 5 (4.81%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (4.81%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (2.88%) Degree
4 2 (1.92%) CSPO
5 1 (0.96%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (1.92%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.92%) GRC
1 2 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.92%) NIST
1 2 (1.92%) QA
2 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.85%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (7.69%) SCCM
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.96%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 26 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.77%) VMware
3 5 (4.81%) ForeScout
4 3 (2.88%) Citrix
5 2 (1.92%) Cisco
6 1 (0.96%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.96%) IBM
6 1 (0.96%) IFS
6 1 (0.96%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.96%) Qualys
6 1 (0.96%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.96%) Splunk
6 1 (0.96%) Veeam