Analyst Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst salary in Scotland is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 33 52
Rank change year-on-year +26 +19 -37
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 369 177 302
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 10.82% 6.98% 5.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.53% 8.39% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 164 78 121
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,969 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,564 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% +15.75% -9.41%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,313 £50,300
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

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 3,201 2,109 5,066
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 83.16% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,744 932 2,356
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,929 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,445 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -3.91% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 4 August 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 4 August 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
Edinburgh +4 120 £47,500 +9.83% 20
Glasgow +50 119 £50,000 +23.46% 22
Aberdeen +4 43 £60,000 -20.00% 6
Dundee - 28 - - 1
Lanarkshire +18 11 £24,000 -57.52% 18
Fife - 9 £37,000 - 1
West Lothian +5 8 £50,000 +3.09% 2
North Lanarkshire +4 8 £28,500 -
Stirling +2 5 £54,500 +19.43% 1
South Lanarkshire - 4 £33,000 - 1
Midlothian +10 3 - - 14
Argyll and Bute - 3 £30,000 -
West Dunbartonshire +2 2 - -
Moray - 2 £47,000 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £23,500 -
Clackmannanshire - 1 - -
East Lothian - 1 - -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 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.

1 179 (48.51%) Microsoft
2 156 (42.28%) Azure
3 112 (30.35%) Azure Certification
4 82 (22.22%) SQL
5 74 (20.05%) Cybersecurity
6 70 (18.97%) AI
7 67 (18.16%) Microsoft Excel
8 64 (17.34%) Business Intelligence
8 64 (17.34%) Mentoring
9 63 (17.07%) Python
10 61 (16.53%) Tableau
11 59 (15.99%) Power BI
11 59 (15.99%) Power Platform
12 56 (15.18%) Azure AI
12 56 (15.18%) CompTIA CySA+
12 56 (15.18%) CompTIA Security+
12 56 (15.18%) ForeScout
13 42 (11.38%) Active Directory
14 39 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
14 39 (10.57%) Problem-Solving
15 35 (9.49%) Windows
16 26 (7.05%) Decision-Making
16 26 (7.05%) Entra ID
17 24 (6.50%) Business Analysis
17 24 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
18 23 (6.23%) SharePoint
19 22 (5.96%) Agile
19 22 (5.96%) Data Analysis
20 21 (5.69%) ERP
21 20 (5.42%) 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 23 (6.23%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.81%) Confluence
4 2 (0.54%) IIS
5 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 67 (18.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.44%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.27%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (2.17%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.81%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 156 (42.28%) Azure
2 59 (15.99%) Power Platform
3 56 (15.18%) Azure AI
4 39 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (7.05%) Entra ID
6 16 (4.34%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.17%) SaaS
8 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.81%) Boomi
9 3 (0.81%) GCP
9 3 (0.81%) iPaaS
9 3 (0.81%) Workato
10 2 (0.54%) AWS
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.27%) Figma
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.27%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.61%) Broadband
2 8 (2.17%) VPN
3 6 (1.63%) DNS
4 5 (1.36%) DHCP
5 3 (0.81%) Firewall
6 2 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.27%) Gigabit Ethernet
7 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (16.53%) Tableau
2 59 (15.99%) Power BI
3 4 (1.08%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.81%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.27%) GIS
5 1 (0.27%) Looker
Development Applications
1 12 (3.25%) JIRA
2 3 (0.81%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.27%) JMeter
General
1 168 (45.53%) Social Skills
2 55 (14.91%) Finance
3 31 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (2.71%) Games
5 8 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (1.63%) Financial Institution
6 6 (1.63%) Legal
6 6 (1.63%) Retail
7 5 (1.36%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.81%) Law
10 2 (0.54%) Billing
10 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.27%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.27%) Back Office
11 1 (0.27%) Legal Technology
11 1 (0.27%) Marketing
11 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.63%) .NET
2 3 (0.81%) Web Services
3 1 (0.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.07%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (2.44%) AI Agents
2 9 (2.44%) Cyberattack
3 8 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.17%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.36%) Social Media
5 4 (1.08%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.81%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.54%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.27%) AS400
8 1 (0.27%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.27%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.27%) Derivative
8 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.27%) Equities
8 1 (0.27%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.27%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.49%) Windows
2 16 (4.34%) Mac OS
3 14 (3.79%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.17%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.54%) Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (20.05%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (18.97%) AI
3 64 (17.34%) Business Intelligence
3 64 (17.34%) Mentoring
4 39 (10.57%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (7.05%) Decision-Making
6 24 (6.50%) Business Analysis
6 24 (6.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (5.96%) Agile
7 22 (5.96%) Data Analysis
8 21 (5.69%) ERP
9 20 (5.42%) Customer Service
10 15 (4.07%) ITIL
10 15 (4.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (3.79%) Project Delivery
11 14 (3.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (3.52%) Service Delivery
12 13 (3.52%) Threat Intelligence
12 13 (3.52%) Workshop Facilitation
13 11 (2.98%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 82 (22.22%) SQL
2 63 (17.07%) Python
3 11 (2.98%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.36%) Java
5 4 (1.08%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.54%) C#
6 2 (0.54%) RPG
7 1 (0.27%) R
7 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (30.35%) Azure Certification
2 56 (15.18%) CompTIA CySA+
2 56 (15.18%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (2.44%) Degree
4 5 (1.36%) AAT
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.54%) CSPO
6 2 (0.54%) HND
6 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.54%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.27%) ISEB
7 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.71%) GDPR
2 3 (0.81%) QA
2 3 (0.81%) SLA
3 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.54%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.27%) GRC
4 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (11.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.08%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.98%) SCCM
2 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.27%) Grafana
3 1 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 179 (48.51%) Microsoft
2 56 (15.18%) ForeScout
3 6 (1.63%) VMware
4 5 (1.36%) IFS
4 5 (1.36%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.08%) Citrix
5 4 (1.08%) Oracle
6 3 (0.81%) Adobe
7 2 (0.54%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (0.54%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.54%) Google
7 2 (0.54%) Nintex
7 2 (0.54%) Pega
8 1 (0.27%) iManage
8 1 (0.27%) Infor
8 1 (0.27%) Intapp
8 1 (0.27%) Jaspersoft
8 1 (0.27%) Meraki
8 1 (0.27%) Siemens
8 1 (0.27%) Veeam