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 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 12 38
Rank change year-on-year -23 +26 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 134 346 287
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.44% 13.65% 6.42%
As % of the General category 7.32% 19.15% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 62 79 145
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,075 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,084 £31,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £39,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.10% -22.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,013 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,497 £72,750 £70,625
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £53,522
% change year-on-year - -1.91% -2.69%

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 1,830 1,807 2,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 46.95% 71.31% 64.48%
Number of salaries quoted 831 714 1,031
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £31,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £33,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -34.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £55,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £81,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -8.33%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -4 56 £44,000 -16.98% 150
Edinburgh -24 39 £43,335 +0.78% 140
West Lothian - 8 £40,815 - 8
Clackmannanshire - 5 - -
Midlothian +6 4 - - 106
Stirling -10 4 £51,250 +61.42% 6
Fife -9 3 £36,000 -36.00% 10
Aberdeen -18 3 £47,500 +81.64% 17
Lanarkshire +3 2 - - 99
South Lanarkshire -14 2 - - 1
Moray - 2 £62,500 -
Falkirk 0 1 - - 1
Highlands -4 1 - - 2
Renfrewshire -10 1 - - 8
North Lanarkshire -14 1 - - 3
East Lothian - 1 - - 1
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 9 (6.72%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.49%) Confluence
3 1 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.75%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.75%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.75%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (0.75%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.43%) Azure
2 15 (11.19%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.72%) Entra ID
4 8 (5.97%) AWS
5 7 (5.22%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.24%) GCP
8 3 (2.24%) Google Analytics
8 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.49%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.49%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (1.49%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.49%) Collibra
9 2 (1.49%) Serverless
9 2 (1.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.70%) Broadband
2 9 (6.72%) VoIP
3 4 (2.99%) SAN
4 2 (1.49%) Firewall
5 1 (0.75%) ATM
5 1 (0.75%) BGP
5 1 (0.75%) DHCP
5 1 (0.75%) DNS
5 1 (0.75%) Internet
5 1 (0.75%) Intranet
5 1 (0.75%) IPsec
5 1 (0.75%) Network Security
5 1 (0.75%) OSPF
5 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.75%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.75%) VPN
5 1 (0.75%) WAN
5 1 (0.75%) WebEx
5 1 (0.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.97%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (5.22%) Data Lake
2 7 (5.22%) Power BI
2 7 (5.22%) Tableau
3 4 (2.99%) Metadata
4 3 (2.24%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (2.24%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.49%) Parquet
5 2 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.75%) Big Data
6 1 (0.75%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.75%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.75%) Looker
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.48%) Git
2 5 (3.73%) JIRA
3 3 (2.24%) ERwin
4 2 (1.49%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.49%) Claude Code
4 2 (1.49%) JMeter
5 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.75%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.75%) Selenium
5 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.75%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (0.75%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.75%) Zephyr
General
1 78 (58.21%) Social Skills
2 42 (31.34%) Finance
3 21 (15.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (8.96%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.21%) Games
5 11 (8.21%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (7.46%) Aerospace
6 10 (7.46%) Marketing
7 9 (6.72%) Law
8 7 (5.22%) Legal
8 7 (5.22%) Manufacturing
8 7 (5.22%) Military
9 6 (4.48%) Electronics
10 5 (3.73%) Banking
10 5 (3.73%) Financial Institution
10 5 (3.73%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.99%) Retail
12 2 (1.49%) Front Office
13 1 (0.75%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (21.64%) Analyst
2 15 (11.19%) Senior
3 14 (10.45%) IT Engineer
4 10 (7.46%) IT Support
4 10 (7.46%) IT Support Engineer
4 10 (7.46%) Lead
4 10 (7.46%) Support Engineer
5 9 (6.72%) 1st Line Engineer
5 9 (6.72%) 1st Line Support
5 9 (6.72%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 8 (5.97%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.22%) Technical Specialist
8 6 (4.48%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.48%) Data Manager
8 6 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.73%) Electronics Engineer
9 5 (3.73%) Engineering Manager
9 5 (3.73%) Risk Manager
9 5 (3.73%) Technical Leader
9 5 (3.73%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.24%) PySpark
2 2 (1.49%) Apache Avro
2 2 (1.49%) JSON
2 2 (1.49%) RESTful
3 1 (0.75%) .NET
3 1 (0.75%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.75%) Playwright
3 1 (0.75%) XML
3 1 (0.75%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.70%) Management Information System
2 12 (8.96%) AI Agents
2 12 (8.96%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (8.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (8.21%) Cyberattack
3 11 (8.21%) Product Ownership
4 10 (7.46%) Driving Licence
4 10 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (5.97%) FPGA
6 6 (4.48%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (4.48%) Social Media
7 5 (3.73%) Analogue Electronics
8 4 (2.99%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.99%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.99%) Smartphone
9 2 (1.49%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.49%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.49%) Life Science
9 2 (1.49%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.49%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.21%) Windows
2 9 (6.72%) Mac OS
2 9 (6.72%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.49%) Linux
4 1 (0.75%) AIX
4 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.75%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (53.73%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (27.61%) Analytics
2 37 (27.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (23.88%) Decision-Making
4 30 (22.39%) AI
5 28 (20.90%) Agile
6 27 (20.15%) Cybersecurity
7 25 (18.66%) Collaborative Working
8 22 (16.42%) Customer Service
8 22 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (13.43%) Validation
10 17 (12.69%) Risk Management
11 16 (11.94%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (10.45%) Data Analysis
12 14 (10.45%) Design Patterns
12 14 (10.45%) Information Security
12 14 (10.45%) ITIL
13 13 (9.70%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (9.70%) User Experience
14 12 (8.96%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.19%) SQL
2 13 (9.70%) Python
3 5 (3.73%) Java
4 2 (1.49%) C
4 2 (1.49%) C++
4 2 (1.49%) MATLAB
4 2 (1.49%) R
5 1 (0.75%) Bash
5 1 (0.75%) C#
5 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.75%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.75%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.75%) XPath
Qualifications
1 30 (22.39%) Degree
2 16 (11.94%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (11.94%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.96%) SC Cleared
4 10 (7.46%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.22%) Chartered Engineer
6 5 (3.73%) HND
6 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.99%) A+ Certification
7 4 (2.99%) CCNA
7 4 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.99%) MCSE
7 4 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (2.24%) CISSP
8 3 (2.24%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.49%) ACCA
9 2 (1.49%) CIMA
9 2 (1.49%) CISM
9 2 (1.49%) IRCA
9 2 (1.49%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (12.69%) GDPR
2 12 (8.96%) Data Quality
3 11 (8.21%) Accessibility
4 6 (4.48%) QA
5 3 (2.24%) ISO 9001
5 3 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.49%) COBIT
6 2 (1.49%) NIST
7 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.75%) GAAP
7 1 (0.75%) GMP
7 1 (0.75%) IFRS
7 1 (0.75%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.75%) JTAG
7 1 (0.75%) NCSC
7 1 (0.75%) UCITS
System Software
1 13 (9.70%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.72%) Firmware
3 2 (1.49%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.75%) Docker
4 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.75%) VirtualBox
4 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.49%) Grafana
2 1 (0.75%) Ansible
2 1 (0.75%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.75%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 28 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.97%) Google
3 5 (3.73%) Alteryx
4 4 (2.99%) Dell
5 3 (2.24%) Databricks
5 3 (2.24%) YouTube
6 2 (1.49%) Adobe
6 2 (1.49%) Informatica
6 2 (1.49%) Oracle
7 1 (0.75%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.75%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.75%) Infor
7 1 (0.75%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.75%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.75%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.75%) SAP
7 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.75%) Siemens
7 1 (0.75%) VMware
7 1 (0.75%) Xilinx