Analytics Job Trends in Scotland

Analytics
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Analytics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 47 31
Rank change year-on-year +20 -16 -4
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 225 236 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.81% 5.47% 7.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.80% 6.39% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 38 91 162
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,375 £49,225 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,471 £65,000 £58,476
Median % change year-on-year -17.74% +11.16% +10.33%
75th Percentile £69,688 £80,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £89,750 £98,474 £93,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 2,296 3,695 2,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.90% 85.65% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,003 1,596 1,991
10th Percentile £26,794 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,489 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Analytics

Analytics
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytics in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 September 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 18 September 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 +4 101 £63,750 -5.56% 31
Glasgow +12 45 £50,000 -9.09% 27
North Lanarkshire - 21 £45,000 - 3
Renfrewshire +6 15 - - 6
South Lanarkshire - 10 - - 2
West Dunbartonshire - 6 £55,000 -
Lanarkshire -8 5 - - 12
North Ayrshire - 5 - -
East Ayrshire - 5 - - 2
Stirling - 5 - -
Ayrshire - 5 - -
Fife - 1 £50,000 - 2
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 8 (3.56%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.67%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.78%) Apache
4 4 (1.78%) SAS
5 2 (0.89%) CMS
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (4.89%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.78%) Oracle Assets
2 4 (1.78%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (1.78%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (1.78%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.78%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.89%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 58 (25.78%) Azure
2 40 (17.78%) AWS
3 24 (10.67%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (10.22%) Power Platform
5 21 (9.33%) Snowflake
6 20 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (8.00%) Entra ID
8 16 (7.11%) GitHub
9 14 (6.22%) GitHub Copilot
10 11 (4.89%) GCP
10 11 (4.89%) OCI
11 9 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (3.56%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (3.11%) Amazon SageMaker
14 6 (2.67%) dbt
14 6 (2.67%) Mimecast
14 6 (2.67%) Serverless
15 4 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.89%) Firewall
1 2 (0.89%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.44%) 802.11
2 1 (0.44%) BGP
2 1 (0.44%) HSRP
2 1 (0.44%) IPsec
2 1 (0.44%) OSPF
2 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.44%) VPN
2 1 (0.44%) WAN
2 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.56%) Tableau
2 22 (9.78%) Power BI
3 15 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.00%) Big Data
4 9 (4.00%) Relational Database
5 8 (3.56%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.11%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 6 (2.67%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (2.67%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.22%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.78%) Apache Hive
9 4 (1.78%) Apache Iceberg
9 4 (1.78%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.78%) Data Mining
9 4 (1.78%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.78%) Impala
9 4 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.78%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.78%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 14 (6.22%) JIRA
2 11 (4.89%) Oracle Forms
3 10 (4.44%) Git
4 7 (3.11%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.89%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.89%) ERwin
6 1 (0.44%) JUnit
6 1 (0.44%) Selenium
6 1 (0.44%) TestNG
General
1 115 (51.11%) Analytical Skills
2 106 (47.11%) Social Skills
3 95 (42.22%) Finance
4 25 (11.11%) Banking
5 20 (8.89%) Law
6 19 (8.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.89%) Marketing
8 6 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.67%) Retail
9 4 (1.78%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.78%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.78%) Publishing
10 3 (1.33%) Legal
10 3 (1.33%) Private Banking
11 2 (0.89%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Automotive
12 1 (0.44%) Back Office
12 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.44%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (35.56%) Innovation Manager
2 23 (10.22%) Analyst
2 23 (10.22%) Senior
3 19 (8.44%) Lead
3 19 (8.44%) Software Engineer
4 10 (4.44%) Data Analyst
4 10 (4.44%) Data Manager
4 10 (4.44%) Java Engineer
4 10 (4.44%) Java Software Engineer
5 9 (4.00%) Analytics Manager
5 9 (4.00%) Python Engineer
6 8 (3.56%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (3.56%) Lead Software Engineer
6 8 (3.56%) Python Software Engineer
6 8 (3.56%) Senior Manager
7 7 (3.11%) Applications Engineer
7 7 (3.11%) Developer
8 6 (2.67%) Architect
8 6 (2.67%) AWS Engineer
8 6 (2.67%) Data Analytics Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.67%) OAuth
1 15 (6.67%) OAuth2
1 15 (6.67%) RESTful
2 13 (5.78%) SAML
3 8 (3.56%) Kafka
4 7 (3.11%) React
5 6 (2.67%) OpenID
6 5 (2.22%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.22%) Vue
7 4 (1.78%) Hibernate
7 4 (1.78%) JSON
7 4 (1.78%) PySpark
7 4 (1.78%) SOAP
7 4 (1.78%) Spring
7 4 (1.78%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.78%) Web Services
8 2 (0.89%) Pandas
8 2 (0.89%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.44%) Blazor
9 1 (0.44%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.44%) Cloud Native
2 22 (9.78%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.67%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.22%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.33%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.89%) Replication
8 1 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.44%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.44%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.44%) FMCG
8 1 (0.44%) IoT
8 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.44%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.44%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.44%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.44%) Online Banking
8 1 (0.44%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (62.22%) Artificial Intelligence
2 124 (55.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 111 (49.33%) Decision-Making
4 97 (43.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 90 (40.00%) Customer Experience
6 81 (36.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 71 (31.56%) Agile
8 42 (18.67%) Coaching
9 39 (17.33%) Asset Management
10 38 (16.89%) Business Intelligence
11 37 (16.44%) DevOps
12 33 (14.67%) Critical Thinking
12 33 (14.67%) Machine Learning
13 32 (14.22%) Emotional Intelligence
14 30 (13.33%) Roadmaps
15 29 (12.89%) Data Analytics
16 27 (12.00%) Data Management
17 25 (11.11%) ETL
18 24 (10.67%) Problem-Solving
19 22 (9.78%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 52 (23.11%) SQL
2 50 (22.22%) Python
3 20 (8.89%) Java
4 18 (8.00%) PowerShell
5 12 (5.33%) Bash
6 7 (3.11%) PL/SQL
6 7 (3.11%) Shell Script
7 6 (2.67%) Go
8 5 (2.22%) R
9 3 (1.33%) Bicep
10 2 (0.89%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.44%) C#
11 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (5.33%) Degree
2 4 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.44%) ACCA
4 1 (0.44%) CCNA
4 1 (0.44%) CCNP
4 1 (0.44%) CISA
4 1 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.11%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.67%) GDPR
3 4 (1.78%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.78%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (1.78%) QA
4 2 (0.89%) NIST
5 1 (0.44%) ITGC
System Software
1 12 (5.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (4.44%) Docker
3 7 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.67%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.44%) Firmware
5 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (9.33%) Terraform
2 12 (5.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (4.00%) Kubernetes
4 7 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.67%) SCCM
6 1 (0.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 33 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.89%) Oracle
3 8 (3.56%) Google
4 6 (2.67%) Facebook
5 4 (1.78%) Databricks
6 3 (1.33%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.33%) Genesys
6 3 (1.33%) Verint
7 2 (0.89%) Ab Initio
7 2 (0.89%) Adobe
7 2 (0.89%) Charles River
7 2 (0.89%) Informatica
7 2 (0.89%) Teradata
8 1 (0.44%) Cisco
8 1 (0.44%) VMware