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 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 42
Rank change year-on-year +3 +29 -13
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 342 340 202
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 12.41% 12.29% 7.54%
As % of the General category 21.58% 18.19% 9.85%
Number of salaries quoted 93 125 139
10th Percentile £27,350 £32,150 £37,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £39,250 £43,312
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £60,000 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year -44.17% +6.54% +19.83%
75th Percentile £48,000 £79,648 £65,000
90th Percentile £62,250 £95,000 £88,387
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,684
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.97% +3.06%

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 1,585 1,869 2,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 57.51% 67.57% 76.53%
Number of salaries quoted 694 792 1,361
10th Percentile £25,684 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

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 21 December 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 21 December 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 -14 125 £40,000 -39.10% 9
Glasgow +6 71 £45,000 -16.73% 11
North Lanarkshire - 29 £31,750 - 1
Renfrewshire +5 21 £31,750 -29.44% 1
Stirling - 14 £31,750 - 1
South Lanarkshire +2 12 - - 1
Lanarkshire +11 11 £27,500 - 10
Dundee +2 10 £33,500 -25.56%
East Ayrshire - 7 £42,500 -
Perth and Kinross - 7 £33,500 -
West Dunbartonshire - 7 £60,000 -
Ayrshire - 6 - -
North Ayrshire - 6 - -
Aberdeen -9 5 £26,150 -58.16% 5
Fife +3 3 £50,000 +17.65%
Inverclyde - 3 £31,750 -
Highlands -10 1 £52,500 +72.13%
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 (4.09%) Confluence
2 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 32 (9.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (7.89%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.46%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.17%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.92%) Oracle Payables
1 10 (2.92%) Oracle Receivables
1 10 (2.92%) Workday HCM
2 8 (2.34%) Oracle Assets
2 8 (2.34%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (2.34%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (2.34%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (1.17%) Hyperion Planning
3 4 (1.17%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (17.25%) Azure
2 43 (12.57%) Snowflake
3 40 (11.70%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (8.48%) Power Platform
5 26 (7.60%) GitHub
5 26 (7.60%) GitHub Copilot
6 23 (6.73%) dbt
7 14 (4.09%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (2.92%) SuccessFactors
9 9 (2.63%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.17%) OCI
11 3 (0.88%) AWS
12 2 (0.58%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.58%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.58%) SaaS
12 2 (0.58%) Serverless
13 1 (0.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.26%) LAN
2 17 (4.97%) VoIP
2 17 (4.97%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (2.34%) Telnet
4 4 (1.17%) SAN
5 1 (0.29%) Broadband
5 1 (0.29%) Firewall
5 1 (0.29%) Intranet
5 1 (0.29%) Network Security
5 1 (0.29%) Wireless
5 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.36%) Data Warehouse
2 29 (8.48%) Power BI
3 26 (7.60%) Tableau
4 14 (4.09%) Snowflake Schema
5 11 (3.22%) Data Mining
6 4 (1.17%) Essbase
6 4 (1.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (1.17%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.88%) Metadata
8 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.29%) Power Query
9 1 (0.29%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (12.57%) JIRA
2 18 (5.26%) Oracle Forms
3 12 (3.51%) ER Studio
3 12 (3.51%) ERwin
4 1 (0.29%) Git
General
1 209 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 131 (38.30%) Finance
3 20 (5.85%) Marketing
4 18 (5.26%) Legal
5 11 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (2.92%) Law
7 9 (2.63%) Banking
7 9 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.34%) Front Office
8 8 (2.34%) Retail
9 7 (2.05%) Advertising
9 7 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.75%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.46%) Private Banking
12 3 (0.88%) Billing
13 2 (0.58%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.29%) Electronics
14 1 (0.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 96 (28.07%) Innovation Manager
2 60 (17.54%) Analyst
3 32 (9.36%) Senior
3 32 (9.36%) Trainee
4 27 (7.89%) Trainer
5 23 (6.73%) IT Support
6 21 (6.14%) Graduate
7 17 (4.97%) IT Assistant
7 17 (4.97%) IT Support Assistant
7 17 (4.97%) Support Assistant
8 15 (4.39%) Data Analyst
9 13 (3.80%) Business Analyst
10 12 (3.51%) Data Modeller
11 11 (3.22%) Applications Engineer
11 11 (3.22%) Trainee Analyst
11 11 (3.22%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 10 (2.92%) Applications Support
12 10 (2.92%) Lead
12 10 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (2.34%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.34%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.29%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.29%) REST
2 1 (0.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.19%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (7.60%) Product Ownership
3 25 (7.31%) Analytical Mindset
4 24 (7.02%) Cloud Native
5 16 (4.68%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.63%) Equities
6 9 (2.63%) Fixed Income
7 8 (2.34%) Low-Code
7 8 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.46%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.17%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.17%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.88%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.58%) Life Science
11 2 (0.58%) PMI
11 2 (0.58%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.58%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.29%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.09%) Windows
2 8 (2.34%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.58%) Linux
4 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (49.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 168 (49.12%) AI
3 142 (41.52%) Analytics
4 121 (35.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 120 (35.09%) Decision-Making
6 117 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (30.12%) Customer Experience
8 99 (28.95%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 93 (27.19%) Asset Management
10 83 (24.27%) Agile
10 83 (24.27%) Coaching
11 48 (14.04%) Critical Thinking
11 48 (14.04%) Emotional Intelligence
12 44 (12.87%) DevOps
13 39 (11.40%) Business Intelligence
13 39 (11.40%) Data Modelling
14 33 (9.65%) Migration
15 32 (9.36%) CI/CD
15 32 (9.36%) Sprint Planning
15 32 (9.36%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 75 (21.93%) SQL
2 42 (12.28%) Python
3 13 (3.80%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.17%) Groovy
5 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.29%) Java
6 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.29%) Scala
6 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 84 (24.56%) Degree
2 49 (14.33%) Master's Degree
3 27 (7.89%) PhD
4 6 (1.75%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.46%) PMP
6 4 (1.17%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.17%) CCNA
6 4 (1.17%) MCSE
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.58%) ACCA
8 2 (0.58%) CEH
8 2 (0.58%) CIMA
8 2 (0.58%) CISM
8 2 (0.58%) CISSP
8 2 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.29%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 5 (1.46%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.88%) PMO
4 2 (0.58%) NIST
4 2 (0.58%) PERC
5 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.29%) GRC
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.29%) QA
5 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (1.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
1 1 (0.29%) Control-M
1 1 (0.29%) QRadar
1 1 (0.29%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 27 (7.89%) PayPal
2 26 (7.60%) Microsoft
3 22 (6.43%) Oracle
4 11 (3.22%) SAP
5 10 (2.92%) Workday
6 8 (2.34%) Charles River
6 8 (2.34%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.75%) Alteryx
8 5 (1.46%) Cisco
8 5 (1.46%) Dell
8 5 (1.46%) Infor
9 4 (1.17%) Ab Initio
9 4 (1.17%) Hyperion
9 4 (1.17%) IBM
10 3 (0.88%) Teradata
11 1 (0.29%) Apple
11 1 (0.29%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.29%) Genesys
11 1 (0.29%) Informatica
11 1 (0.29%) Sage