Analytics Jobs in Scotland

Analytics
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 55 31
Rank change year-on-year +13 -24 -6
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 207 368 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.33% 5.64% 7.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.16% 6.37% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 65 131 156
10th Percentile £25,313 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £46,903 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,055 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +12.83% +1.85%
75th Percentile £93,778 £73,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £88,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £61,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.50% -7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,891 5,773 3,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 88.46% 88.54% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,360 2,512 2,047
10th Percentile £28,950 £28,275 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,040 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,125 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Analytics in Scotland

Analytics
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytics in Scotland.

Salary trend for Analytics in Scotland

Analytics
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytics in Scotland

Analytics
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 July 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 +17 112 £83,738 +26.17% 153
Glasgow +25 57 £57,500 +4.55% 151
North Lanarkshire +2 8 - - 7
Renfrewshire -10 6 - - 6
South Lanarkshire - 4 - - 5
West Dunbartonshire - 3 £55,000 - 1
East Ayrshire - 3 £40,101 - 1
Lanarkshire -11 2 - - 18
Moray - 2 £40,101 -
North Ayrshire - 2 - - 1
Stirling - 2 - - 2
Ayrshire - 2 - - 3
Fife - 2 £45,050 - 6
South Ayrshire -27 1 £40,101 -38.31%
Analytics
UK

Analytics
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 (7.25%) Oracle Application Server
2 11 (5.31%) Umbraco
3 10 (4.83%) Apache
4 9 (4.35%) Apache Spark
5 6 (2.90%) CMS
6 5 (2.42%) SAS
7 3 (1.45%) Confluence
7 3 (1.45%) Drupal
8 2 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.45%) Adobe Premiere
1 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.45%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.48%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (20.77%) AWS
2 39 (18.84%) Azure
3 28 (13.53%) GCP
4 18 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 15 (7.25%) Snowflake
6 11 (5.31%) Google Analytics
7 8 (3.86%) Amazon SageMaker
7 8 (3.86%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (3.38%) Adobe Analytics
9 6 (2.90%) Serverless
10 5 (2.42%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.93%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.97%) AWS Step Functions
12 2 (0.97%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.97%) Collibra
12 2 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.97%) Firewall
1 2 (0.97%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.48%) 802.11
2 1 (0.48%) BGP
2 1 (0.48%) HSRP
2 1 (0.48%) IPsec
2 1 (0.48%) OSPF
2 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.48%) VPN
2 1 (0.48%) WAN
2 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 21 (10.14%) Big Data
3 18 (8.70%) Tableau
4 17 (8.21%) Power BI
5 15 (7.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 15 (7.25%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (5.31%) BigQuery
6 11 (5.31%) Relational Database
7 9 (4.35%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.90%) Data Lake
8 6 (2.90%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.93%) Apache Hive
10 4 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.93%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.93%) Impala
10 4 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.93%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.93%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 6 (2.90%) Git
1 6 (2.90%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.42%) Eclipse
2 5 (2.42%) Eclipse RCP
3 4 (1.93%) webpack
4 3 (1.45%) JIRA
5 2 (0.97%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.97%) ERwin
6 1 (0.48%) GitLab
General
1 102 (49.28%) Finance
2 83 (40.10%) Social Skills
3 76 (36.71%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (27.05%) Banking
5 21 (10.14%) Law
6 19 (9.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (8.70%) Marketing
8 16 (7.73%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (7.25%) Military
10 9 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (4.35%) Retail
11 4 (1.93%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.93%) Legal
11 4 (1.93%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.93%) Publishing
12 3 (1.45%) Advertising
12 3 (1.45%) Private Banking
12 3 (1.45%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.97%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (15.46%) Innovation Manager
1 32 (15.46%) Senior
2 31 (14.98%) Lead
3 29 (14.01%) Software Engineer
4 27 (13.04%) Analyst
5 20 (9.66%) Architect
6 16 (7.73%) Data Analyst
7 15 (7.25%) Senior Manager
8 14 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (5.80%) Data Manager
10 11 (5.31%) Lead Architect
10 11 (5.31%) Lead Solutions Architect
11 10 (4.83%) Java Engineer
11 10 (4.83%) Java Software Engineer
12 9 (4.35%) Analytics Manager
12 9 (4.35%) Python Engineer
13 8 (3.86%) Lead Software Engineer
13 8 (3.86%) Python Software Engineer
13 8 (3.86%) Senior Software Engineer
14 7 (3.38%) Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.63%) React
2 18 (8.70%) CSS
3 17 (8.21%) OAuth
3 17 (8.21%) OpenID
3 17 (8.21%) SAML
4 11 (5.31%) Ajax
4 11 (5.31%) jQuery
5 9 (4.35%) Kafka
6 8 (3.86%) HTML
7 7 (3.38%) RESTful
8 6 (2.90%) OAuth2
9 5 (2.42%) JSP
9 5 (2.42%) Middleware
9 5 (2.42%) PySpark
10 4 (1.93%) Enzyme
10 4 (1.93%) Hibernate
10 4 (1.93%) Jest
10 4 (1.93%) SOAP
10 4 (1.93%) Spring
10 4 (1.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.76%) Cloud Native
2 5 (2.42%) Algorithms
2 5 (2.42%) Public Cloud
3 4 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (1.93%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.45%) Blog
4 3 (1.45%) Social Media
5 2 (0.97%) Credit Risk
5 2 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.97%) Private Cloud
5 2 (0.97%) Replication
6 1 (0.48%) FMCG
6 1 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.48%) IoT
6 1 (0.48%) Life Science
6 1 (0.48%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.48%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.48%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.42%) Linux
1 5 (2.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (32.85%) Customer Experience
2 64 (30.92%) Decision-Making
3 60 (28.99%) Agile
4 57 (27.54%) Artificial Intelligence
5 51 (24.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (24.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 46 (22.22%) Data Analytics
8 40 (19.32%) Data Management
9 35 (16.91%) Visualisation
10 34 (16.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 32 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
12 31 (14.98%) Software Engineering
13 30 (14.49%) Business Intelligence
14 28 (13.53%) DevOps
15 27 (13.04%) Data Modelling
16 25 (12.08%) Data Science
17 24 (11.59%) ETL
18 22 (10.63%) Data Integration
19 20 (9.66%) Mathematics
19 20 (9.66%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.64%) SQL
2 36 (17.39%) Python
3 20 (9.66%) JavaScript
4 16 (7.73%) Java
5 6 (2.90%) Go
5 6 (2.90%) R
6 5 (2.42%) Ada
6 5 (2.42%) C#
6 5 (2.42%) Rust
7 2 (0.97%) Bicep
8 1 (0.48%) Bash
8 1 (0.48%) C++
8 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.48%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (12.08%) Degree
2 15 (7.25%) DBS Check
3 5 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (2.42%) CISA
4 2 (0.97%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.97%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.97%) PMP
5 1 (0.48%) CCNA
5 1 (0.48%) CCNP
5 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.48%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.21%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.42%) Actionable Recommendations
2 5 (2.42%) QA
3 4 (1.93%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.93%) GDPR
3 4 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.97%) NIST
5 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.48%) ITGC
5 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (5.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Firmware
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (7.25%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.31%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.45%) Terraform
4 1 (0.48%) Ansible
4 1 (0.48%) Grafana
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (14.01%) Oracle
2 24 (11.59%) Microsoft
3 20 (9.66%) Google
4 9 (4.35%) Adobe
5 6 (2.90%) Databricks
5 6 (2.90%) Facebook
6 4 (1.93%) Tealium
7 3 (1.45%) Genesys
7 3 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.45%) Verint
8 2 (0.97%) Charles River
8 2 (0.97%) Informatica
9 1 (0.48%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.48%) Cisco
9 1 (0.48%) Maxymiser
9 1 (0.48%) Medallia
9 1 (0.48%) SAP
9 1 (0.48%) VMware