Data Analytics Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Analytics
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Data Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 38 143
Rank change year-on-year -21 +105 -72
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 5 8 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.53% 1.92% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 2.07% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £41,000 - £26,475
25th Percentile £50,000 - £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £28,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.75%
75th Percentile - - £29,313
90th Percentile - - £29,425
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £53,500 £59,556
% change year-on-year -25.23% -10.17% +8.28%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Data Analytics 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 675 386 3,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 71.88% 92.79% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 431 208 799
10th Percentile £29,375 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -9.48%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Data Analytics job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Data Analytics
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Analytics

Data Analytics
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in Glasgow over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analytics in Glasgow

Data Analytics
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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) MySQL
3 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (20.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Billing
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Commercial Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Trainee
3 1 (20.00%) Trainee Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Hibernate
1 2 (40.00%) JPA
1 2 (40.00%) Kafka
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) Spring
1 2 (40.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) Open Source
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Visual Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft