Analyst Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst salary in Scotland is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 184 300 268
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 6.78% 9.23% 11.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.28% 9.71% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 81 77 216
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,650 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -8.89% +11.74%
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £47,108
% change year-on-year -10.53% +0.83% -0.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,221 3,091 2,278
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.80% 95.14% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 1,551 1,831
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,000 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,410 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.55% -4.32% -

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025. 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 +2 132 £35,000 -17.65% 34
Glasgow -41 38 £40,000 +1.91% 27
West Lothian -5 3 - - 12
Lanarkshire - 2 £57,750 - 14
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £57,500 -
Aberdeen 0 1 - - 5
Stirling -2 1 £76,500 +80.00% 4
Renfrewshire -11 1 £45,000 -9.55% 9
Midlothian -13 1 - - 15
Highlands - 1 - - 3
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, 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 69 (37.50%) SQL
2 52 (28.26%) Agile
3 51 (27.72%) Asset Management
3 51 (27.72%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (27.17%) Azure
5 49 (26.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
7 43 (23.37%) Coaching
8 36 (19.57%) Oracle
8 36 (19.57%) Power BI
8 36 (19.57%) Power Platform
9 34 (18.48%) Microsoft
10 30 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (14.13%) Business Analysis
11 26 (14.13%) ERP
11 26 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
11 26 (14.13%) Microsoft Excel
11 26 (14.13%) Project Management
11 26 (14.13%) Tableau
12 24 (13.04%) Analytics
12 24 (13.04%) ITIL
12 24 (13.04%) Python
12 24 (13.04%) Roadmaps
13 23 (12.50%) Data Management
14 22 (11.96%) Data Analysis
14 22 (11.96%) DevOps
14 22 (11.96%) Oracle Forms
14 22 (11.96%) SAP
15 21 (11.41%) Degree
15 21 (11.41%) ETL

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 16 (8.70%) Confluence
2 10 (5.43%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.72%) SAS
4 2 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 26 (14.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.26%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (6.52%) Oracle Assets
1 12 (6.52%) Oracle Financials
1 12 (6.52%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (6.52%) Oracle Payables
1 12 (6.52%) Oracle Receivables
2 11 (5.98%) Oracle EBS
3 10 (5.43%) Oracle ERP
3 10 (5.43%) Workday HCM
4 6 (3.26%) Hyperion Planning
5 2 (1.09%) Elite 3E
5 2 (1.09%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.54%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.54%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 50 (27.17%) Azure
2 36 (19.57%) Power Platform
3 26 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (10.87%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (7.07%) Entra ID
6 12 (6.52%) Snowflake
7 11 (5.98%) PowerApps
8 10 (5.43%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (2.17%) OCI
9 4 (2.17%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.09%) SaaS
12 1 (0.54%) AWS
12 1 (0.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.54%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.80%) Broadband
2 4 (2.17%) Firewall
2 4 (2.17%) LAN
2 4 (2.17%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.17%) WAN
2 4 (2.17%) Wireless
2 4 (2.17%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.54%) FTP
3 1 (0.54%) Internet
3 1 (0.54%) Intranet
3 1 (0.54%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (19.57%) Power BI
2 26 (14.13%) Tableau
3 14 (7.61%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.80%) Data Mining
4 7 (3.80%) Metadata
5 6 (3.26%) Essbase
5 6 (3.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 6 (3.26%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.54%) MS Access
7 1 (0.54%) MySQL
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.54%) Power Query
7 1 (0.54%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 22 (11.96%) Oracle Forms
2 19 (10.33%) JIRA
3 4 (2.17%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.54%) Git
General
1 106 (57.61%) Finance
2 63 (34.24%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (30.98%) Social Skills
4 13 (7.07%) Marketing
4 13 (7.07%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (6.52%) Banking
5 12 (6.52%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.26%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.72%) Legal
7 5 (2.72%) Retail
8 4 (2.17%) Front Office
8 4 (2.17%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.63%) Law
9 3 (1.63%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.54%) Back Office
10 1 (0.54%) Billing
10 1 (0.54%) Local Government
10 1 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.09%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (0.54%) .NET
2 1 (0.54%) HTML
2 1 (0.54%) JSON
2 1 (0.54%) REST
2 1 (0.54%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.54%) SAP TM
2 1 (0.54%) SOAP
2 1 (0.54%) Web Services
2 1 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.48%) Product Ownership
2 15 (8.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.89%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.72%) CMDB
6 5 (2.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.17%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.17%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.09%) Social Media
10 1 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.54%) FMCG
10 1 (0.54%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (0.54%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.87%) Windows
2 4 (2.17%) Linux
2 4 (2.17%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.54%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (28.26%) Agile
2 51 (27.72%) Asset Management
2 51 (27.72%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (26.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 43 (23.37%) Coaching
6 30 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (14.13%) Business Analysis
7 26 (14.13%) ERP
7 26 (14.13%) Project Management
8 24 (13.04%) Analytics
8 24 (13.04%) ITIL
8 24 (13.04%) Roadmaps
9 23 (12.50%) Data Management
10 22 (11.96%) Data Analysis
10 22 (11.96%) DevOps
11 21 (11.41%) ETL
11 21 (11.41%) User Stories
12 20 (10.87%) Migration
13 17 (9.24%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 69 (37.50%) SQL
2 24 (13.04%) Python
3 11 (5.98%) PL/SQL
4 6 (3.26%) Groovy
5 5 (2.72%) R
6 3 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.09%) VBA
8 1 (0.54%) Java
8 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.54%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (11.41%) Degree
2 11 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.63%) CCA
4 2 (1.09%) CISSP
4 2 (1.09%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.09%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.09%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.54%) CBAP
5 1 (0.54%) CISA
5 1 (0.54%) CISM
5 1 (0.54%) CRISC
5 1 (0.54%) GCIA
5 1 (0.54%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.80%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.17%) COBIT
4 3 (1.63%) GAAP
4 3 (1.63%) IFRS
4 3 (1.63%) Solvency II
5 2 (1.09%) QA
5 2 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.54%) GDPR
6 1 (0.54%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.54%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.54%) ITGC
6 1 (0.54%) NIST
6 1 (0.54%) PMO
6 1 (0.54%) SEPA
6 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (5.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.54%) RACF
Systems Management
1 14 (7.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (19.57%) Oracle
2 34 (18.48%) Microsoft
3 22 (11.96%) SAP
4 11 (5.98%) Concur
5 10 (5.43%) Workday
6 9 (4.89%) Cisco
6 9 (4.89%) Meraki
7 6 (3.26%) Alteryx
7 6 (3.26%) Hyperion
8 4 (2.17%) Charles River
8 4 (2.17%) CheckPoint
8 4 (2.17%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.17%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.63%) ArcSight
9 3 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.63%) Teradata
10 2 (1.09%) Blue Prism
10 2 (1.09%) Pega
10 2 (1.09%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.54%) Qualys