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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 26 44
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 -3
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 229 188 335
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 7.66% 7.92% 7.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.68% 8.48% 8.43%
Number of salaries quoted 53 58 128
10th Percentile - £25,313 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.29% +20.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £88,750 £94,694 £71,921
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,375 £91,455
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.11%

All Process & 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 2,365 2,216 3,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 79.10% 93.38% 93.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,223 943 2,122
10th Percentile £28,050 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,125 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Analytics job vacancy trend 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 22 February 2026.

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 22 February 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
Edinburgh +4 130 £65,000 +9.94% 22
Glasgow -10 29 £50,000 -44.44% 14
North Lanarkshire 0 18 £45,000 - 1
Renfrewshire -1 12 - - 1
South Lanarkshire -1 8 - -
Lanarkshire +8 5 - - 10
Ayrshire +1 4 - -
East Ayrshire -1 4 - - 1
North Ayrshire -2 4 - -
Stirling -5 4 - -
West Dunbartonshire -6 4 - - 1
Highlands - 4 - - 1
West Lothian +4 1 - - 1
Analytics
UK

Analytics
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 15 (6.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.31%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.44%) SAS
Applications
1 36 (15.72%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 27 (11.79%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (5.24%) Oracle Assets
2 12 (5.24%) Oracle Financials
2 12 (5.24%) Oracle General Ledger
2 12 (5.24%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (5.24%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.31%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 91 (39.74%) Azure
2 57 (24.89%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (23.58%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (23.14%) GitHub
5 52 (22.71%) Entra ID
6 39 (17.03%) GitHub Copilot
7 33 (14.41%) Snowflake
8 28 (12.23%) Azure Data Factory
9 27 (11.79%) Power Platform
10 23 (10.04%) Azure Monitor
11 22 (9.61%) dbt
12 17 (7.42%) OCI
13 16 (6.99%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (6.11%) Azure Event Grid
14 14 (6.11%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (6.11%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (5.24%) AWS
16 9 (3.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 7 (3.06%) Microsoft Purview
18 6 (2.62%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.31%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (15.28%) Tableau
2 27 (11.79%) Power BI
3 22 (9.61%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (7.42%) Data Mining
5 16 (6.99%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 15 (6.55%) Snowflake Schema
7 12 (5.24%) Metadata
8 7 (3.06%) Data Lake
9 5 (2.18%) Oracle BI EE
9 5 (2.18%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.31%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.87%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.87%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.44%) Oracle ODI
12 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 32 (13.97%) JIRA
2 27 (11.79%) Oracle Forms
3 15 (6.55%) Git
3 15 (6.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.44%) JUnit
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.44%) Selenium
4 1 (0.44%) TestNG
General
1 121 (52.84%) Finance
2 96 (41.92%) Social Skills
3 83 (36.24%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (15.72%) Back Office
5 5 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (1.75%) Banking
7 3 (1.31%) Games
7 3 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.87%) Billing
8 2 (0.87%) Legal
8 2 (0.87%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.87%) Retail
9 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.44%) Law
9 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.44%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (16.16%) Analyst
2 36 (15.72%) Desktop Engineer
2 36 (15.72%) Desktop Support
2 36 (15.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 36 (15.72%) Support Engineer
3 32 (13.97%) Innovation Manager
3 32 (13.97%) Site Engineer
4 26 (11.35%) Senior
5 18 (7.86%) Data Analyst
6 17 (7.42%) Trainee
6 17 (7.42%) Trainee Analyst
6 17 (7.42%) Trainee Data Analyst
7 16 (6.99%) Lead
8 15 (6.55%) Applications Engineer
8 15 (6.55%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (6.11%) Architect
10 12 (5.24%) Data Engineer
10 12 (5.24%) Oracle Analyst
10 12 (5.24%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (5.24%) Senior Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (12.66%) OAuth
1 29 (12.66%) OAuth2
1 29 (12.66%) RESTful
2 15 (6.55%) JSON
2 15 (6.55%) SAML
3 3 (1.31%) Kafka
4 2 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.44%) .NET
5 1 (0.44%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.44%) NestJS
5 1 (0.44%) Node.js
5 1 (0.44%) React
5 1 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (17.90%) Cloud Native
2 21 (9.17%) Product Ownership
3 15 (6.55%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.62%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.75%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.31%) Social Media
7 2 (0.87%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.44%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.44%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.44%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.44%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.44%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.44%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 42 (18.34%) Windows
2 36 (15.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (54.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 104 (45.41%) AI
3 92 (40.17%) Coaching
4 88 (38.43%) Asset Management
5 73 (31.88%) Agile
6 72 (31.44%) Customer Experience
7 69 (30.13%) DevOps
8 60 (26.20%) Decision-Making
9 56 (24.45%) ITIL
10 55 (24.02%) Test Automation
11 54 (23.58%) CI/CD
12 46 (20.09%) Cybersecurity
13 44 (19.21%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (17.03%) Customer Service
15 38 (16.59%) ETL
16 37 (16.16%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 36 (15.72%) Customer Acquisition
17 36 (15.72%) Patch Management
17 36 (15.72%) Stakeholder Management
17 36 (15.72%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (27.95%) Python
2 60 (26.20%) SQL
3 21 (9.17%) PowerShell
4 19 (8.30%) Java
5 15 (6.55%) PL/SQL
5 15 (6.55%) Shell Script
6 14 (6.11%) Bash
6 14 (6.11%) Bicep
7 7 (3.06%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.87%) C#
8 2 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.87%) Scala
9 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 44 (19.21%) Degree
2 36 (15.72%) CTC Cleared
2 36 (15.72%) SC Cleared
2 36 (15.72%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.44%) CISA
4 1 (0.44%) CISM
4 1 (0.44%) IRCA
4 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (15.72%) SLA
2 19 (8.30%) Data Quality
3 15 (6.55%) GDPR
4 2 (0.87%) QA
5 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.44%) GRC
5 1 (0.44%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.44%) NIST
5 1 (0.44%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (6.11%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 43 (18.78%) Terraform
2 15 (6.55%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (6.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.62%) SCCM
5 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.44%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 86 (37.55%) Microsoft
2 36 (15.72%) Cisco
2 36 (15.72%) Oracle
3 14 (6.11%) Ab Initio
4 12 (5.24%) Databricks
5 4 (1.75%) Anaplan
5 4 (1.75%) SAP
6 3 (1.31%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.31%) Hyperion
6 3 (1.31%) IBM
6 3 (1.31%) Teradata
7 1 (0.44%) Epicor
7 1 (0.44%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow