Analyst Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst salary in Scotland is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 30 26
Rank change year-on-year +16 -4 -12
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 283 180 306
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 6.98% 7.20% 7.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.66% 8.82% 7.95%
Number of salaries quoted 149 79 94
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,750 £25,575
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,100 £29,628
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -3.03% -4.07%
75th Percentile £65,000 £49,375 £51,013
90th Percentile - £60,850 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -4.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 3,693 2,040 3,849
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 81.63% 96.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,099 865 1,836
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £69,188
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Analyst job vacancy trend in Scotland

Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for Analyst job vacancies in Scotland

Analyst
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Scotland

Analyst
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +42 108 £52,500 +27.27% 71
Edinburgh -8 72 £60,000 +53.85% 66
Aberdeen +3 22 £60,000 -20.00% 19
Dundee - 12 - - 4
Lanarkshire +14 11 £24,000 -57.52% 23
West Lothian +6 10 £37,500 - 5
South Lanarkshire - 10 £33,000 -
Fife - 10 £37,000 - 5
North Lanarkshire - 7 £28,500 -
Clackmannanshire - 5 - -
Midlothian +6 3 - - 28
Stirling -1 3 £42,250 -44.77% 3
Moray - 3 £31,500 - 2
Argyll and Bute - 3 £30,000 - 2
Perth and Kinross - 1 £26,500 - 1
East Lothian - 1 - -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 Scotland region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 96 (33.92%) Microsoft
2 82 (28.98%) Azure
3 48 (16.96%) Azure Certification
3 48 (16.96%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (15.90%) AI
5 43 (15.19%) SQL
6 37 (13.07%) Active Directory
7 36 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
9 32 (11.31%) Mentoring
9 32 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (10.95%) Windows
11 30 (10.60%) Data Analysis
11 30 (10.60%) Python
12 29 (10.25%) Microsoft Excel
13 28 (9.89%) Power BI
13 28 (9.89%) Power Platform
14 26 (9.19%) Tableau
15 25 (8.83%) Decision-Making
15 25 (8.83%) Entra ID
16 24 (8.48%) Azure AI
16 24 (8.48%) CompTIA CySA+
16 24 (8.48%) CompTIA Security+
16 24 (8.48%) ForeScout
17 20 (7.07%) Agile
17 20 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
18 19 (6.71%) ERP
19 17 (6.01%) Business Analysis
19 17 (6.01%) Customer Service

Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 17 (6.01%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.71%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (10.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.47%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.35%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.35%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (2.83%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.71%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 82 (28.98%) Azure
2 32 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (9.89%) Power Platform
4 25 (8.83%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.48%) Azure AI
6 10 (3.53%) OneDrive
6 10 (3.53%) SaaS
7 4 (1.41%) AWS
8 3 (1.06%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.35%) Figma
10 1 (0.35%) GCP
10 1 (0.35%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.35%) Miro
10 1 (0.35%) PaaS
10 1 (0.35%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.30%) Broadband
2 7 (2.47%) VPN
3 4 (1.41%) DNS
4 3 (1.06%) DHCP
4 3 (1.06%) Firewall
5 1 (0.35%) Gigabit Ethernet
5 1 (0.35%) Internet
5 1 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.35%) LAN
5 1 (0.35%) Network Security
5 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.35%) WAN
5 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.89%) Power BI
2 26 (9.19%) Tableau
3 3 (1.06%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.35%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.35%) GIS
5 1 (0.35%) Looker
Development Applications
1 9 (3.18%) JIRA
2 2 (0.71%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.35%) JMeter
General
1 108 (38.16%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.07%) Finance
3 29 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.18%) Games
5 7 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.77%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.41%) Legal
7 4 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.06%) Law
8 3 (1.06%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.06%) Marketing
8 3 (1.06%) Retail
9 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Back Office
10 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.06%) .NET
2 1 (0.35%) RESTful
2 1 (0.35%) XML
2 1 (0.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.18%) AI Agents
1 9 (3.18%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (3.18%) Cyberattack
2 7 (2.47%) Onboarding
3 5 (1.77%) Social Media
4 4 (1.41%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.06%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.71%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.71%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.71%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.35%) AS400
7 1 (0.35%) Clustering
7 1 (0.35%) Equities
7 1 (0.35%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.35%) NHS
7 1 (0.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.95%) Windows
2 15 (5.30%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.59%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.47%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.71%) Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (16.96%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (15.90%) AI
3 36 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (12.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 32 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
5 32 (11.31%) Mentoring
6 30 (10.60%) Data Analysis
7 25 (8.83%) Decision-Making
8 20 (7.07%) Agile
8 20 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (6.71%) ERP
10 17 (6.01%) Business Analysis
10 17 (6.01%) Customer Service
11 16 (5.65%) Project Delivery
12 15 (5.30%) Coaching
13 14 (4.95%) Information Security
13 14 (4.95%) Line Management
13 14 (4.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (4.95%) Workshop Facilitation
14 12 (4.24%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 43 (15.19%) SQL
2 30 (10.60%) Python
3 11 (3.89%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.71%) C#
5 2 (0.71%) RPG
6 1 (0.35%) Java
6 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.35%) R
6 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.35%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.35%) XPath
Qualifications
1 48 (16.96%) Azure Certification
2 24 (8.48%) CompTIA CySA+
2 24 (8.48%) CompTIA Security+
3 14 (4.95%) Degree
4 6 (2.12%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.77%) AAT
6 4 (1.41%) HND
7 3 (1.06%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.71%) CSPO
8 2 (0.71%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.35%) ISEB
9 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.53%) GDPR
2 3 (1.06%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.06%) NIST
2 3 (1.06%) QA
3 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.71%) GRC
3 2 (0.71%) SLA
4 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 37 (13.07%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.41%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (2.83%) SCCM
2 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.35%) Grafana
3 1 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 96 (33.92%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.48%) ForeScout
3 7 (2.47%) YouTube
4 6 (2.12%) VMware
5 5 (1.77%) Google
5 5 (1.77%) IFS
6 3 (1.06%) Citrix
6 3 (1.06%) Oracle
7 2 (0.71%) Adobe
7 2 (0.71%) Cisco
7 2 (0.71%) OutSystems
7 2 (0.71%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.71%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.71%) Splunk
8 1 (0.35%) Jaspersoft
8 1 (0.35%) Meraki
8 1 (0.35%) OneLogin
8 1 (0.35%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.35%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.35%) Rapid7