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 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 14 20
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 197 315 264
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 7.26% 9.61% 11.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.38% 10.11% 11.57%
Number of salaries quoted 88 79 211
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,700 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,423 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -10.17% +11.74%
75th Percentile £47,813 £52,375 £53,750
90th Percentile £56,975 £60,000 £63,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% - -

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 2,351 3,117 2,281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.66% 95.12% 96.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,132 1,541 1,794
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -

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 20 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 20 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 0 133 £35,000 -17.65% 33
Glasgow -34 43 £45,000 +18.42% 26
Aberdeen +1 3 - - 8
East Lothian - 3 £30,000 -
Highlands - 3 - - 1
Dundee +2 2 - - 6
Stirling -1 2 £65,500 +54.12% 1
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £57,500 -
West Lothian -5 1 - - 2
Midlothian -12 1 - - 17
Lanarkshire - 1 £59,000 - 16
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 78 (39.59%) SQL
2 56 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (27.92%) Asset Management
3 55 (27.92%) Azure
4 52 (26.40%) Agile
4 52 (26.40%) Business Intelligence
5 49 (24.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (23.86%) Coaching
7 46 (23.35%) Microsoft
8 40 (20.30%) Oracle
8 40 (20.30%) Power Platform
9 39 (19.80%) Power BI
10 34 (17.26%) Microsoft Excel
11 32 (16.24%) Tableau
12 30 (15.23%) ERP
12 30 (15.23%) Project Management
13 29 (14.72%) Business Analysis
13 29 (14.72%) Python
14 28 (14.21%) Roadmaps
15 27 (13.71%) Microsoft 365
15 27 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
16 26 (13.20%) Analytics
16 26 (13.20%) Data Management
16 26 (13.20%) Oracle Forms
17 24 (12.18%) Data Analysis
18 23 (11.68%) Degree
18 23 (11.68%) ITIL
18 23 (11.68%) Migration
19 22 (11.17%) DevOps
19 22 (11.17%) SAP

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 (8.12%) Confluence
2 10 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.54%) SAS
4 2 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.51%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.51%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 34 (17.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.06%) Oracle Smart View
3 3 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (8.12%) Oracle Assets
1 16 (8.12%) Oracle Financials
1 16 (8.12%) Oracle General Ledger
1 16 (8.12%) Oracle Payables
1 16 (8.12%) Oracle Receivables
2 12 (6.09%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (5.58%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (5.08%) Workday HCM
5 8 (4.06%) Hyperion Planning
6 2 (1.02%) Elite 3E
6 2 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.51%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.51%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 55 (27.92%) Azure
2 40 (20.30%) Power Platform
3 27 (13.71%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (10.15%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (6.60%) Entra ID
6 12 (6.09%) Snowflake
7 11 (5.58%) PowerApps
8 10 (5.08%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (2.03%) Azure AI
9 4 (2.03%) OCI
9 4 (2.03%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.02%) SaaS
11 1 (0.51%) AWS
11 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.51%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.54%) Broadband
2 4 (2.03%) Firewall
2 4 (2.03%) LAN
2 4 (2.03%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.03%) WAN
2 4 (2.03%) Wireless
2 4 (2.03%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.51%) FTP
3 1 (0.51%) Internet
3 1 (0.51%) Intranet
3 1 (0.51%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (19.80%) Power BI
2 32 (16.24%) Tableau
3 13 (6.60%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.57%) Data Mining
5 8 (4.06%) Essbase
5 8 (4.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 6 (3.05%) Metadata
7 5 (2.54%) SQL Server
8 4 (2.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.51%) MS Access
9 1 (0.51%) MySQL
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.51%) Power Query
9 1 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 26 (13.20%) Oracle Forms
2 19 (9.64%) JIRA
3 4 (2.03%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.51%) Git
General
1 110 (55.84%) Finance
2 62 (31.47%) Social Skills
3 61 (30.96%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.60%) Marketing
4 13 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (6.09%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.55%) Banking
7 6 (3.05%) Financial Institution
7 6 (3.05%) Legal
8 5 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.54%) Retail
9 4 (2.03%) Front Office
9 4 (2.03%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.52%) Law
10 3 (1.52%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.02%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.51%) Back Office
12 1 (0.51%) Billing
12 1 (0.51%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.02%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (0.51%) .NET
2 1 (0.51%) HTML
2 1 (0.51%) JSON
2 1 (0.51%) REST
2 1 (0.51%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.51%) SAP TM
2 1 (0.51%) SOAP
2 1 (0.51%) Web Services
2 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.24%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (6.60%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.57%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.54%) CMDB
6 5 (2.54%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.03%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.03%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.02%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.51%) FMCG
9 1 (0.51%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.51%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.51%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.11%) Windows
2 4 (2.03%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.51%) Linux
4 1 (0.51%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (27.92%) Asset Management
3 52 (26.40%) Agile
3 52 (26.40%) Business Intelligence
4 49 (24.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (23.86%) Coaching
6 30 (15.23%) ERP
6 30 (15.23%) Project Management
7 29 (14.72%) Business Analysis
8 28 (14.21%) Roadmaps
9 27 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (13.20%) Analytics
10 26 (13.20%) Data Management
11 24 (12.18%) Data Analysis
12 23 (11.68%) ITIL
12 23 (11.68%) Migration
13 22 (11.17%) DevOps
14 21 (10.66%) ETL
14 21 (10.66%) User Stories
15 18 (9.14%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (39.59%) SQL
2 29 (14.72%) Python
3 11 (5.58%) PL/SQL
4 8 (4.06%) Groovy
5 4 (2.03%) R
6 2 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.02%) VBA
7 1 (0.51%) Java
7 1 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (11.68%) Degree
2 11 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (4.06%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.03%) CompTIA CySA+
4 4 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.51%) CBAP
5 1 (0.51%) CCA
5 1 (0.51%) CISM
5 1 (0.51%) CISSP
5 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.51%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.06%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.03%) COBIT
4 3 (1.52%) GAAP
4 3 (1.52%) IFRS
4 3 (1.52%) SLA
4 3 (1.52%) Solvency II
5 2 (1.02%) QA
5 2 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.51%) PMO
6 1 (0.51%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (5.58%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.51%) RACF
Systems Management
1 14 (7.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 40 (20.30%) Oracle
3 22 (11.17%) SAP
4 11 (5.58%) Concur
5 10 (5.08%) Workday
6 9 (4.57%) Cisco
6 9 (4.57%) Meraki
7 8 (4.06%) Hyperion
8 6 (3.05%) Alteryx
9 4 (2.03%) Charles River
9 4 (2.03%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.03%) ForeScout
9 4 (2.03%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.03%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.52%) Teradata
11 2 (1.02%) Blue Prism
11 2 (1.02%) Pega
11 2 (1.02%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.51%) iManage