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 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 7 73
Rank change year-on-year -23 +66 -35
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 158 288 332
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 4.71% 15.25% 5.24%
As % of the General category 9.80% 20.40% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 57 92 201
10th Percentile £26,650 £35,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,949 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,793 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.23% +17.32% -6.45%
75th Percentile £56,750 £69,210 £61,123
90th Percentile £75,500 £93,778 £68,750
UK median annual salary £53,150 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.36% +10.00% -8.99%

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 1,613 1,412 4,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.08% 74.75% 74.47%
Number of salaries quoted 662 678 1,562
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,444 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -11.80%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £95,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.48% -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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -24 69 £40,000 -27.27% 16
Glasgow -8 57 £40,400 -32.67% 12
Stirling -10 9 £54,500 +23.67% 1
North Lanarkshire -10 7 - - 1
Renfrewshire -7 3 - - 1
Lanarkshire +2 2 - - 8
East Ayrshire 0 2 £42,500 - 1
South Lanarkshire -9 2 - - 1
Ayrshire -1 1 - -
Fife -4 1 - - 3
North Ayrshire -5 1 - -
West Dunbartonshire -7 1 - -
Aberdeen -26 1 - - 2
Midlothian - 1 - - 12
West Lothian - 1 - - 5
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 4 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (11.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (7.59%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.63%) FIS Private Capital Suite
2 1 (0.63%) Infor CloudSuite
2 1 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (18.99%) Azure
2 18 (11.39%) Snowflake
3 15 (9.49%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (9.49%) GitHub
3 15 (9.49%) GitHub Copilot
4 14 (8.86%) dbt
5 12 (7.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (6.33%) Power Platform
7 8 (5.06%) AWS
7 8 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (3.80%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (3.16%) Amazon S3
9 5 (3.16%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.16%) SaaS
9 5 (3.16%) Serverless
10 4 (2.53%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.53%) AWS CodePipeline
10 4 (2.53%) AWS Step Functions
11 3 (1.90%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.06%) Telnet
2 6 (3.80%) SAN
3 4 (2.53%) Broadband
4 2 (1.27%) Firewall
5 1 (0.63%) LAN
5 1 (0.63%) Network Security
5 1 (0.63%) Wireless
5 1 (0.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.86%) Data Warehouse
1 14 (8.86%) Tableau
2 12 (7.59%) Data Mining
3 10 (6.33%) Power BI
4 9 (5.70%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (3.16%) Snowflake Schema
7 4 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.63%) IBM InfoSphere
10 1 (0.63%) Metadata
10 1 (0.63%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (12.03%) JIRA
2 5 (3.16%) ERwin
3 4 (2.53%) ER Studio
3 4 (2.53%) Git
4 1 (0.63%) GitLab
4 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 102 (64.56%) Social Skills
2 84 (53.16%) Finance
3 18 (11.39%) Legal
4 10 (6.33%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (6.33%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.06%) Banking
5 8 (5.06%) Front Office
6 7 (4.43%) Retail
7 5 (3.16%) Law
7 5 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.53%) Games
8 4 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.90%) Marketing
9 3 (1.90%) Private Banking
10 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.63%) Advertising
11 1 (0.63%) Billing
11 1 (0.63%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (27.85%) Analyst
2 21 (13.29%) Senior
3 20 (12.66%) Business Analyst
4 16 (10.13%) Innovation Manager
5 13 (8.23%) Data Analyst
6 12 (7.59%) Trainee
6 12 (7.59%) Trainee Analyst
6 12 (7.59%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 9 (5.70%) Applications Engineer
7 9 (5.70%) Senior Manager
8 8 (5.06%) Lead
8 8 (5.06%) Platform Specialist
9 7 (4.43%) Change Analyst
9 7 (4.43%) IT Engineer
9 7 (4.43%) IT Manager
10 6 (3.80%) Applications Support
10 6 (3.80%) Field Engineer
10 6 (3.80%) Field Service Engineer
10 6 (3.80%) Head of QA
10 6 (3.80%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.06%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (2.53%) REST
2 4 (2.53%) SOAP
3 1 (0.63%) CSS
3 1 (0.63%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.19%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (12.66%) Management Information System
3 15 (9.49%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.96%) Product Ownership
5 9 (5.70%) Equities
5 9 (5.70%) Fixed Income
5 9 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.80%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.80%) Smartphone
7 5 (3.16%) Low-Code
8 4 (2.53%) Social Media
9 3 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (1.27%) IoT
10 2 (1.27%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.27%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.63%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.49%) Windows
2 9 (5.70%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.16%) Linux
4 4 (2.53%) Unix
5 1 (0.63%) AIX
5 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.63%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (45.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 68 (43.04%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (38.61%) Analytics
4 52 (32.91%) Agile
5 47 (29.75%) Coaching
6 42 (26.58%) Asset Management
7 40 (25.32%) AI
8 35 (22.15%) Decision-Making
9 33 (20.89%) Data Analysis
10 28 (17.72%) Data Modelling
10 28 (17.72%) ITIL
10 28 (17.72%) Project Management
11 24 (15.19%) CI/CD
11 24 (15.19%) Customer Experience
11 24 (15.19%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 23 (14.56%) Business Analysis
12 23 (14.56%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (12.66%) DevOps
14 19 (12.03%) Critical Thinking
14 19 (12.03%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 43 (27.22%) SQL
2 25 (15.82%) Python
3 14 (8.86%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.53%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.63%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (14.56%) Degree
2 9 (5.70%) PMI Certification
3 8 (5.06%) PMP
4 7 (4.43%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.80%) A+ Certification
5 6 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.80%) CCNA
5 6 (3.80%) IRCA
5 6 (3.80%) MCSE
5 6 (3.80%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (3.16%) CISM
6 5 (3.16%) CISSP
7 4 (2.53%) CRISC
7 4 (2.53%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.27%) ACCA
8 2 (1.27%) CIMA
8 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.27%) MBA
8 2 (1.27%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.43%) Data Quality
1 7 (4.43%) GDPR
2 6 (3.80%) ISO 9001
2 6 (3.80%) QA
3 5 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.16%) NIST
4 4 (2.53%) COBIT
5 2 (1.27%) PMO
6 1 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (5.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.63%) Docker
3 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.63%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 4 (2.53%) Control-M
2 1 (0.63%) CASB
2 1 (0.63%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Flashback
2 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.06%) Charles River
3 7 (4.43%) Dell
3 7 (4.43%) Oracle
4 6 (3.80%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.16%) IBM
6 4 (2.53%) Ab Initio
6 4 (2.53%) Informatica
7 2 (1.27%) PayPal
7 2 (1.27%) VMware
8 1 (0.63%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.63%) Dataiku
8 1 (0.63%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.63%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.63%) FIS
8 1 (0.63%) Genesys
8 1 (0.63%) IFS
8 1 (0.63%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.63%) Workday
8 1 (0.63%) Xero