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 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 32 35
Rank change year-on-year +21 +3 -21
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 300 182 318
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 7.65% 7.26% 7.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.34% 8.87% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 150 76 96
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £26,125
25th Percentile £30,813 £32,226 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,625 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.61% +7.72% -4.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £52,813 £51,563
90th Percentile - £61,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.69%

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 3,595 2,053 4,263
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 81.86% 96.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,047 862 1,922
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,625 £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 £67,188 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,319 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.85% - -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 15 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 15 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 +39 111 £52,500 +23.53% 82
Edinburgh -6 77 £60,000 +53.85% 64
Aberdeen +4 27 £60,000 -20.00% 13
Dundee - 16 - - 4
Lanarkshire +15 11 £24,000 -57.52% 43
West Lothian +8 11 £43,750 -
South Lanarkshire - 10 £33,000 -
Fife - 9 £37,000 - 3
North Lanarkshire - 7 £28,500 - 2
Clackmannanshire - 5 - -
Midlothian +7 3 - - 32
Stirling -1 3 £42,250 -44.77% 6
Moray - 3 £31,500 -
Argyll and Bute - 3 £30,000 - 3
Perth and Kinross - 1 £23,500 - 2
East Lothian - 1 - - 1
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 114 (38.00%) Microsoft
2 97 (32.33%) Azure
3 64 (21.33%) Azure Certification
4 56 (18.67%) Cybersecurity
5 53 (17.67%) AI
6 50 (16.67%) SQL
7 40 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
7 40 (13.33%) Mentoring
8 38 (12.67%) Active Directory
8 38 (12.67%) Microsoft Excel
9 37 (12.33%) Python
10 35 (11.67%) Power BI
10 35 (11.67%) Power Platform
11 34 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (11.00%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (11.00%) Tableau
13 32 (10.67%) Azure AI
13 32 (10.67%) CompTIA CySA+
13 32 (10.67%) CompTIA Security+
13 32 (10.67%) ForeScout
14 31 (10.33%) Windows
15 29 (9.67%) Data Analysis
16 27 (9.00%) Decision-Making
17 25 (8.33%) Entra ID
18 21 (7.00%) Agile
19 19 (6.33%) ERP
19 19 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
20 18 (6.00%) Customer Service
20 18 (6.00%) SharePoint

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 18 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.67%) IIS
4 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (12.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.33%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.33%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.33%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (2.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.33%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 97 (32.33%) Azure
2 35 (11.67%) Power Platform
3 33 (11.00%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (10.67%) Azure AI
5 25 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 11 (3.67%) OneDrive
7 10 (3.33%) SaaS
8 4 (1.33%) AWS
9 2 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.67%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.33%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.33%) Figma
10 1 (0.33%) IaaS
10 1 (0.33%) Miro
10 1 (0.33%) PaaS
10 1 (0.33%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.00%) Broadband
2 8 (2.67%) VPN
3 5 (1.67%) DNS
4 4 (1.33%) DHCP
4 4 (1.33%) Firewall
5 1 (0.33%) Gigabit Ethernet
5 1 (0.33%) Internet
5 1 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.33%) LAN
5 1 (0.33%) Network Security
5 1 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.33%) WAN
5 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.67%) Power BI
2 33 (11.00%) Tableau
3 3 (1.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.33%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.33%) GIS
4 1 (0.33%) Looker
Development Applications
1 9 (3.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.67%) Git
3 1 (0.33%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.33%) JMeter
General
1 123 (41.00%) Social Skills
2 36 (12.00%) Finance
3 30 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.00%) Games
5 6 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.67%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.33%) Legal
7 4 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.00%) Law
8 3 (1.00%) Marketing
8 3 (1.00%) Retail
9 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.67%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.33%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.33%) Back Office
10 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.00%) .NET
2 1 (0.33%) RESTful
2 1 (0.33%) XML
2 1 (0.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (3.00%) AI Agents
2 9 (3.00%) Cyberattack
3 8 (2.67%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.00%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.67%) Social Media
6 3 (1.00%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.00%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.67%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.67%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.33%) AS400
8 1 (0.33%) Clustering
8 1 (0.33%) Derivative
8 1 (0.33%) Equities
8 1 (0.33%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.33%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.33%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.33%) Windows
2 15 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.33%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.33%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.67%) Linux
6 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (18.67%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (17.67%) AI
3 40 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 40 (13.33%) Mentoring
4 34 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (9.67%) Data Analysis
7 27 (9.00%) Decision-Making
8 21 (7.00%) Agile
9 19 (6.33%) ERP
9 19 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (6.00%) Customer Service
11 17 (5.67%) Business Analysis
12 16 (5.33%) Project Delivery
13 15 (5.00%) Coaching
14 14 (4.67%) Information Security
14 14 (4.67%) Line Management
14 14 (4.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (4.67%) Workshop Facilitation
15 13 (4.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 50 (16.67%) SQL
2 37 (12.33%) Python
3 11 (3.67%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.67%) C#
5 2 (0.67%) RPG
6 1 (0.33%) Java
6 1 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.33%) R
6 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.33%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.33%) XPath
Qualifications
1 64 (21.33%) Azure Certification
2 32 (10.67%) CompTIA CySA+
2 32 (10.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 14 (4.67%) Degree
4 6 (2.00%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.67%) AAT
6 4 (1.33%) HND
7 3 (1.00%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.67%) CSPO
8 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.33%) ISEB
9 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.33%) GDPR
2 3 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.00%) NIST
2 3 (1.00%) QA
3 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.67%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.67%) GRC
4 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.33%) NCSC
4 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (12.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.33%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (3.00%) SCCM
2 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.33%) Grafana
3 1 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 114 (38.00%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.67%) ForeScout
3 7 (2.33%) YouTube
4 6 (2.00%) VMware
5 5 (1.67%) Google
5 5 (1.67%) IFS
6 3 (1.00%) Citrix
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle
6 3 (1.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.67%) Adobe
7 2 (0.67%) Cisco
7 2 (0.67%) OutSystems
7 2 (0.67%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.67%) Splunk
8 1 (0.33%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.33%) Jaspersoft
8 1 (0.33%) Meraki
8 1 (0.33%) OneLogin
8 1 (0.33%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.33%) Rapid7