Analytical Skills Job Trends in Scotland

Analytical Skills
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 10 48
Rank change year-on-year -2 +38 -10
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 314 334 223
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 11.49% 12.67% 7.29%
As % of the General category 20.00% 18.57% 9.70%
Number of salaries quoted 67 118 142
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £32,218
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,563 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,372 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -33.74% +12.32% +13.16%
75th Percentile £54,125 £79,648 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,500 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,425
% change year-on-year -9.09% -0.77% +0.77%

All General Skills
Scotland

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,570 1,799 2,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 57.43% 68.22% 75.15%
Number of salaries quoted 651 734 1,377
10th Percentile £25,684 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £31,871
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -9.19%
75th Percentile £54,855 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £84,056
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.44%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Analytical Skills.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Edinburgh -16 121 £40,000 -39.73% 21
Glasgow +8 65 £45,000 -14.51% 28
North Lanarkshire - 26 - - 3
Renfrewshire +2 18 - - 3
South Lanarkshire +1 12 - - 2
Lanarkshire +10 10 £27,500 - 11
Dundee +3 10 £33,500 -31.28% 2
Stirling - 8 £54,500 - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 7 £60,000 -
Perth and Kinross - 7 £33,500 - 1
East Ayrshire - 7 £42,500 - 1
North Ayrshire - 6 - -
Ayrshire - 6 - -
Aberdeen -11 5 £26,150 -59.77% 19
Fife +1 2 - - 4
Highlands -9 1 £52,500 +72.13% 1
Midlothian - 1 - - 6
Analytical Skills
UK

Analytical Skills
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 14 (4.46%) Confluence
2 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 29 (9.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (7.96%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.18%) Oracle Payables
1 10 (3.18%) Oracle Receivables
1 10 (3.18%) Workday HCM
2 8 (2.55%) Oracle Assets
2 8 (2.55%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.55%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (2.55%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (1.27%) Hyperion Planning
3 4 (1.27%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 58 (18.47%) Azure
2 43 (13.69%) Snowflake
3 39 (12.42%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (8.92%) Power Platform
5 26 (8.28%) GitHub
5 26 (8.28%) GitHub Copilot
6 23 (7.32%) dbt
7 13 (4.14%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (3.18%) SuccessFactors
9 9 (2.87%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.59%) AWS
11 4 (1.27%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.27%) OCI
11 4 (1.27%) SaaS
11 4 (1.27%) Serverless
12 3 (0.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.96%) AWS CodePipeline
12 3 (0.96%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.73%) LAN
2 17 (5.41%) VoIP
2 17 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (2.55%) Telnet
4 4 (1.27%) SAN
5 1 (0.32%) Broadband
5 1 (0.32%) Firewall
5 1 (0.32%) Intranet
5 1 (0.32%) Network Security
5 1 (0.32%) Wireless
5 1 (0.32%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.87%) Data Warehouse
2 28 (8.92%) Power BI
3 27 (8.60%) Tableau
4 14 (4.46%) Snowflake Schema
5 12 (3.82%) Data Mining
6 6 (1.91%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.27%) Essbase
7 4 (1.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.96%) Metadata
8 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.32%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 43 (13.69%) JIRA
2 18 (5.73%) Oracle Forms
3 12 (3.82%) ER Studio
3 12 (3.82%) ERwin
4 3 (0.96%) Git
General
1 186 (59.24%) Social Skills
2 129 (41.08%) Finance
3 18 (5.73%) Legal
3 18 (5.73%) Marketing
4 10 (3.18%) Law
4 10 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (2.87%) Banking
6 8 (2.55%) Front Office
6 8 (2.55%) Retail
7 7 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.91%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.59%) Advertising
9 5 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.59%) Private Banking
10 3 (0.96%) Billing
10 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.64%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 96 (30.57%) Innovation Manager
2 62 (19.75%) Analyst
3 31 (9.87%) Senior
4 25 (7.96%) Trainer
5 22 (7.01%) IT Support
6 17 (5.41%) IT Assistant
6 17 (5.41%) IT Support Assistant
6 17 (5.41%) Support Assistant
7 16 (5.10%) Data Analyst
8 14 (4.46%) Business Analyst
9 12 (3.82%) Data Modeller
9 12 (3.82%) Trainee
9 12 (3.82%) Trainee Analyst
9 12 (3.82%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 11 (3.50%) Applications Engineer
11 10 (3.18%) Applications Support
11 10 (3.18%) Lead
11 10 (3.18%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (2.55%) Oracle Analyst
12 8 (2.55%) Platform Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.55%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (0.96%) REST
2 3 (0.96%) SOAP
3 1 (0.32%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.92%) Product Ownership
1 28 (8.92%) Self-Motivation
2 27 (8.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 24 (7.64%) Cloud Native
4 16 (5.10%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.87%) Equities
5 9 (2.87%) Fixed Income
6 8 (2.55%) Low-Code
6 8 (2.55%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.27%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.27%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.96%) Digital Media
8 3 (0.96%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.64%) Life Science
9 2 (0.64%) PMI
9 2 (0.64%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.64%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.46%) Windows
2 8 (2.55%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.27%) Linux
4 3 (0.96%) Unix
5 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (54.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 166 (52.87%) AI
3 142 (45.22%) Analytics
4 120 (38.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 117 (37.26%) Decision-Making
6 101 (32.17%) Customer Experience
7 99 (31.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 94 (29.94%) Asset Management
9 91 (28.98%) Problem-Solving
10 85 (27.07%) Agile
11 83 (26.43%) Coaching
12 48 (15.29%) Critical Thinking
12 48 (15.29%) Emotional Intelligence
13 43 (13.69%) DevOps
14 41 (13.06%) Data Modelling
15 35 (11.15%) Business Intelligence
16 33 (10.51%) CI/CD
16 33 (10.51%) Migration
17 32 (10.19%) Sprint Planning
17 32 (10.19%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 76 (24.20%) SQL
2 42 (13.38%) Python
3 13 (4.14%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.27%) Groovy
5 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (19.75%) Degree
2 26 (8.28%) Master's Degree
3 25 (7.96%) PhD
4 8 (2.55%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.23%) PMP
6 5 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.27%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.27%) CCNA
7 4 (1.27%) MCSE
7 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.64%) CEH
9 2 (0.64%) CISM
9 2 (0.64%) CISSP
9 2 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.32%) CSSLP
10 1 (0.32%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.32%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.55%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.23%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.64%) NIST
3 2 (0.64%) PERC
3 2 (0.64%) PMO
4 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.32%) GRC
4 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.32%) QA
4 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.96%) Control-M
2 1 (0.32%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 1 (0.32%) QRadar
2 1 (0.32%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 25 (7.96%) PayPal
2 24 (7.64%) Oracle
3 23 (7.32%) Microsoft
4 10 (3.18%) SAP
4 10 (3.18%) Workday
5 8 (2.55%) Charles River
5 8 (2.55%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.91%) Alteryx
7 5 (1.59%) Cisco
7 5 (1.59%) Dell
7 5 (1.59%) Infor
8 4 (1.27%) Ab Initio
8 4 (1.27%) Hyperion
8 4 (1.27%) IBM
9 3 (0.96%) Informatica
9 3 (0.96%) Teradata
10 1 (0.32%) Apple
10 1 (0.32%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.32%) Genesys
10 1 (0.32%) Sage