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 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 14 48
Rank change year-on-year -23 +34 -17
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 133 349 300
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 3.74% 13.82% 5.85%
As % of the General category 7.69% 19.01% 8.56%
Number of salaries quoted 66 87 177
10th Percentile £26,375 £25,900 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,084 £31,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% -10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £63,013 £60,000 £62,342
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 1,729 1,836 3,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.68% 72.68% 68.32%
Number of salaries quoted 768 733 1,271
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,100 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.96% -31.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64,250 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +8 65 £40,800 -23.02% 102
Edinburgh -27 38 £40,000 -20.71% 97
West Lothian - 7 £40,815 - 4
Stirling -11 5 £50,538 +59.17% 3
Midlothian +8 4 - - 91
Clackmannanshire - 3 - -
Lanarkshire +5 2 - - 90
Fife -9 2 £36,000 -36.00% 4
Moray - 2 £62,500 -
Falkirk 0 1 - -
Highlands -3 1 - - 7
North Lanarkshire -14 1 - - 5
Aberdeen -20 1 £50,000 +91.20% 8
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 (6.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.01%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.75%) Adobe XD
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 17 (12.78%) Azure
2 16 (12.03%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (7.52%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.26%) AWS
5 6 (4.51%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.26%) GCP
7 3 (2.26%) Google Analytics
7 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.50%) Collibra
8 2 (1.50%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (0.75%) Amazon Bedrock
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.75%) OCI
9 1 (0.75%) Serverless
9 1 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.77%) Broadband
2 9 (6.77%) VoIP
3 6 (4.51%) SAN
4 1 (0.75%) Firewall
4 1 (0.75%) Internet
4 1 (0.75%) Intranet
4 1 (0.75%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.75%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.52%) Tableau
2 6 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (4.51%) Power BI
3 4 (3.01%) Data Lake
3 4 (3.01%) Metadata
4 3 (2.26%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.26%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.75%) Big Data
5 1 (0.75%) Looker
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.01%) JIRA
2 3 (2.26%) ERwin
2 3 (2.26%) Git
3 2 (1.50%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.50%) Claude Code
3 2 (1.50%) JMeter
4 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.75%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.75%) GitLab
4 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.75%) Selenium
4 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.75%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (0.75%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.75%) Zephyr
General
1 86 (64.66%) Social Skills
2 49 (36.84%) Finance
3 21 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (9.77%) Public Sector
6 11 (8.27%) Games
6 11 (8.27%) Marketing
7 9 (6.77%) Aerospace
7 9 (6.77%) Law
7 9 (6.77%) Legal
8 7 (5.26%) Military
9 6 (4.51%) Banking
10 5 (3.76%) Financial Institution
10 5 (3.76%) Manufacturing
11 4 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (3.01%) Retail
12 3 (2.26%) Electronics
12 3 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.50%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (1.50%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 30 (22.56%) Analyst
2 17 (12.78%) Senior
3 16 (12.03%) IT Engineer
4 10 (7.52%) Business Analyst
4 10 (7.52%) IT Support
4 10 (7.52%) IT Support Engineer
4 10 (7.52%) Support Engineer
5 9 (6.77%) 1st Line Engineer
5 9 (6.77%) 1st Line Support
5 9 (6.77%) 1st Line Support Engineer
5 9 (6.77%) Lead
6 7 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (5.26%) Technical Specialist
7 6 (4.51%) Data Manager
7 6 (4.51%) Field Engineer
7 6 (4.51%) Field Service Engineer
7 6 (4.51%) Governance Manager
7 6 (4.51%) Head of QA
8 5 (3.76%) Engineering Manager
8 5 (3.76%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.50%) RESTful
2 1 (0.75%) .NET
2 1 (0.75%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.75%) Playwright
2 1 (0.75%) XML
2 1 (0.75%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (11.28%) Management Information System
3 12 (9.02%) AI Agents
3 12 (9.02%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (8.27%) Cyberattack
4 11 (8.27%) Product Ownership
5 10 (7.52%) Driving Licence
5 10 (7.52%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (6.02%) FPGA
7 6 (4.51%) Data Centre
7 6 (4.51%) Smartphone
7 6 (4.51%) Social Media
8 5 (3.76%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (3.01%) Analogue Electronics
10 2 (1.50%) Credit Risk
10 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.50%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.50%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.50%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.02%) Windows
2 9 (6.77%) Mac OS
2 9 (6.77%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.50%) Linux
4 1 (0.75%) AIX
4 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.75%) Solaris
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (27.82%) Analytics
2 37 (27.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (23.31%) Decision-Making
4 28 (21.05%) AI
4 28 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (18.05%) Collaborative Working
5 24 (18.05%) Customer Service
6 22 (16.54%) Agile
6 22 (16.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (13.53%) Risk Management
8 17 (12.78%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (12.03%) Data Analysis
9 16 (12.03%) Service Delivery
10 15 (11.28%) Information Security
11 14 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
11 14 (10.53%) ITIL
11 14 (10.53%) Validation
12 13 (9.77%) Design Patterns
12 13 (9.77%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.02%) Python
1 12 (9.02%) SQL
2 3 (2.26%) Java
3 2 (1.50%) C
3 2 (1.50%) C++
3 2 (1.50%) MATLAB
3 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.50%) R
4 1 (0.75%) Bash
4 1 (0.75%) C#
4 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.75%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.75%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.75%) XPath
Qualifications
1 26 (19.55%) Degree
2 18 (13.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (7.52%) Security Cleared
4 9 (6.77%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.77%) SC Cleared
5 8 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (5.26%) Chartered Engineer
7 6 (4.51%) A+ Certification
7 6 (4.51%) CCNA
7 6 (4.51%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (4.51%) IRCA
7 6 (4.51%) MCSE
7 6 (4.51%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (3.76%) CISSP
9 4 (3.01%) CISM
9 4 (3.01%) CRISC
10 3 (2.26%) CSPO
10 3 (2.26%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.50%) HND
11 2 (1.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (15.79%) GDPR
2 9 (6.77%) Accessibility
2 9 (6.77%) QA
3 8 (6.02%) Data Quality
4 6 (4.51%) ISO 9001
5 5 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (3.01%) COBIT
6 4 (3.01%) NIST
7 2 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.75%) GMP
8 1 (0.75%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.75%) NCSC
8 1 (0.75%) UCITS
System Software
1 14 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.02%) Firmware
3 2 (1.50%) Docker
3 2 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.75%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 2 (1.50%) Grafana
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.75%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle Flashback
2 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.51%) Dell
2 6 (4.51%) Google
3 5 (3.76%) Alteryx
4 2 (1.50%) Adobe
4 2 (1.50%) Databricks
4 2 (1.50%) Informatica
4 2 (1.50%) Oracle
4 2 (1.50%) VMware
5 1 (0.75%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.75%) IFS
5 1 (0.75%) Infor
5 1 (0.75%) Optimizely
5 1 (0.75%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.75%) SAP
5 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.75%) Siemens
5 1 (0.75%) Xilinx