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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 69 68
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -33
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 13 11 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.58% 1.12% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.30% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile - £45,250 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £49,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £68,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,500 - -
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £65,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -34.87% +18.64% -2.14%

All Process and 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 729 844 631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 88.36% 86.03% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 320 456 491
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,313 £38,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,195 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% +3.23% -
75th Percentile £68,125 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -30.91% +5.77% -5.45%

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 7 November 2025.

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
1 4 (30.77%) Snowflake
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Tableau
2 5 (38.46%) Apache Cassandra
2 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
3 4 (30.77%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (30.77%) Apache Hive
3 4 (30.77%) Apache Iceberg
3 4 (30.77%) Big Data
3 4 (30.77%) DynamoDB
3 4 (30.77%) Impala
3 4 (30.77%) NoSQL
3 4 (30.77%) Power BI
3 4 (30.77%) Redshift Spectrum
3 4 (30.77%) Relational Database
4 3 (23.08%) Data Mining
5 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
5 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 12 (92.31%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Banking
3 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (30.77%) Investment Banking
3 4 (30.77%) Law
3 4 (30.77%) Publishing
4 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Billing
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Software Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Insight Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Python Engineer
3 4 (30.77%) Python Software Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Analyst Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Data Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Report Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Report Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Trainee
4 3 (23.08%) Trainee Analyst
4 3 (23.08%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Commercial Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Kafka
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
2 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (7.69%) Blazor
2 1 (7.69%) Entity Framework
2 1 (7.69%) React
2 1 (7.69%) REST
2 1 (7.69%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
1 1 (7.69%) Distributed Architecture
1 1 (7.69%) e-Learning
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Analytics
2 8 (61.54%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (61.54%) Decision-Making
3 7 (53.85%) ETL
4 6 (46.15%) Agile
5 5 (38.46%) AI
5 5 (38.46%) Machine Learning
5 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
6 4 (30.77%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (30.77%) Complex ETL
6 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
6 4 (30.77%) Data Design
6 4 (30.77%) Operational Stability
6 4 (30.77%) SDLC
6 4 (30.77%) Tech Ops
6 4 (30.77%) Visualisation
7 3 (23.08%) Business Analysis
7 3 (23.08%) Data Extraction
7 3 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) SQL
2 8 (61.54%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Databricks
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) Alteryx
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Teradata