Data Analysis Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Analysis
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 62 69
Rank change year-on-year +15 +7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 10 10 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.45% 1.37% 5.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 1.49% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 11
10th Percentile - £28,850 £52,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year - -32.84% +40.13%
75th Percentile £45,000 - £61,835
90th Percentile £52,500 £44,500 -
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £55,148
% change year-on-year -27.27% -0.27% +28.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Data Analysis 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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 527 671 1,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 76.49% 92.04% 96.78%
Number of salaries quoted 328 307 468
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,650 £28,940
25th Percentile £31,188 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,625 £64,813
90th Percentile £83,250 £93,450 £76,625
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -7.08%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Glasgow

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Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Analysis

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Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Glasgow over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in Glasgow

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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 1 (10.00%) SAS
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (40.00%) Tableau
2 3 (30.00%) Data Mining
3 2 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (10.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) ER Studio
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Billing
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Trainee
3 3 (30.00%) Trainee Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Automation Specialist
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Finance Modeller
5 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Insight Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Lead
5 1 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) SAS Data Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) SAS Modeller
5 1 (10.00%) Senior
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Applications Support
5 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Data Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Data Collection
4 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) Visual Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) WFM
5 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
5 1 (10.00%) Business Impact Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (10.00%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Dataiku