Analyst Job Trends in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst salary in Scotland is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 33 44
Rank change year-on-year +26 +11 -30
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 333 181 307
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 9.16% 7.16% 6.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.87% 8.59% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 163 79 107
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,200 £26,050
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £30,169
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +14.29% -9.41%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,500 £50,300
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,850 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.17%

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 3,375 2,107 4,795
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 83.31% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,843 921 2,265
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,036 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 25 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 25 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 +48 117 £50,000 +17.65% 28
Edinburgh 0 96 £55,000 +27.17% 22
Aberdeen +3 33 £60,000 -20.00% 5
Dundee - 20 - - 1
Lanarkshire +19 11 £24,000 -57.52% 22
West Lothian +10 11 £43,750 -9.79% 3
Fife - 9 £37,000 - 2
North Lanarkshire +5 7 £28,500 -
South Lanarkshire - 7 £33,000 - 2
Clackmannanshire - 5 - -
Stirling 0 4 £49,288 +8.00% 2
Midlothian +8 3 - - 15
Moray - 3 £31,500 -
Argyll and Bute - 3 £30,000 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £23,500 -
East Lothian - 1 - -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 135 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 115 (34.53%) Azure
3 80 (24.02%) Azure Certification
4 61 (18.32%) Cybersecurity
5 58 (17.42%) AI
5 58 (17.42%) SQL
6 47 (14.11%) Microsoft Excel
7 46 (13.81%) Business Intelligence
7 46 (13.81%) Mentoring
8 45 (13.51%) Python
9 42 (12.61%) Tableau
10 41 (12.31%) Power BI
10 41 (12.31%) Power Platform
11 40 (12.01%) Azure AI
11 40 (12.01%) CompTIA CySA+
11 40 (12.01%) CompTIA Security+
11 40 (12.01%) ForeScout
12 39 (11.71%) Active Directory
13 35 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
15 32 (9.61%) Continuous Improvement
15 32 (9.61%) Windows
16 28 (8.41%) Data Analysis
17 27 (8.11%) Decision-Making
18 25 (7.51%) Entra ID
19 20 (6.01%) Agile
19 20 (6.01%) Business Analysis
20 19 (5.71%) ERP
20 19 (5.71%) SharePoint
21 17 (5.11%) 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 19 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.90%) Confluence
4 2 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 47 (14.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.70%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (2.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.30%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.30%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 115 (34.53%) Azure
2 41 (12.31%) Power Platform
3 40 (12.01%) Azure AI
4 34 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (7.51%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.60%) OneDrive
7 10 (3.00%) SaaS
8 3 (0.90%) GCP
9 2 (0.60%) AWS
9 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.30%) Adobe Analytics
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.30%) Figma
10 1 (0.30%) iPaaS
10 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.30%) Miro
10 1 (0.30%) PaaS
10 1 (0.30%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.80%) Broadband
2 8 (2.40%) VPN
3 5 (1.50%) DNS
4 4 (1.20%) DHCP
4 4 (1.20%) Firewall
5 1 (0.30%) Gigabit Ethernet
5 1 (0.30%) Internet
5 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.30%) LAN
5 1 (0.30%) Network Security
5 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.30%) WAN
5 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (12.61%) Tableau
2 41 (12.31%) Power BI
3 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.30%) GIS
4 1 (0.30%) Looker
Development Applications
1 11 (3.30%) JIRA
2 2 (0.60%) Git
3 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.30%) JMeter
General
1 138 (41.44%) Social Skills
2 39 (11.71%) Finance
3 29 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (2.70%) Games
5 7 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (1.50%) Legal
6 5 (1.50%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (1.20%) Retail
8 3 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.90%) Law
8 3 (0.90%) Marketing
9 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.30%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.30%) Back Office
10 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.60%) .NET
2 1 (0.30%) RESTful
2 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.60%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (2.70%) AI Agents
2 9 (2.70%) Cyberattack
3 8 (2.40%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.80%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.50%) Social Media
6 3 (0.90%) Driving Licence
6 3 (0.90%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.60%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.60%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.60%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.30%) AS400
8 1 (0.30%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.30%) Derivative
8 1 (0.30%) Equities
8 1 (0.30%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.30%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.30%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.61%) Windows
2 15 (4.50%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.90%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.10%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.60%) Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (18.32%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (17.42%) AI
3 46 (13.81%) Business Intelligence
3 46 (13.81%) Mentoring
4 35 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (9.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (8.41%) Data Analysis
7 27 (8.11%) Decision-Making
8 20 (6.01%) Agile
8 20 (6.01%) Business Analysis
9 19 (5.71%) ERP
10 17 (5.11%) Customer Service
10 17 (5.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (4.80%) Project Delivery
11 16 (4.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (4.20%) Workshop Facilitation
13 13 (3.90%) Information Security
13 13 (3.90%) ITIL
13 13 (3.90%) Line Management
14 12 (3.60%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 58 (17.42%) SQL
2 45 (13.51%) Python
3 11 (3.30%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.20%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.60%) C#
5 2 (0.60%) RPG
6 1 (0.30%) Java
6 1 (0.30%) R
6 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (24.02%) Azure Certification
2 40 (12.01%) CompTIA CySA+
2 40 (12.01%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (3.30%) Degree
4 5 (1.50%) AAT
5 4 (1.20%) HND
5 4 (1.20%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.60%) CSPO
6 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.30%) ISEB
7 1 (0.30%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.00%) GDPR
2 3 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.90%) NIST
2 3 (0.90%) QA
3 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.60%) GRC
4 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (0.30%) NCSC
4 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.20%) Hyper-V
2 4 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (2.70%) SCCM
2 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.30%) Grafana
3 1 (0.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 135 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 40 (12.01%) ForeScout
3 7 (2.10%) Google
4 6 (1.80%) VMware
5 5 (1.50%) IFS
6 4 (1.20%) Citrix
7 3 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.90%) YouTube
8 2 (0.60%) Adobe
8 2 (0.60%) Cisco
8 2 (0.60%) Pega
9 1 (0.30%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.30%) IBM
9 1 (0.30%) Jaspersoft
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle
9 1 (0.30%) Qualys
9 1 (0.30%) SAP
9 1 (0.30%) Siemens
9 1 (0.30%) Splunk
9 1 (0.30%) Veeam