Analyst Job Trends in Glasgow

Analyst
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Analyst salary in Glasgow is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 72 8
Rank change year-on-year +20 -64 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 32 97 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 4.31% 5.02% 16.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% 5.09% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 24 48 108
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,775 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,438 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £50,938 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,475 £60,000 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +5.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 703 1,905 764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 98.55% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 285 651 594
10th Percentile £29,600 £31,307 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst 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 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, 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 Glasgow region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (46.88%) SQL
2 13 (40.63%) Finance
3 10 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (28.13%) Power BI
4 9 (28.13%) Power Platform
5 8 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 7 (21.88%) Migration
6 7 (21.88%) ETL
6 7 (21.88%) Analytics
7 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (18.75%) Data Migration
7 6 (18.75%) Tableau
7 6 (18.75%) Data Governance
7 6 (18.75%) Python
7 6 (18.75%) ITIL
7 6 (18.75%) Business Analysis
7 6 (18.75%) Degree
7 6 (18.75%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
8 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
8 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
8 5 (15.63%) Data Quality
8 5 (15.63%) Actionable Insight
9 4 (12.50%) Data Structures
9 4 (12.50%) Data Analytics
9 4 (12.50%) R
9 4 (12.50%) SAS
9 4 (12.50%) Project Management
9 4 (12.50%) SQL Server

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (12.50%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) Power Platform
2 3 (9.38%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (6.25%) SaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) FTP
1 1 (3.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) Power BI
2 6 (18.75%) Tableau
3 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
4 2 (6.25%) Data Mining
4 2 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (6.25%) Metadata
5 1 (3.13%) MySQL
5 1 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (3.13%) Power Query
5 1 (3.13%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) ER Studio
2 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.13%) Automotive
5 1 (3.13%) Law
5 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) HTML
1 1 (3.13%) JSON
1 1 (3.13%) REST
1 1 (3.13%) SailPoint
1 1 (3.13%) SOAP
1 1 (3.13%) Web Services
1 1 (3.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (12.50%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) FMCG
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 7 (21.88%) Analytics
3 7 (21.88%) ETL
3 7 (21.88%) Migration
4 6 (18.75%) Business Analysis
4 6 (18.75%) Data Governance
4 6 (18.75%) Data Migration
4 6 (18.75%) ITIL
5 5 (15.63%) Actionable Insight
5 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
5 5 (15.63%) Decision-Making
5 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.50%) Data Analytics
6 4 (12.50%) Data Management
6 4 (12.50%) Project Management
7 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (9.38%) ERP
7 3 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (9.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (46.88%) SQL
2 6 (18.75%) Python
3 4 (12.50%) R
4 2 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Alteryx
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Teradata
3 1 (3.13%) ArcSight
3 1 (3.13%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow