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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 33 33
Rank change year-on-year +14 0 -5
Permanent jobs citing Analytics 247 180 183
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 9.12% 5.54% 7.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.19% 6.57% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 39 62 145
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,175 £27,550
25th Percentile £35,875 £46,875 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,000 £59,451
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +7.65% +8.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,750 £92,925 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +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 2,425 2,739 2,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.52% 84.35% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,102 1,295 1,804
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £51,750
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +6.28% -5.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,100 £82,548
UK median annual salary £54,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.58% - -

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 5 November 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 November 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 +2 99 £60,000 -12.73% 37
Glasgow -21 53 £47,500 -20.17% 26
North Lanarkshire - 25 £45,000 - 3
Renfrewshire - 18 - - 8
South Lanarkshire - 12 - - 2
West Dunbartonshire - 7 £55,000 -
North Ayrshire - 6 - -
East Ayrshire - 6 - - 1
Stirling - 6 - -
Ayrshire - 6 - -
Lanarkshire - 6 - - 15
Fife - 1 £50,000 - 6
Highlands - 1 - - 4
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 9 (3.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (3.24%) Apache Spark
2 8 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.62%) Apache
4 3 (1.21%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (6.07%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (2.43%) Oracle Assets
2 6 (2.43%) Oracle Financials
2 6 (2.43%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (2.43%) Oracle Payables
2 6 (2.43%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 83 (33.60%) Azure
2 37 (14.98%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (11.74%) AWS
3 29 (11.74%) GitHub
3 29 (11.74%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 26 (10.53%) Power Platform
5 25 (10.12%) Snowflake
6 23 (9.31%) GitHub Copilot
7 20 (8.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (6.88%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (5.26%) OCI
10 12 (4.86%) dbt
10 12 (4.86%) GCP
11 10 (4.05%) Microsoft Purview
12 8 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
12 8 (3.24%) Mimecast
13 7 (2.83%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (2.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (2.43%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.81%) Firewall
1 2 (0.81%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.40%) 802.11
2 1 (0.40%) BGP
2 1 (0.40%) HSRP
2 1 (0.40%) IPsec
2 1 (0.40%) OSPF
2 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.40%) VPN
2 1 (0.40%) WAN
2 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.12%) Power BI
2 22 (8.91%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (8.91%) Tableau
3 12 (4.86%) Snowflake Schema
4 10 (4.05%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 9 (3.64%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.64%) Relational Database
6 8 (3.24%) Big Data
6 8 (3.24%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.83%) Data Mining
8 6 (2.43%) Metadata
9 5 (2.02%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.62%) Apache Hive
10 4 (1.62%) Apache Iceberg
10 4 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.62%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.62%) Oracle BI EE
10 4 (1.62%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.62%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (8.10%) JIRA
2 15 (6.07%) Oracle Forms
3 10 (4.05%) Git
4 9 (3.64%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.81%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.81%) ERwin
6 1 (0.40%) JUnit
6 1 (0.40%) Selenium
6 1 (0.40%) TestNG
General
1 131 (53.04%) Analytical Skills
2 119 (48.18%) Social Skills
3 118 (47.77%) Finance
4 22 (8.91%) Banking
5 21 (8.50%) Law
6 20 (8.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.24%) Marketing
8 7 (2.83%) Retail
9 4 (1.62%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.62%) Private Banking
9 4 (1.62%) Publishing
10 3 (1.21%) Legal
10 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.21%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.81%) Back Office
11 2 (0.81%) Billing
11 2 (0.81%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 96 (38.87%) Innovation Manager
2 25 (10.12%) Senior
3 24 (9.72%) Analyst
4 19 (7.69%) Software Engineer
5 15 (6.07%) Lead
6 10 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
6 10 (4.05%) Java Engineer
6 10 (4.05%) Java Software Engineer
7 9 (3.64%) Applications Engineer
7 9 (3.64%) Data Analyst
7 9 (3.64%) Python Engineer
8 8 (3.24%) Developer
8 8 (3.24%) Lead Software Engineer
8 8 (3.24%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 8 (3.24%) Python Software Engineer
9 7 (2.83%) Architect
9 7 (2.83%) Insight Analyst
9 7 (2.83%) Oracle Analyst
9 7 (2.83%) Trainee
9 7 (2.83%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.50%) OAuth
1 21 (8.50%) OAuth2
2 19 (7.69%) RESTful
3 15 (6.07%) SAML
4 8 (3.24%) Kafka
5 7 (2.83%) React
6 6 (2.43%) JSON
6 6 (2.43%) OpenID
7 5 (2.02%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.02%) Vue
8 4 (1.62%) Hibernate
8 4 (1.62%) PySpark
8 4 (1.62%) SOAP
8 4 (1.62%) Spring
8 4 (1.62%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.62%) Web Services
9 2 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.40%) Entity Framework
10 1 (0.40%) NumPy
10 1 (0.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 27 (10.93%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (3.24%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.62%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.62%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.81%) Replication
7 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.40%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.40%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.40%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.40%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.40%) FMCG
8 1 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.40%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.40%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.40%) PMI
8 1 (0.40%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.64%) Windows
2 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (69.23%) AI
2 153 (61.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 126 (51.01%) Decision-Making
4 105 (42.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 101 (40.89%) Customer Experience
6 99 (40.08%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 79 (31.98%) Agile
8 63 (25.51%) Asset Management
9 62 (25.10%) Coaching
10 53 (21.46%) DevOps
11 49 (19.84%) Critical Thinking
12 48 (19.43%) Emotional Intelligence
13 43 (17.41%) Business Intelligence
14 39 (15.79%) Machine Learning
15 35 (14.17%) Test Automation
16 34 (13.77%) Roadmaps
17 32 (12.96%) CI/CD
18 29 (11.74%) ETL
19 27 (10.93%) Data Modelling
19 27 (10.93%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 59 (23.89%) SQL
2 58 (23.48%) Python
3 26 (10.53%) PowerShell
4 22 (8.91%) Java
5 18 (7.29%) Bash
6 9 (3.64%) PL/SQL
6 9 (3.64%) Shell Script
7 7 (2.83%) Bicep
8 6 (2.43%) Go
9 3 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.21%) R
9 3 (1.21%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.40%) C#
10 1 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 13 (5.26%) Degree
2 5 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.40%) ACCA
4 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.40%) CCNA
4 1 (0.40%) CCNP
4 1 (0.40%) CISA
4 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.40%) CISM
4 1 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.40%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.29%) Data Quality
2 10 (4.05%) GDPR
3 4 (1.62%) QA
4 3 (1.21%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.21%) NIST
5 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.40%) GRC
5 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.40%) SLA
5 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (7.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 11 (4.45%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (4.05%) Docker
4 8 (3.24%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.40%) Firmware
5 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (13.36%) Terraform
2 18 (7.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.64%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (3.24%) SCCM
5 1 (0.40%) Ansible
5 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 42 (17.00%) Microsoft
2 33 (13.36%) Oracle
3 8 (3.24%) Databricks
4 7 (2.83%) Google
5 6 (2.43%) Ab Initio
5 6 (2.43%) Facebook
6 4 (1.62%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.21%) Teradata
8 2 (0.81%) Cisco
8 2 (0.81%) Informatica
9 1 (0.40%) Genesys
9 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.40%) Verint
9 1 (0.40%) VMware