Analyst Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst salary in Scotland is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 31 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 -18 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 192 320 322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.52% 7.42% 12.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.19% 7.67% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 83 97 254
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,900 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,100 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +5.54%
75th Percentile £49,375 £51,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,750 £60,000 £61,016
UK median annual salary £44,226 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -1.72% -4.26% -1.05%

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 2,089 4,173 2,529
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.79% 96.73% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 883 1,910 2,015
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,541 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Analyst 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +10 140 £39,000 -10.86% 39
Glasgow +10 32 £41,250 +3.13% 29
Renfrewshire -5 4 £45,000 +5.88% 7
Lanarkshire -7 3 £56,500 - 20
West Lothian -11 3 - - 4
Aberdeen +5 2 £75,000 +167.86% 8
West Dunbartonshire -3 2 £57,500 -
Stirling -4 1 £76,500 +135.38% 1
Midlothian -10 1 - - 18
Analyst
UK

Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Analyst in the job title.

1 100 (52.08%) Finance
2 66 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (32.81%) Social Skills
4 62 (32.29%) SQL
5 51 (26.56%) Agile
6 46 (23.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (22.40%) Business Intelligence
9 41 (21.35%) Azure
10 39 (20.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (19.27%) Asset Management
12 35 (18.23%) Coaching
13 34 (17.71%) Power BI
13 34 (17.71%) Power Platform
14 31 (16.15%) Oracle
15 29 (15.10%) Microsoft
16 27 (14.06%) Tableau
16 27 (14.06%) Product Ownership
17 25 (13.02%) ITIL
18 24 (12.50%) Python
19 23 (11.98%) Business Analysis
19 23 (11.98%) Analytics
20 22 (11.46%) ERP
20 22 (11.46%) Migration
21 21 (10.94%) Windows
21 21 (10.94%) Data Analysis
21 21 (10.94%) Customer Service
22 20 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
22 20 (10.42%) Artificial Intelligence
22 20 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel

Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (7.81%) Confluence
2 8 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.13%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (5.73%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (4.17%) Oracle Assets
2 8 (4.17%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (4.17%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (4.17%) Oracle General Ledger
2 8 (4.17%) Oracle Payables
2 8 (4.17%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (3.13%) Workday HCM
4 4 (2.08%) Hyperion Planning
5 2 (1.04%) Elite 3E
5 2 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.52%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.52%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 41 (21.35%) Azure
2 34 (17.71%) Power Platform
3 20 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (7.29%) Snowflake
6 11 (5.73%) PowerApps
7 7 (3.65%) AWS
7 7 (3.65%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (2.08%) OCI
10 3 (1.56%) SaaS
11 2 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.04%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.04%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.52%) GCP
12 1 (0.52%) Google Docs
12 1 (0.52%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.52%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.65%) Broadband
2 5 (2.60%) Firewall
3 4 (2.08%) LAN
3 4 (2.08%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.08%) WAN
3 4 (2.08%) Wireless
3 4 (2.08%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.52%) FTP
4 1 (0.52%) Internet
4 1 (0.52%) Intranet
4 1 (0.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (17.71%) Power BI
2 27 (14.06%) Tableau
3 12 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.60%) Metadata
5 4 (2.08%) Data Mining
5 4 (2.08%) Essbase
5 4 (2.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (2.08%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.04%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.52%) MS Access
7 1 (0.52%) MySQL
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.52%) Power Query
7 1 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (8.85%) JIRA
2 14 (7.29%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (2.08%) ER Studio
General
1 100 (52.08%) Finance
2 66 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (32.81%) Social Skills
4 16 (8.33%) Banking
5 15 (7.81%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (7.29%) Marketing
7 12 (6.25%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.60%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.60%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.56%) Automotive
11 3 (1.56%) Front Office
11 3 (1.56%) Law
12 2 (1.04%) Legal
12 2 (1.04%) Retail
13 1 (0.52%) Back Office
13 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.56%) JSON
2 2 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.52%) HTML
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.52%) REST
3 1 (0.52%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.52%) SAP TM
3 1 (0.52%) SOAP
3 1 (0.52%) Web Services
3 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.06%) Product Ownership
2 16 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.21%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.08%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.08%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.56%) CMDB
8 3 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (1.04%) Social Media
10 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.52%) FMCG
10 1 (0.52%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (0.52%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.94%) Windows
2 10 (5.21%) Linux
3 2 (1.04%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.52%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (26.56%) Agile
2 46 (23.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 44 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (22.40%) Business Intelligence
5 39 (20.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (19.27%) Asset Management
7 35 (18.23%) Coaching
8 25 (13.02%) ITIL
9 23 (11.98%) Analytics
9 23 (11.98%) Business Analysis
10 22 (11.46%) ERP
10 22 (11.46%) Migration
11 21 (10.94%) Customer Service
11 21 (10.94%) Data Analysis
12 20 (10.42%) Artificial Intelligence
12 20 (10.42%) ETL
13 19 (9.90%) Data Management
13 19 (9.90%) DevOps
13 19 (9.90%) User Stories
14 18 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 62 (32.29%) SQL
2 24 (12.50%) Python
3 11 (5.73%) PL/SQL
4 9 (4.69%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (3.65%) R
6 4 (2.08%) Groovy
7 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (5.21%) Degree
3 7 (3.65%) DV Cleared
3 7 (3.65%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.65%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.56%) CCA
5 2 (1.04%) CBAP
6 1 (0.52%) ACCA
6 1 (0.52%) CFA
6 1 (0.52%) CISA
6 1 (0.52%) CISSP
6 1 (0.52%) CRISC
6 1 (0.52%) GCIA
6 1 (0.52%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.69%) Accessibility
1 9 (4.69%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.56%) GAAP
3 3 (1.56%) IFRS
3 3 (1.56%) ISO 20022
3 3 (1.56%) QA
3 3 (1.56%) SEPA
3 3 (1.56%) Solvency II
4 2 (1.04%) COBIT
4 2 (1.04%) ITGC
5 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.52%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.52%) NIST
5 1 (0.52%) PMO
5 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.52%) RACF
Systems Management
1 10 (5.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (16.15%) Oracle
2 29 (15.10%) Microsoft
3 18 (9.38%) SAP
4 11 (5.73%) Concur
5 9 (4.69%) Cisco
5 9 (4.69%) Meraki
6 6 (3.13%) ArcSight
6 6 (3.13%) Workday
7 5 (2.60%) Alteryx
8 4 (2.08%) CheckPoint
8 4 (2.08%) Hyperion
8 4 (2.08%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.08%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.56%) Genesys
9 3 (1.56%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.56%) Verint
10 2 (1.04%) Charles River
10 2 (1.04%) Sage
10 2 (1.04%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.04%) Teradata