Senior Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Senior Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Analyst salary in Scotland is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 218 152
Rank change year-on-year +80 -66 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 26 57 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.88% 0.85% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.88% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7 28 35
10th Percentile £40,660 £42,000 £36,510
25th Percentile £43,099 £45,979 £39,505
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £59,375 £57,500 £53,962
90th Percentile £65,250 - £57,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 2,641 6,480 4,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.53% 96.95% 89.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 2,607 2,247
10th Percentile £30,650 £28,000 £31,491
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -7.89% +8.57%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 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 +25 22 £55,000 +3.26% 12
Stirling - 2 £45,635 -
Glasgow +163 1 £38,000 -24.00% 4
Dundee - 1 £57,500 -
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 17 (65.38%) Finance
2 16 (61.54%) Banking
3 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
4 8 (30.77%) Data Analysis
5 7 (26.92%) Agile
5 7 (26.92%) SQL
5 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (26.92%) Analytics
5 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (23.08%) Business Analysis
6 6 (23.08%) Onboarding
7 5 (19.23%) Financial Institution
7 5 (19.23%) JIRA
7 5 (19.23%) Product Ownership
7 5 (19.23%) Customer Service
7 5 (19.23%) Fintech
8 4 (15.38%) Anti-Money Laundering
8 4 (15.38%) Degree
8 4 (15.38%) Statistical Modelling
8 4 (15.38%) Coaching
8 4 (15.38%) Due Diligence
8 4 (15.38%) Client Onboarding
8 4 (15.38%) Mathematical Modelling
8 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
8 4 (15.38%) Mathematics
8 4 (15.38%) Wholesale Banking
8 4 (15.38%) Retail
8 4 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (15.38%) Python
8 4 (15.38%) SAS

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 (15.38%) SAS
2 2 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) SaaS
2 1 (3.85%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (3.85%) dbt
2 1 (3.85%) Google Analytics
2 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Tableau
2 1 (3.85%) Big Data
2 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.85%) Looker
2 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.85%) OLAP
2 1 (3.85%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.85%) Selenium
General
1 17 (65.38%) Finance
2 16 (61.54%) Banking
3 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
4 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (19.23%) Financial Institution
6 4 (15.38%) Retail
6 4 (15.38%) Wholesale Banking
7 1 (3.85%) Marketing
7 1 (3.85%) Multimedia
7 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) CSS
1 1 (3.85%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Onboarding
2 5 (19.23%) Product Ownership
3 3 (11.54%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Data Analysis
2 7 (26.92%) Agile
2 7 (26.92%) Analytics
2 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (23.08%) Business Analysis
4 5 (19.23%) Customer Service
4 5 (19.23%) Fintech
5 4 (15.38%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 4 (15.38%) Client Onboarding
5 4 (15.38%) Coaching
5 4 (15.38%) Due Diligence
5 4 (15.38%) Mathematical Modelling
5 4 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 4 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (15.38%) Statistical Modelling
6 3 (11.54%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.54%) Test Strategy
6 3 (11.54%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) SQL
2 4 (15.38%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) ISEB
2 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Adobe
1 1 (3.85%) Google
1 1 (3.85%) Maxymiser
1 1 (3.85%) Medallia