Statistics Jobs in Scotland

Statistics
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Statistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Statistics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 257 189
Rank change year-on-year +147 -68 -6
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 35 20 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.24% 0.30% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 0.32% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 7
10th Percentile - £35,987 £39,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £45,133 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,625 £51,528 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.27% -17.56% +6.84%
75th Percentile £53,241 £58,589 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,506 £64,294 £71,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,528 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.82% -14.12% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Statistics 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 2,594 6,257 4,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.05% 92.89% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 2,424 2,232
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,488
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,654
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.94% +9.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,738 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in Scotland

Statistics
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Statistics in Scotland

Statistics
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Statistics in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Statistics in Scotland

Statistics
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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 +44 27 £25,625 -50.27% 25
Aberdeen - 3 £65,726 - 1
Glasgow +170 2 - - 5
Highlands - 2 - -
Dundee +16 1 - - 2
Statistics
UK

Statistics
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 1 (2.86%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (25.71%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) GitHub
2 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (28.57%) Big Data
2 2 (5.71%) Data Mining
2 2 (5.71%) Power BI
2 2 (5.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Git
1 3 (8.57%) GitLab
General
1 24 (68.57%) Finance
2 16 (45.71%) Banking
3 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (20.00%) Front Office
4 7 (20.00%) Legal
5 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 3 (8.57%) Retail Banking
6 3 (8.57%) Social Science
7 1 (2.86%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Analyst
2 11 (31.43%) Data Analyst
3 8 (22.86%) Trainer
4 5 (14.29%) Risk Officer
5 3 (8.57%) Audit Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Risk Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Data Scientist
6 2 (5.71%) Fraud Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Security Consultant
7 1 (2.86%) Fraud Data Analyst
7 1 (2.86%) Mathematical Modeller
7 1 (2.86%) Statistician
7 1 (2.86%) Testing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (88.57%) Mathematics
2 13 (37.14%) Visualisation
3 12 (34.29%) Analytics
3 12 (34.29%) Statistical Modelling
4 11 (31.43%) Data Analytics
4 11 (31.43%) Predictive Modelling
5 10 (28.57%) Data Extraction
5 10 (28.57%) Quantitative Analysis
5 10 (28.57%) Storytelling
6 9 (25.71%) Artificial Intelligence
6 9 (25.71%) Computer Science
6 9 (25.71%) Conversational UI
6 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (20.00%) Model Validation
7 7 (20.00%) Project Management
7 7 (20.00%) Quantitative Finance
7 7 (20.00%) Validation
8 5 (14.29%) Data Science
9 3 (8.57%) Coaching
9 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 17 (48.57%) SQL
2 12 (34.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (91.43%) Degree
2 16 (45.71%) Master's Degree
2 16 (45.71%) PhD
3 2 (5.71%) CISM
3 2 (5.71%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) QA
2 2 (5.71%) NIST
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) PayPal