Senior Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Senior Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Analyst salary in Scotland is £50,764 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 148 173
Rank change year-on-year -82 +25 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 54 73 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.80% 1.54% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 1.71% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 28 37 51
10th Percentile £42,000 £36,510 £34,723
25th Percentile £45,979 £37,885 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,764 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% -6.67% +13.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile - £57,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +7.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,502 4,276 5,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 90.27% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 2,326 2,955
10th Percentile £27,825 £31,785 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Senior Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in Scotland

Senior Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Analyst in Scotland.

Salary trend for Senior Analyst in Scotland

Senior Analyst
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Analyst in Scotland

Senior Analyst
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Edinburgh +43 23 £53,264 +12.13% 2
Glasgow -105 14 £50,000 +15.59% 3
West Lothian - 10 - -
Aberdeen -8 4 £45,000 -
East Lothian - 1 £35,000 -
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Midlothian - 1 - -
Senior Analyst
UK

Senior Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 28 (51.85%) Finance
2 25 (46.30%) Agile
3 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (31.48%) Analytics
5 15 (27.78%) SQL
6 14 (25.93%) Banking
6 14 (25.93%) Power BI
6 14 (25.93%) Power Platform
7 13 (24.07%) Visualisation
8 11 (20.37%) Line Management
8 11 (20.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (18.52%) Social Media
9 10 (18.52%) General Ledger
9 10 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 10 (18.52%) SAP
9 10 (18.52%) Broadband
9 10 (18.52%) CA
9 10 (18.52%) ACCA
9 10 (18.52%) CIMA
10 9 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (14.81%) Degree
11 8 (14.81%) Python
11 8 (14.81%) Tableau
11 8 (14.81%) Data Visualisation
12 7 (12.96%) Matrix Organization
12 7 (12.96%) Legal
12 7 (12.96%) Business Analysis
12 7 (12.96%) Requirements Gathering
12 7 (12.96%) GDPR
13 6 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria

Senior Analyst Skill Set
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 4 (7.41%) Confluence
1 4 (7.41%) SAS
2 2 (3.70%) Apache
2 2 (3.70%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (18.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.93%) Power Platform
2 6 (11.11%) GCP
3 5 (9.26%) Azure
4 4 (7.41%) Miro
5 2 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.85%) IaaS
6 1 (1.85%) PaaS
6 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.85%) SaaS
6 1 (1.85%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.52%) Broadband
2 3 (5.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.93%) Power BI
2 8 (14.81%) Tableau
3 5 (9.26%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.56%) GIS
5 1 (1.85%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) JIRA
General
1 28 (51.85%) Finance
2 14 (25.93%) Banking
3 11 (20.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (18.52%) General Ledger
5 7 (12.96%) Legal
6 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 3 (5.56%) Social Skills
8 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.85%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Social Media
2 4 (7.41%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.85%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (46.30%) Agile
2 17 (31.48%) Analytics
3 13 (24.07%) Visualisation
4 11 (20.37%) Line Management
5 9 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (14.81%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (12.96%) Business Analysis
7 7 (12.96%) Matrix Organization
7 7 (12.96%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
8 6 (11.11%) Data Governance
8 6 (11.11%) Data Management
8 6 (11.11%) Data Privacy
8 6 (11.11%) Data Protection
8 6 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (11.11%) Matrix Management
8 6 (11.11%) Process Improvement
8 6 (11.11%) Supplier Relationship Management
9 5 (9.26%) Machine Learning
9 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.78%) SQL
2 8 (14.81%) Python
3 2 (3.70%) R
4 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (18.52%) ACCA
1 10 (18.52%) CIMA
2 8 (14.81%) Degree
3 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.70%) CISM
4 2 (3.70%) CISSP
4 2 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (3.70%) SSCP
5 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.96%) GDPR
2 3 (5.56%) CRD IV
2 3 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.70%) IFRS
3 2 (3.70%) IFRS 9
3 2 (3.70%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.85%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (18.52%) CA
1 10 (18.52%) SAP
2 6 (11.11%) Google
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.70%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.85%) Atlassian