Data Analysis Job Trends in Scotland

Data Analysis
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Data Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 63 121
Rank change year-on-year -31 +58 -26
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 45 65 173
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.41% 3.37% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 3.64% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 30 26 37
10th Percentile £34,950 £40,375 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,438 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.69% +11.36% +46.67%
75th Percentile £47,813 £75,442 £59,500
90th Percentile £60,125 £82,958 £64,294
UK median annual salary £47,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.48% - -3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Analysis 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 2,385 1,784 5,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 74.48% 92.44% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,287 910 2,390
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -10.43%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Data Analysis job vacancy trend in Scotland

Data Analysis
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Analysis

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Analysis in Scotland

Data Analysis
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 April 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 -22 24 £40,000 -43.81% 6
Glasgow -1 17 £38,000 - 10
Highlands - 3 - - 1
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
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 2 (4.44%) Confluence
2 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (6.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (24.44%) Power Platform
2 9 (20.00%) Azure
2 9 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 8 (17.78%) Power Automate
4 7 (15.56%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (15.56%) GitHub
4 7 (15.56%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (4.44%) GCP
7 1 (2.22%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (26.67%) Data Mining
1 12 (26.67%) Tableau
2 11 (24.44%) Power BI
3 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
4 2 (4.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.22%) BigQuery
5 1 (2.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 36 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (57.78%) Social Skills
3 22 (48.89%) Finance
4 4 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Advertising
6 2 (4.44%) Law
6 2 (4.44%) Marketing
6 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.44%) Retail
7 1 (2.22%) Banking
7 1 (2.22%) Billing
7 1 (2.22%) Legal
7 1 (2.22%) Local Government
7 1 (2.22%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (53.33%) Analyst
2 13 (28.89%) Data Analyst
3 12 (26.67%) Trainee
3 12 (26.67%) Trainee Analyst
3 12 (26.67%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 7 (15.56%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Report Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Account Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Web Manager
8 1 (2.22%) Applications Support Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Business Manager
8 1 (2.22%) IT Business Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) PMO Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Solutions Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Support Analyst
8 1 (2.22%) Support Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) Technical Leader
8 1 (2.22%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Low-Code
1 8 (17.78%) Management Information System
1 8 (17.78%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.44%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.22%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (51.11%) Analytics
1 23 (51.11%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (42.22%) Agile
3 16 (35.56%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (33.33%) Business Analysis
5 14 (31.11%) Data Analytics
5 14 (31.11%) Project Management
6 12 (26.67%) Visualisation
7 11 (24.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (22.22%) ITIL
8 10 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
8 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (20.00%) AI
9 9 (20.00%) User Experience
10 8 (17.78%) Analytical Thinking
10 8 (17.78%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (17.78%) Customer-Centricity
10 8 (17.78%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (17.78%) Data Integration
10 8 (17.78%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 27 (60.00%) SQL
2 20 (44.44%) Python
3 2 (4.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (4.44%) Degree
2 1 (2.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) SLA
2 2 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 18 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Dataiku
2 2 (4.44%) Google
2 2 (4.44%) Pega
3 1 (2.22%) Databricks