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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 85 42
Rank change year-on-year +63 -43 +6
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Skills 296 311 298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.94% 4.57% 6.62%
As % of the General category 14.55% 6.40% 8.83%
Number of salaries quoted 65 193 189
10th Percentile £25,020 £27,537 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,445 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.10% -8.16% +0.98%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,243 £68,750 £73,875
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 2,034 4,856 3,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 68.32% 71.29% 74.99%
Number of salaries quoted 908 1,544 1,606
10th Percentile £25,067 £27,500 £32,625
25th Percentile £32,851 £38,500 £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 £61,250 £65,575 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £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 28 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 28 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 +35 171 £50,445 -20.56% 99
Glasgow +89 51 £60,500 +42.35% 101
Stirling +3 9 £44,067 -11.87% 2
North Lanarkshire +1 8 - - 1
East Ayrshire -20 8 £60,000 +103.39%
Aberdeen +10 7 £40,000 -5.88% 20
Fife -15 7 £60,000 +38.89% 1
Renfrewshire -15 6 - - 44
South Ayrshire -26 6 £60,000 -7.69%
Moray - 6 £60,000 -
South Lanarkshire - 4 - -
Falkirk -1 3 - - 1
West Dunbartonshire -2 2 - -
Lanarkshire -11 2 - - 14
Ayrshire - 2 - -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
Dundee +6 1 £50,890 +1.80% 12
Midlothian - 1 - - 12
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £31,000 -
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%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.68%) Camunda
3 2 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.34%) CICS
4 1 (0.34%) CMS
4 1 (0.34%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (5.74%) Chatbot
2 9 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.01%) AutoCAD
5 3 (1.01%) 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 39 (13.18%) AWS
2 14 (4.73%) Azure
3 13 (4.39%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.70%) GCP
5 6 (2.03%) Power Automate
5 6 (2.03%) SaaS
6 5 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.35%) IaaS
7 4 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (1.35%) PaaS
7 4 (1.35%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.01%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.68%) GitHub
9 2 (0.68%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
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 26 (8.78%) Tableau
2 17 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.07%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.07%) Oracle Reports
4 13 (4.39%) Power BI
5 6 (2.03%) DB2
6 4 (1.35%) Amazon QuickSight
6 4 (1.35%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.01%) MS Access
7 3 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.68%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.68%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.68%) HBase
8 2 (0.68%) Metadata
8 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.70%) Oracle Forms
2 7 (2.36%) Visual Studio
3 6 (2.03%) Git
4 5 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.35%) Maven
6 3 (1.01%) JIRA
6 3 (1.01%) JUnit
7 2 (0.68%) Gradle
8 1 (0.34%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.34%) Subversion
8 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 158 (53.38%) Social Skills
2 122 (41.22%) Finance
3 40 (13.51%) Banking
4 29 (9.80%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (9.12%) Legal
6 22 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.74%) Electronics
8 15 (5.07%) Military
9 14 (4.73%) Marketing
10 13 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (3.38%) Front Office
11 10 (3.38%) Law
12 8 (2.70%) Police
13 7 (2.36%) Financial Institution
14 6 (2.03%) Public Sector
14 6 (2.03%) Retail
15 3 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.68%) Agriculture
16 2 (0.68%) Arabic Language
16 2 (0.68%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 71 (23.99%) Analyst
2 54 (18.24%) Senior
3 34 (11.49%) Innovation Manager
4 27 (9.12%) Developer
5 23 (7.77%) Lead
6 17 (5.74%) Trainer
7 16 (5.41%) Senior Electrical Engineer
8 14 (4.73%) Business Analyst
8 14 (4.73%) Software Engineer
9 13 (4.39%) Java Developer
10 12 (4.05%) Risk Manager
11 10 (3.38%) Senior Developer
12 9 (3.04%) Data Analyst
13 8 (2.70%) Auditor
13 8 (2.70%) Data Manager
13 8 (2.70%) Financial Analyst
13 8 (2.70%) Project Accountant
13 8 (2.70%) Senior Auditor
13 8 (2.70%) Senior Java Developer
13 8 (2.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.38%) HTML
2 9 (3.04%) Spring
3 7 (2.36%) MFC
4 6 (2.03%) JSON
4 6 (2.03%) REST
4 6 (2.03%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.35%) CSS
5 4 (1.35%) Middleware
6 3 (1.01%) .NET
6 3 (1.01%) Hibernate
6 3 (1.01%) React
7 2 (0.68%) ADO
7 2 (0.68%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.68%) JDBC
7 2 (0.68%) JPA
7 2 (0.68%) Kafka
7 2 (0.68%) Node.js
7 2 (0.68%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.68%) Swagger
7 2 (0.68%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.74%) Analytical Mindset
1 17 (5.74%) Credit Risk
2 16 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.38%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.04%) Algorithms
5 7 (2.36%) Mainframe
6 6 (2.03%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
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%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.68%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.68%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.72%) Windows
2 7 (2.36%) Linux
2 7 (2.36%) Unix
3 3 (1.01%) zOS
4 1 (0.34%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (35.47%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (35.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 85 (28.72%) Decision-Making
4 81 (27.36%) Analytics
5 73 (24.66%) Artificial Intelligence
6 72 (24.32%) Agile
7 60 (20.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (19.93%) Customer Experience
9 41 (13.85%) DevOps
10 38 (12.84%) Risk Management
11 33 (11.15%) Data Management
11 33 (11.15%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 31 (10.47%) Business Analysis
13 30 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
14 29 (9.80%) CI/CD
15 27 (9.12%) Coaching
16 26 (8.78%) Customer Service
16 26 (8.78%) Data Modelling
17 24 (8.11%) ITIL
18 23 (7.77%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.18%) Python
2 36 (12.16%) SQL
3 23 (7.77%) Java
4 11 (3.72%) JavaScript
5 10 (3.38%) C++
6 6 (2.03%) R
6 6 (2.03%) VBA
7 5 (1.69%) C#
8 3 (1.01%) C
8 3 (1.01%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.68%) Bash
9 2 (0.68%) JCL
9 2 (0.68%) RPG
9 2 (0.68%) RPG IV
10 1 (0.34%) Cypher
10 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.34%) Groovy
10 1 (0.34%) Perl
10 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.34%) REXX
Qualifications
1 70 (23.65%) Degree
2 44 (14.86%) Master's Degree
3 28 (9.46%) PhD
4 25 (8.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (5.07%) DBS Check
6 12 (4.05%) ACCA
7 10 (3.38%) CIMA
8 6 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.35%) CCA
9 4 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.35%) Security Cleared
10 3 (1.01%) CBAP
10 3 (1.01%) CCNA
10 3 (1.01%) CISA
11 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.68%) CFA
11 2 (0.68%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.68%) PMP
11 2 (0.68%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.34%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.41%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 8 (2.70%) GAAP
3 8 (2.70%) IFRS
3 8 (2.70%) QA
4 3 (1.01%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.01%) GDPR
5 2 (0.68%) ITGC
5 2 (0.68%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.34%) JTAG
6 1 (0.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.34%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (0.68%) Docker
1 2 (0.68%) HDFS
1 2 (0.68%) RACF
2 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.01%) Terraform
3 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 35 (11.82%) Oracle
2 22 (7.43%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.74%) PayPal
4 9 (3.04%) SAP
5 8 (2.70%) Cognos
5 8 (2.70%) Infor
6 7 (2.36%) Avaloq
6 7 (2.36%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.03%) Google
8 4 (1.35%) Blue Prism
8 4 (1.35%) IBM
8 4 (1.35%) UiPath
9 3 (1.01%) Databricks
9 3 (1.01%) Genesys
9 3 (1.01%) Sybase
9 3 (1.01%) Verint
10 2 (0.68%) Cisco
10 2 (0.68%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.68%) Informatica
10 2 (0.68%) SolarWinds