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 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 29 42
Rank change year-on-year +19 +13 -28
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 310 187 306
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 8.46% 7.40% 6.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.16% 8.84% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 152 83 102
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,800 £25,525
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,628
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,000 £38,866
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +13.21% -8.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,125 £50,225
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £44,655 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.77% -0.77% -3.23%

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 3,385 2,115 4,590
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 83.66% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,863 924 2,145
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 1 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 1 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 +44 112 £52,500 +23.53% 45
Edinburgh -3 84 £55,000 +27.17% 43
Aberdeen +3 29 £60,000 -20.00% 5
Dundee - 18 - - 4
Lanarkshire +17 11 £24,000 -57.52% 39
West Lothian +9 11 £43,750 -9.79% 1
Fife - 9 £37,000 - 3
North Lanarkshire +2 7 £28,500 - 1
South Lanarkshire - 7 £33,000 - 1
Clackmannanshire - 5 - -
Stirling +1 4 £42,250 -7.42% 4
Midlothian +8 3 - - 34
Moray - 3 £31,500 -
Argyll and Bute - 3 £30,000 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £23,500 -
East Lothian - 1 - - 1
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 123 (39.68%) Microsoft
2 105 (33.87%) Azure
3 72 (23.23%) Azure Certification
4 58 (18.71%) Cybersecurity
5 55 (17.74%) AI
5 55 (17.74%) SQL
6 43 (13.87%) Business Intelligence
6 43 (13.87%) Microsoft Excel
7 42 (13.55%) Mentoring
7 42 (13.55%) Python
8 39 (12.58%) Active Directory
9 38 (12.26%) Power BI
9 38 (12.26%) Power Platform
9 38 (12.26%) Tableau
10 36 (11.61%) Azure AI
10 36 (11.61%) CompTIA CySA+
10 36 (11.61%) CompTIA Security+
10 36 (11.61%) ForeScout
11 34 (10.97%) Microsoft 365
11 34 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
12 32 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (10.32%) Windows
13 30 (9.68%) Data Analysis
14 27 (8.71%) Decision-Making
15 25 (8.06%) Entra ID
16 20 (6.45%) Agile
17 19 (6.13%) Business Analysis
17 19 (6.13%) SharePoint
18 18 (5.81%) ERP
19 17 (5.48%) 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 19 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.97%) Confluence
4 2 (0.65%) IIS
Applications
1 43 (13.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.58%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.32%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (2.58%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.32%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 105 (33.87%) Azure
2 38 (12.26%) Power Platform
3 36 (11.61%) Azure AI
4 34 (10.97%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (8.06%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.87%) OneDrive
7 10 (3.23%) SaaS
8 3 (0.97%) GCP
9 2 (0.65%) AWS
9 2 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.32%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.32%) Figma
10 1 (0.32%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.32%) IaaS
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.32%) Miro
10 1 (0.32%) PaaS
10 1 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.84%) Broadband
2 8 (2.58%) VPN
3 5 (1.61%) DNS
4 4 (1.29%) DHCP
4 4 (1.29%) Firewall
5 1 (0.32%) Gigabit Ethernet
5 1 (0.32%) Internet
5 1 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.32%) LAN
5 1 (0.32%) Network Security
5 1 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.32%) WAN
5 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (12.26%) Power BI
1 38 (12.26%) Tableau
2 2 (0.65%) Data Mining
2 2 (0.65%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.32%) GIS
3 1 (0.32%) Looker
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (3.55%) JIRA
2 2 (0.65%) Git
3 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.32%) JMeter
General
1 129 (41.61%) Social Skills
2 36 (11.61%) Finance
3 30 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (2.90%) Games
5 6 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (1.61%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.29%) Legal
7 4 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (1.29%) Retail
8 3 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.97%) Law
8 3 (0.97%) Marketing
9 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.32%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.32%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.65%) .NET
2 1 (0.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.55%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (2.90%) AI Agents
2 9 (2.90%) Cyberattack
3 8 (2.58%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.94%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.61%) Social Media
6 3 (0.97%) Driving Licence
6 3 (0.97%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.65%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.65%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.32%) AS400
8 1 (0.32%) Clustering
8 1 (0.32%) Derivative
8 1 (0.32%) Equities
8 1 (0.32%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.32%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.32%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.32%) Windows
2 15 (4.84%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.19%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.26%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.65%) Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (18.71%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (17.74%) AI
3 43 (13.87%) Business Intelligence
4 42 (13.55%) Mentoring
5 34 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (9.68%) Data Analysis
8 27 (8.71%) Decision-Making
9 20 (6.45%) Agile
10 19 (6.13%) Business Analysis
11 18 (5.81%) ERP
12 17 (5.48%) Customer Service
12 17 (5.48%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (5.16%) Project Delivery
14 14 (4.52%) Information Security
14 14 (4.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (4.52%) Workshop Facilitation
15 13 (4.19%) ITIL
15 13 (4.19%) Line Management
16 12 (3.87%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 55 (17.74%) SQL
2 42 (13.55%) Python
3 11 (3.55%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.29%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.65%) C#
5 2 (0.65%) RPG
6 1 (0.32%) Java
6 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.32%) R
6 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 72 (23.23%) Azure Certification
2 36 (11.61%) CompTIA CySA+
2 36 (11.61%) CompTIA Security+
3 12 (3.87%) Degree
4 5 (1.61%) AAT
4 5 (1.61%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.29%) HND
6 2 (0.65%) CSPO
6 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.65%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.32%) ISEB
7 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.23%) GDPR
2 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.97%) NIST
2 3 (0.97%) QA
3 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.65%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.65%) GRC
4 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.32%) NCSC
4 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (12.58%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.29%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (2.90%) SCCM
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.32%) Grafana
3 1 (0.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 123 (39.68%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.61%) ForeScout
3 7 (2.26%) Google
4 6 (1.94%) VMware
5 5 (1.61%) IFS
6 4 (1.29%) Citrix
6 4 (1.29%) YouTube
7 3 (0.97%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.65%) Adobe
8 2 (0.65%) Cisco
8 2 (0.65%) Pega
9 1 (0.32%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.32%) IBM
9 1 (0.32%) Jaspersoft
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle
9 1 (0.32%) Qualys
9 1 (0.32%) SAP
9 1 (0.32%) Siemens
9 1 (0.32%) Splunk
9 1 (0.32%) Veeam