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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 32 49
Rank change year-on-year +25 +17 -33
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 367 176 312
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 10.47% 6.90% 5.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.18% 8.37% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 168 80 117
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,225 £26,150
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year - +16.88% -9.41%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -0.21%

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 3,283 2,104 5,060
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 82.45% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,780 929 2,325
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,929 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,140 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% - -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 11 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 11 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
Glasgow +49 120 £50,000 +17.65% 27
Edinburgh +2 117 £51,250 +17.31% 21
Aberdeen +4 41 £60,000 -20.00% 5
Dundee - 26 - - 2
Lanarkshire +18 11 £24,000 -57.52% 23
West Lothian +11 10 £50,000 +3.09% 1
Fife - 9 £37,000 - 1
North Lanarkshire +5 8 £28,500 -
Stirling 0 4 £50,538 +10.74% 1
South Lanarkshire - 4 £33,000 - 2
Midlothian +10 3 - - 17
Moray - 3 £31,500 -
Argyll and Bute - 3 £30,000 -
West Dunbartonshire +2 2 - - 1
Clackmannanshire - 2 - -
East Lothian - 1 - -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £23,500 -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 170 (46.32%) Microsoft
2 147 (40.05%) Azure
3 104 (28.34%) Azure Certification
4 77 (20.98%) SQL
5 73 (19.89%) Cybersecurity
6 67 (18.26%) AI
7 62 (16.89%) Microsoft Excel
8 60 (16.35%) Business Intelligence
8 60 (16.35%) Python
9 58 (15.80%) Mentoring
10 57 (15.53%) Tableau
11 55 (14.99%) Power BI
11 55 (14.99%) Power Platform
12 52 (14.17%) Azure AI
12 52 (14.17%) CompTIA CySA+
12 52 (14.17%) CompTIA Security+
12 52 (14.17%) ForeScout
13 42 (11.44%) Active Directory
14 40 (10.90%) Microsoft 365
15 37 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (9.54%) Windows
17 26 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (7.08%) Decision-Making
17 26 (7.08%) Entra ID
18 25 (6.81%) Data Analysis
19 24 (6.54%) Business Analysis
20 23 (6.27%) SharePoint
21 21 (5.72%) Agile
21 21 (5.72%) ERP
22 20 (5.45%) 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 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.82%) Confluence
4 2 (0.54%) IIS
Applications
1 62 (16.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.45%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.82%) 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 (2.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.82%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 147 (40.05%) Azure
2 55 (14.99%) Power Platform
3 52 (14.17%) Azure AI
4 40 (10.90%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (7.08%) Entra ID
6 15 (4.09%) OneDrive
7 9 (2.45%) SaaS
8 4 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.82%) Boomi
9 3 (0.82%) GCP
9 3 (0.82%) iPaaS
9 3 (0.82%) Workato
10 2 (0.54%) AWS
10 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.27%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.27%) Figma
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.27%) Miro
11 1 (0.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.18%) Broadband
2 9 (2.45%) VPN
3 6 (1.63%) DNS
4 5 (1.36%) DHCP
4 5 (1.36%) Firewall
5 2 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) Gigabit Ethernet
6 1 (0.27%) LAN
6 1 (0.27%) Network Security
6 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.27%) WAN
6 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (15.53%) Tableau
2 55 (14.99%) Power BI
3 4 (1.09%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.54%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.27%) GIS
5 1 (0.27%) Looker
Development Applications
1 11 (3.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.54%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.27%) JMeter
General
1 161 (43.87%) Social Skills
2 53 (14.44%) Finance
3 31 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (2.72%) Games
5 9 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (1.63%) Legal
6 6 (1.63%) Retail
7 5 (1.36%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.36%) Public Sector
8 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.82%) Law
8 3 (0.82%) Marketing
9 2 (0.54%) Billing
9 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.27%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.27%) Back Office
10 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.09%) .NET
2 3 (0.82%) Web Services
3 1 (0.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.81%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (2.45%) AI Agents
2 9 (2.45%) Cyberattack
3 8 (2.18%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.18%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.63%) Social Media
5 4 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.82%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.54%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.54%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.54%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.27%) AS400
8 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.27%) Equities
8 1 (0.27%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.27%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.54%) Windows
2 15 (4.09%) Mac OS
2 15 (4.09%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.18%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.54%) Linux
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (19.89%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (18.26%) AI
3 60 (16.35%) Business Intelligence
4 58 (15.80%) Mentoring
5 37 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (7.08%) Decision-Making
7 25 (6.81%) Data Analysis
8 24 (6.54%) Business Analysis
9 21 (5.72%) Agile
9 21 (5.72%) ERP
10 20 (5.45%) Customer Service
11 17 (4.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (3.81%) ITIL
12 14 (3.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (3.54%) Project Delivery
13 13 (3.54%) Service Delivery
13 13 (3.54%) Workshop Facilitation
14 12 (3.27%) Data Loss Prevention
14 12 (3.27%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 77 (20.98%) SQL
2 60 (16.35%) Python
3 11 (3.00%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.09%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.82%) Java
6 2 (0.54%) C#
6 2 (0.54%) RPG
7 1 (0.27%) R
7 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 104 (28.34%) Azure Certification
2 52 (14.17%) CompTIA CySA+
2 52 (14.17%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (2.72%) Degree
4 5 (1.36%) AAT
5 3 (0.82%) HND
5 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.82%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.54%) CSPO
6 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.27%) ISEB
7 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.72%) GDPR
2 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.82%) NIST
2 3 (0.82%) SLA
3 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.54%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.54%) GRC
3 2 (0.54%) QA
4 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 42 (11.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.09%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.00%) 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
1 170 (46.32%) Microsoft
2 52 (14.17%) ForeScout
3 6 (1.63%) VMware
4 5 (1.36%) IFS
4 5 (1.36%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.09%) Adobe
5 4 (1.09%) Citrix
5 4 (1.09%) Google
6 3 (0.82%) Oracle
7 2 (0.54%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (0.54%) Cisco
7 2 (0.54%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.54%) Nintex
7 2 (0.54%) Pega
8 1 (0.27%) iManage
8 1 (0.27%) Intapp
8 1 (0.27%) Meraki
8 1 (0.27%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.27%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.27%) Rapid7