Data Analysis Jobs in Scotland

Data Analysis
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 128 96
Rank change year-on-year -2 -32 +54
Permanent jobs citing Data Analysis 133 84 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.33% 2.21% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.31% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 44 55 106
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £35,458
25th Percentile £46,375 £32,028 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% +14.58% +1.05%
75th Percentile £67,653 £65,000 £61,188
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £62,833
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% +10.00%

All Process and 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 5,004 3,640 5,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.82% 95.94% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 1,969 3,041
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,555 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Data Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analysis in Scotland

Data Analysis
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analysis in Scotland.

Salary trend for Data Analysis in Scotland

Data Analysis
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analysis in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Glasgow -23 97 £58,000 -2.61% 2
Edinburgh +30 22 £66,367 +9.42% 8
Aberdeen -7 4 £52,500 +69.35%
West Lothian - 3 £30,000 -
Stirling -5 2 £32,500 -
East Lothian - 2 - -
Fife -7 1 - - 1
South Ayrshire - 1 £65,000 - 1
Data Analysis
UK

Data Analysis
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 5 (3.76%) SAS
2 3 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (9.77%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.51%) Windchill
4 3 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (8.27%) Primavera
2 6 (4.51%) Teamcenter
3 2 (1.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 50 (37.59%) AWS
2 31 (23.31%) Power Platform
3 28 (21.05%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (6.02%) Azure
5 3 (2.26%) Figma
6 1 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.75%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (0.75%) GitHub
6 1 (0.75%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.51%) Network Security
2 1 (0.75%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (23.31%) Power BI
2 28 (21.05%) NoSQL
3 21 (15.79%) Tableau
4 7 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (5.26%) Hadoop
5 6 (4.51%) Data Vault
6 3 (2.26%) Big Data
7 1 (0.75%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Git
1 1 (0.75%) JIRA
1 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 78 (58.65%) Finance
2 73 (54.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 64 (48.12%) Law
4 39 (29.32%) Marketing
5 35 (26.32%) Legal
6 33 (24.81%) Social Skills
7 26 (19.55%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (17.29%) Banking
9 20 (15.04%) Financial Institution
9 20 (15.04%) Games
10 19 (14.29%) Investment Banking
11 14 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
12 7 (5.26%) Publishing
13 5 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (1.50%) Manufacturing
14 2 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.75%) Aviation
15 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 42 (31.58%) AWS Engineer
2 42 (31.58%) AWS Software Engineer
3 20 (15.04%) Principal Engineer
3 20 (15.04%) Principal Software Engineer
4 15 (11.28%) Python Engineer
4 15 (11.28%) Python Software Engineer
5 12 (9.02%) Analyst
6 11 (8.27%) User Experience Researcher
7 10 (7.52%) Principal Modelling Engineer
8 9 (6.77%) Architect
8 9 (6.77%) Senior
9 7 (5.26%) Data Architect
9 7 (5.26%) Lead
10 6 (4.51%) Configuration Specialist
10 6 (4.51%) Principal Architect
10 6 (4.51%) Principal Data Architect
11 5 (3.76%) Data Engineer
11 5 (3.76%) Product Manager
11 5 (3.76%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.26%) CSS
1 7 (5.26%) HTML
2 2 (1.50%) D3.js
3 1 (0.75%) .NET
3 1 (0.75%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.75%) HTML5
3 1 (0.75%) Kafka
3 1 (0.75%) Keras
3 1 (0.75%) Matplotlib
3 1 (0.75%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.81%) Algorithms
2 31 (23.31%) Onboarding
3 20 (15.04%) Cloud Native
4 12 (9.02%) Product Ownership
5 11 (8.27%) Market Risk
6 5 (3.76%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.50%) Life Science
9 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (45.11%) Software Engineering
2 56 (42.11%) Machine Learning
3 55 (41.35%) Agile
4 53 (39.85%) Analytics
5 48 (36.09%) Artificial Intelligence
5 48 (36.09%) SDLC
6 47 (35.34%) Operational Stability
7 46 (34.59%) Risk Management
8 45 (33.83%) Visualisation
9 40 (30.08%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (24.06%) Business Intelligence
11 30 (22.56%) Client Onboarding
11 30 (22.56%) Coaching
11 30 (22.56%) Data Science
12 29 (21.80%) ETL
12 29 (21.80%) Project Management
13 28 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (20.30%) Computer Science
14 27 (20.30%) KYC
14 27 (20.30%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 58 (43.61%) Python
2 45 (33.83%) SQL
3 7 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.75%) C
4 1 (0.75%) C#
4 1 (0.75%) C++
4 1 (0.75%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (19.55%) Degree
2 19 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 14 (10.53%) Security Cleared
4 13 (9.77%) PhD
5 3 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.75%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.51%) PMO
2 5 (3.76%) QA
3 4 (3.01%) IFRS
3 4 (3.01%) IFRS 9
4 3 (2.26%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.50%) GLP
Vendors
1 28 (21.05%) Databricks
2 17 (12.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.51%) Splunk
4 2 (1.50%) Charles River
4 2 (1.50%) Sparx
5 1 (0.75%) Google
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle