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

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 54 47
Rank change year-on-year +24 -7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 228 438 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 7.68% 6.53% 5.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.27% 7.06% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 91 122 139
10th Percentile £25,313 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,604 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £60,249 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -13.69% +1.21% +8.23%
75th Percentile £93,778 £73,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £96,539 £78,286
UK median annual salary £65,000 £59,300 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.61% -8.77% -

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 2,758 6,204 4,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.89% 92.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,356 2,420 2,209
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,375 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,471 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,958 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 13 May 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 13 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 +13 124 £77,606 +19.39% 90
Glasgow +48 39 £53,750 -6.52% 56
Renfrewshire -2 24 £52,000 +59.79% 27
Inverclyde - 12 £52,000 -
North Lanarkshire +2 8 - -
South Lanarkshire - 4 - - 1
East Ayrshire - 3 £40,101 -
Lanarkshire -14 2 - - 9
West Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Moray - 2 £40,101 -
North Ayrshire - 2 - -
Stirling - 2 - - 1
Ayrshire - 2 - - 2
South Ayrshire -33 1 £40,101 -38.31%
Fife - 1 £40,101 - 1
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 (6.58%) Oracle Application Server
2 11 (4.82%) Umbraco
3 10 (4.39%) SAS
4 7 (3.07%) CMS
5 6 (2.63%) Apache
6 3 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (1.32%) Confluence
6 3 (1.32%) Drupal
7 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.44%) Mule
7 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 35 (15.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Adobe Premiere
2 3 (1.32%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.44%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.44%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (12.28%) Azure
2 21 (9.21%) AWS
3 19 (8.33%) GCP
4 17 (7.46%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.82%) Google Analytics
6 8 (3.51%) Snowflake
7 7 (3.07%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (2.63%) Amazon SageMaker
9 5 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.32%) Azure Stack
10 3 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.32%) GitHub
11 2 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.88%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.88%) Contentsquare
11 2 (0.88%) dbt
11 2 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
12 1 (0.44%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.44%) AWS Fargate
12 1 (0.44%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (23.25%) Tableau
2 20 (8.77%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (7.46%) Power BI
4 16 (7.02%) Big Data
5 15 (6.58%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 15 (6.58%) Oracle Reports
6 11 (4.82%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.19%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.75%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.88%) Looker
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.44%) Metadata
10 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 36 (15.79%) JIRA
2 7 (3.07%) Git
3 6 (2.63%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.19%) Eclipse
4 5 (2.19%) Eclipse RCP
5 4 (1.75%) webpack
6 1 (0.44%) ERwin
6 1 (0.44%) GitLab
General
1 94 (41.23%) Social Skills
2 93 (40.79%) Finance
3 87 (38.16%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (27.19%) Banking
5 16 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (6.58%) Military
7 13 (5.70%) Marketing
8 12 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (4.82%) Legal
10 9 (3.95%) Retail
11 5 (2.19%) Wholesale Banking
12 4 (1.75%) Advertising
13 3 (1.32%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.88%) Law
14 2 (0.88%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.44%) Automotive
15 1 (0.44%) Billing
15 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (14.91%) Analyst
2 33 (14.47%) Principal Engineer
3 32 (14.04%) Innovation Manager
3 32 (14.04%) Senior
4 23 (10.09%) Architect
5 21 (9.21%) Lead
6 17 (7.46%) Data Analyst
7 16 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (5.70%) Data Manager
8 13 (5.70%) Senior Manager
9 11 (4.82%) Lead Architect
9 11 (4.82%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.82%) Software Engineer
10 10 (4.39%) Data Scientist
11 9 (3.95%) Audit Manager
12 8 (3.51%) Analytics Manager
12 8 (3.51%) Data Analytics Manager
12 8 (3.51%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (3.07%) Data Architect
14 6 (2.63%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.89%) CSS
2 16 (7.02%) React
3 11 (4.82%) Ajax
3 11 (4.82%) jQuery
3 11 (4.82%) OAuth
3 11 (4.82%) OpenID
3 11 (4.82%) SAML
4 7 (3.07%) HTML
4 7 (3.07%) PySpark
5 5 (2.19%) JSP
5 5 (2.19%) Middleware
6 4 (1.75%) Enzyme
6 4 (1.75%) Jest
6 4 (1.75%) Redux
7 3 (1.32%) JSON
7 3 (1.32%) RESTful
7 3 (1.32%) scikit-learn
8 2 (0.88%) ADO
8 2 (0.88%) NumPy
8 2 (0.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.39%) Credit Risk
2 9 (3.95%) Algorithms
3 6 (2.63%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.19%) Learning Management System
5 4 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.32%) Blog
6 3 (1.32%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.32%) Social Media
7 2 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.88%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.88%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.44%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.44%) DataPower
8 1 (0.44%) Life Science
8 1 (0.44%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.44%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.44%) Online Banking
8 1 (0.44%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.63%) Windows
2 5 (2.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (39.04%) Data Analytics
2 71 (31.14%) Data Management
3 68 (29.82%) Customer Experience
4 65 (28.51%) Decision-Making
5 57 (25.00%) Data Modelling
6 56 (24.56%) Artificial Intelligence
7 53 (23.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 47 (20.61%) Agile
9 46 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (17.54%) Data Governance
11 39 (17.11%) Visualisation
12 34 (14.91%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 32 (14.04%) Data Science
14 30 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
14 30 (13.16%) Mathematics
15 25 (10.96%) DevOps
15 25 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (10.96%) Statistical Modelling
16 24 (10.53%) Coaching
17 21 (9.21%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 45 (19.74%) SQL
2 36 (15.79%) Python
3 20 (8.77%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.63%) Java
5 5 (2.19%) Ada
5 5 (2.19%) C#
5 5 (2.19%) Rust
6 3 (1.32%) R
7 1 (0.44%) Bash
7 1 (0.44%) Bicep
7 1 (0.44%) C++
7 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (16.67%) Degree
2 15 (6.58%) DBS Check
3 9 (3.95%) Master's Degree
4 7 (3.07%) CISA
4 7 (3.07%) PhD
5 5 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.32%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.88%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.88%) PMP
7 2 (0.88%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (19.74%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.19%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.32%) QA
5 2 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.88%) CRD IV
5 2 (0.88%) IFRS
5 2 (0.88%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.44%) GDPR
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.44%) ITGC
6 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (0.88%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.88%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (4.82%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (3.07%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.32%) Terraform
4 1 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.44%) Grafana
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 59 (25.88%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.46%) Oracle
3 16 (7.02%) Google
4 10 (4.39%) Adobe
5 4 (1.75%) Tealium
6 3 (1.32%) Databricks
6 3 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.88%) Charles River
7 2 (0.88%) Genesys
7 2 (0.88%) Verint
8 1 (0.44%) Informatica
8 1 (0.44%) Maxymiser
8 1 (0.44%) Medallia
8 1 (0.44%) SAP