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 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 14 20
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 209 318 276
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 7.55% 9.96% 11.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.72% 10.50% 11.89%
Number of salaries quoted 83 80 210
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,500 £27,225
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,711 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -9.53% +5.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £56,400 £60,125 £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 2,396 3,028 2,321
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.56% 94.80% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,197 1,466 1,788
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,175 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% +8.35% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,229 £82,548
UK median annual salary £54,855 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% -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 30 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 30 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 -3 138 £35,000 -17.65% 22
Glasgow -21 43 £45,000 +16.88% 21
Aberdeen 0 9 £35,000 +17.65% 6
Dundee +4 6 - - 5
East Lothian - 3 £30,000 -
Highlands - 3 - - 1
Stirling -2 2 £65,500 +54.12% 1
West Lothian -6 1 - - 1
Midlothian -12 1 - - 15
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £60,000 - 2
Lanarkshire - 1 £59,000 - 11
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 90 (43.06%) SQL
2 70 (33.49%) Azure
3 61 (29.19%) Asset Management
4 60 (28.71%) Business Intelligence
4 60 (28.71%) Microsoft
5 53 (25.36%) Coaching
6 52 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (23.92%) Agile
8 47 (22.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (21.53%) Oracle
9 45 (21.53%) Power Platform
10 44 (21.05%) Power BI
11 40 (19.14%) Microsoft Excel
12 39 (18.66%) Tableau
13 36 (17.22%) Python
14 35 (16.75%) ERP
15 33 (15.79%) Data Management
15 33 (15.79%) Roadmaps
16 32 (15.31%) Oracle Forms
17 30 (14.35%) Project Management
18 27 (12.92%) Business Analysis
18 27 (12.92%) Microsoft 365
19 26 (12.44%) Analytics
20 25 (11.96%) AI
20 25 (11.96%) Migration
21 24 (11.48%) Azure Certification
21 24 (11.48%) Data Analysis
21 24 (11.48%) Mentoring
22 23 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
23 22 (10.53%) Degree

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 (7.66%) Confluence
2 10 (4.78%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.91%) SAS
4 2 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.48%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 40 (19.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.26%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (10.53%) Oracle Assets
1 22 (10.53%) Oracle Financials
1 22 (10.53%) Oracle General Ledger
1 22 (10.53%) Oracle Payables
1 22 (10.53%) Oracle Receivables
2 15 (7.18%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (5.26%) Hyperion Planning
3 11 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (4.78%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.96%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.48%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.48%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 70 (33.49%) Azure
2 45 (21.53%) Power Platform
3 27 (12.92%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (6.22%) Entra ID
6 12 (5.74%) Azure AI
6 12 (5.74%) Snowflake
7 11 (5.26%) PowerApps
8 10 (4.78%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (1.91%) OCI
9 4 (1.91%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.96%) SaaS
11 1 (0.48%) AWS
11 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.48%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.39%) Broadband
2 4 (1.91%) Firewall
2 4 (1.91%) LAN
2 4 (1.91%) SD-WAN
2 4 (1.91%) WAN
2 4 (1.91%) Wireless
2 4 (1.91%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.48%) FTP
3 1 (0.48%) Intranet
3 1 (0.48%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (21.05%) Power BI
2 39 (18.66%) Tableau
3 12 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (5.26%) Essbase
4 11 (5.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 9 (4.31%) Data Mining
6 6 (2.87%) Metadata
7 4 (1.91%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.91%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.48%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.48%) MS Access
8 1 (0.48%) MySQL
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (15.31%) Oracle Forms
2 19 (9.09%) JIRA
3 3 (1.44%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.48%) Git
General
1 113 (54.07%) Finance
2 74 (35.41%) Social Skills
3 56 (26.79%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.22%) Marketing
5 11 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.87%) Financial Institution
6 6 (2.87%) Legal
7 5 (2.39%) Banking
7 5 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.91%) Front Office
8 4 (1.91%) Retail
8 4 (1.91%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.44%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.96%) Law
10 2 (0.96%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.48%) Back Office
11 1 (0.48%) Billing
11 1 (0.48%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.48%) .NET
1 1 (0.48%) HTML
1 1 (0.48%) JSON
1 1 (0.48%) REST
1 1 (0.48%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.48%) SAP TM
1 1 (0.48%) SOAP
1 1 (0.48%) Web Services
1 1 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.35%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (6.22%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.31%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.39%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.91%) CMDB
7 4 (1.91%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.91%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.96%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.48%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.48%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.48%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.70%) Windows
2 4 (1.91%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (29.19%) Asset Management
2 60 (28.71%) Business Intelligence
3 53 (25.36%) Coaching
4 52 (24.88%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (23.92%) Agile
6 47 (22.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (16.75%) ERP
8 33 (15.79%) Data Management
8 33 (15.79%) Roadmaps
9 30 (14.35%) Project Management
10 27 (12.92%) Business Analysis
11 26 (12.44%) Analytics
12 25 (11.96%) AI
12 25 (11.96%) Migration
13 24 (11.48%) Data Analysis
13 24 (11.48%) Mentoring
14 23 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (10.53%) Enterprise Data Management
15 22 (10.53%) Planning and Forecasting
16 20 (9.57%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 90 (43.06%) SQL
2 36 (17.22%) Python
3 11 (5.26%) Groovy
3 11 (5.26%) PL/SQL
4 3 (1.44%) R
5 2 (0.96%) VBA
6 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.48%) Java
6 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.48%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (11.48%) Azure Certification
2 22 (10.53%) Degree
3 12 (5.74%) CompTIA CySA+
3 12 (5.74%) CompTIA Security+
4 11 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.48%) CBAP
5 1 (0.48%) CISM
5 1 (0.48%) CISSP
5 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.48%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.83%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.87%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.91%) COBIT
4 3 (1.44%) GAAP
4 3 (1.44%) IFRS
4 3 (1.44%) SLA
4 3 (1.44%) Solvency II
5 2 (0.96%) QA
6 1 (0.48%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.48%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.48%) PMO
6 1 (0.48%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (6.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (28.71%) Microsoft
2 45 (21.53%) Oracle
3 22 (10.53%) SAP
4 12 (5.74%) ForeScout
5 11 (5.26%) Concur
5 11 (5.26%) Hyperion
6 10 (4.78%) Workday
7 9 (4.31%) Cisco
7 9 (4.31%) Meraki
8 5 (2.39%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.91%) Charles River
9 4 (1.91%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.91%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.91%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.44%) Teradata
11 2 (0.96%) Blue Prism
11 2 (0.96%) Databricks
11 2 (0.96%) Pega
12 1 (0.48%) iManage
12 1 (0.48%) Intapp