Analytical Skills Jobs 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 80 42
Rank change year-on-year +58 -38 +4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 296 321 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.70% 4.78% 6.75%
As % of the General category 14.71% 6.63% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 82 197 194
10th Percentile £30,673 £27,610 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,793 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.32% -10.00% +3.07%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,738 £68,750 £73,963
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.90% -0.21%

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 common skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,012 4,842 3,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 65.97% 72.12% 75.36%
Number of salaries quoted 948 1,532 1,656
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £32,851 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,958 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Scotland.

Salary trend for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 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 +38 178 £52,500 -13.93% 105
Glasgow +100 44 £60,500 +42.35% 115
Aberdeen +12 8 £40,000 -5.88% 29
Stirling +3 8 £44,067 -11.87% 3
North Lanarkshire +1 8 - - 11
East Ayrshire -23 8 £60,000 +103.39%
Fife -16 7 £60,000 +38.89% 1
Renfrewshire -16 6 - - 49
South Ayrshire -29 6 £60,000 -7.69% 1
Moray - 6 £60,000 -
South Lanarkshire - 4 - - 15
Dundee +4 2 £50,445 +0.91% 14
Falkirk -1 2 - - 2
West Dunbartonshire -2 2 - -
Lanarkshire -15 2 - - 21
Ayrshire - 2 - - 1
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £31,000 - 1
Analytical Skills
UK

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (5.07%) Oracle Application Server
2 3 (1.01%) Apache
2 3 (1.01%) SAS
3 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) CICS
4 1 (0.34%) CMS
4 1 (0.34%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (4.05%) Chatbot
2 9 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.68%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.68%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.34%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.70%) Infor LN
1 8 (2.70%) SAP BPC
2 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 36 (12.16%) AWS
2 17 (5.74%) Azure
3 14 (4.73%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.38%) GCP
5 7 (2.36%) SaaS
6 6 (2.03%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.35%) GitHub
8 4 (1.35%) IaaS
8 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (1.35%) PaaS
8 4 (1.35%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.68%) OCI
9 2 (0.68%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.01%) Firewall
1 3 (1.01%) FTP
2 2 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.34%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.34%) Intranet
3 1 (0.34%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.34%) Modbus
3 1 (0.34%) MQTT
3 1 (0.34%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.34%) SAN
3 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.45%) Tableau
2 17 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.07%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.07%) Oracle Reports
4 14 (4.73%) Power BI
5 6 (2.03%) DB2
6 5 (1.69%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.35%) Amazon QuickSight
7 4 (1.35%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.35%) MS Access
7 4 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.01%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.68%) Metadata
9 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.34%) Power Query
10 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.38%) Oracle Forms
2 7 (2.36%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.69%) JIRA
4 4 (1.35%) Git
5 3 (1.01%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.34%) GitLab
6 1 (0.34%) JUnit
6 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 161 (54.39%) Social Skills
2 125 (42.23%) Finance
3 48 (16.22%) Banking
4 30 (10.14%) Legal
5 29 (9.80%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (6.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.74%) Electronics
8 15 (5.07%) Military
9 13 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (3.38%) Marketing
11 9 (3.04%) Front Office
12 8 (2.70%) Police
13 7 (2.36%) Financial Institution
13 7 (2.36%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.69%) Retail
15 4 (1.35%) Law
16 2 (0.68%) Arabic Language
16 2 (0.68%) French Language
16 2 (0.68%) Mandarin Language
16 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 66 (22.30%) Analyst
2 62 (20.95%) Senior
3 34 (11.49%) Innovation Manager
4 25 (8.45%) Lead
5 24 (8.11%) Developer
6 16 (5.41%) Senior Electrical Engineer
7 14 (4.73%) Business Analyst
8 13 (4.39%) Risk Manager
9 12 (4.05%) Trainer
10 10 (3.38%) Data Manager
10 10 (3.38%) Java Developer
10 10 (3.38%) Senior Developer
11 9 (3.04%) Auditor
11 9 (3.04%) Credit Risk Manager
11 9 (3.04%) Data Analyst
11 9 (3.04%) Financial Analyst
11 9 (3.04%) Senior Auditor
12 8 (2.70%) Accountant
12 8 (2.70%) Senior Accountant
12 8 (2.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.72%) HTML
2 7 (2.36%) MFC
3 6 (2.03%) CSS
3 6 (2.03%) JSON
4 4 (1.35%) .NET
4 4 (1.35%) Middleware
5 3 (1.01%) PySpark
5 3 (1.01%) Spring
5 3 (1.01%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.68%) ADO
6 2 (0.68%) Hibernate
6 2 (0.68%) Node.js
6 2 (0.68%) React
6 2 (0.68%) REST
7 1 (0.34%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Cordova
7 1 (0.34%) CherryPy
7 1 (0.34%) Flask
7 1 (0.34%) Kafka
7 1 (0.34%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.43%) Credit Risk
2 18 (6.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (5.74%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.38%) Algorithms
5 9 (3.04%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.70%) Mainframe
6 8 (2.70%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.69%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.01%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.01%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.01%) iSeries
8 3 (1.01%) Market Risk
8 3 (1.01%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.68%) AS400
9 2 (0.68%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.68%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.68%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.68%) IoT
9 2 (0.68%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.68%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.72%) Windows
2 9 (3.04%) Linux
3 7 (2.36%) Unix
4 2 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
1 104 (35.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 91 (30.74%) Decision-Making
3 86 (29.05%) Analytics
4 68 (22.97%) Agile
5 67 (22.64%) Artificial Intelligence
6 59 (19.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (19.93%) Customer Experience
7 40 (13.51%) DevOps
8 39 (13.18%) Risk Management
9 35 (11.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 34 (11.49%) Business Intelligence
11 33 (11.15%) Data Management
12 31 (10.47%) Business Analysis
12 31 (10.47%) Coaching
13 26 (8.78%) Project Management
14 25 (8.45%) Customer Service
14 25 (8.45%) Data Modelling
15 23 (7.77%) ITIL
16 22 (7.43%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.85%) Python
1 41 (13.85%) SQL
2 19 (6.42%) Java
3 12 (4.05%) JavaScript
4 10 (3.38%) C++
5 6 (2.03%) C#
5 6 (2.03%) VBA
6 5 (1.69%) R
7 4 (1.35%) Bash
7 4 (1.35%) JCL
8 3 (1.01%) C
8 3 (1.01%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.01%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.68%) RPG
9 2 (0.68%) RPG IV
10 1 (0.34%) COBOL
10 1 (0.34%) Groovy
10 1 (0.34%) Perl
10 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.34%) REXX
Qualifications
1 65 (21.96%) Degree
2 41 (13.85%) Master's Degree
3 25 (8.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 25 (8.45%) PhD
4 15 (5.07%) DBS Check
5 12 (4.05%) ACCA
6 10 (3.38%) CIMA
7 5 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.35%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.01%) CBAP
9 3 (1.01%) CCA
9 3 (1.01%) CCNA
9 3 (1.01%) CISA
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.68%) CFA
10 2 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.68%) PMP
10 2 (0.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.41%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.38%) IFRS
3 9 (3.04%) QA
3 9 (3.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.70%) GAAP
5 3 (1.01%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.01%) GDPR
6 2 (0.68%) CRD IV
6 2 (0.68%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.68%) ITGC
6 2 (0.68%) SLA
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.34%) JTAG
7 1 (0.34%) PMO
7 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (1.01%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.34%) Firmware
2 1 (0.34%) RACF
Systems Management
1 4 (1.35%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.01%) CA Endevor
3 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (11.82%) Oracle
2 20 (6.76%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.05%) PayPal
4 11 (3.72%) SAP
5 8 (2.70%) Cognos
5 8 (2.70%) Infor
6 7 (2.36%) Avaloq
7 6 (2.03%) Google
7 6 (2.03%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.35%) Blue Prism
8 4 (1.35%) IBM
8 4 (1.35%) UiPath
9 3 (1.01%) Sybase
10 2 (0.68%) Cisco
10 2 (0.68%) F5
10 2 (0.68%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.68%) Genesys
10 2 (0.68%) Informatica
10 2 (0.68%) Verint
10 2 (0.68%) Workday