Analytical Skills Contracts in Scotland

Analytical Skills
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 14 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 +5
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 206 275 265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 9.58% 10.17% 7.76%
As % of the General category 14.85% 15.26% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 201 172
10th Percentile £212 £185 £263
25th Percentile £363 £413 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £558 £579 £523
90th Percentile £613 £650 £588
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 8
10th Percentile £12.00 £49.99 £18.89
25th Percentile £12.47 £53.38 £24.31
Median hourly rate £14.75 £59.03 £44.73
Median % change year-on-year -75.01% +31.98% +244.04%
75th Percentile £18.94 £59.79 £50.50
90th Percentile £19.50 £60.25 £55.78
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £43.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year -58.14% +11.69% +68.20%

All General Skills
Scotland

Analytical Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,387 1,802 2,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.48% 66.67% 71.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 1,304 1,770
10th Percentile £178 £233 £230
25th Percentile £340 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £570 £550
90th Percentile £656 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 29 42
10th Percentile £12.00 £12.75 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.59 £15.75 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -20.82% +53.43%
75th Percentile £56.25 £58.75 £47.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.75 £52.33
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in Scotland

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -6 86 £445 -6.07% 28
Edinburgh +13 79 £500 +1.52% 41
West Lothian -2 5 £188 -55.88% 4
Aberdeen -3 3 £450 +246.15% 24
Highlands - 3 - - 2
Perthshire +5 2 £500 - 2
Renfrewshire +2 2 £375 -1.32%
Fife +2 2 - -
Lanarkshire 0 2 £456 +176.52% 9
Aberdeenshire 0 1 - - 9
Inverclyde - 1 £375 -
South Lanarkshire - 1 £500 -
Stirling - 1 £525 - 3
Analytical Skills
UK

Analytical Skills
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 10 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.46%) Confluence
2 3 (1.46%) IBM HTTP Server
2 3 (1.46%) WebSphere
2 3 (1.46%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (1.46%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (0.49%) Apache
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 36 (17.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.91%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (2.43%) Oracle Cash Management
2 5 (2.43%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.46%) Maximo
3 3 (1.46%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.71%) Power Platform
2 13 (6.31%) AWS
2 13 (6.31%) OCI
3 11 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.88%) Azure
4 8 (3.88%) Snowflake
4 8 (3.88%) Yammer
5 6 (2.91%) GCP
6 3 (1.46%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.97%) Google Data Studio
7 2 (0.97%) Google Sheets
7 2 (0.97%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.97%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.97%) SaaS
8 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.49%) IaaS
8 1 (0.49%) IBM Blueworks
8 1 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.85%) SAN
2 5 (2.43%) Internet
3 4 (1.94%) Firewall
4 3 (1.46%) HTTP
4 3 (1.46%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.97%) LAN
5 2 (0.97%) NAS
5 2 (0.97%) WLAN
6 1 (0.49%) Intranet
6 1 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.71%) Power BI
2 15 (7.28%) Oracle Database
3 14 (6.80%) Oracle Reports
4 13 (6.31%) Tableau
5 9 (4.37%) Metadata
6 6 (2.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (1.94%) Big Data
8 3 (1.46%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.46%) GIS
8 3 (1.46%) Oracle Database 10g
8 3 (1.46%) Oracle Database 11g
8 3 (1.46%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (0.97%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.49%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.83%) Oracle APEX
2 10 (4.85%) JIRA
3 6 (2.91%) Git
4 3 (1.46%) Burp Suite
4 3 (1.46%) IBM UrbanCode
4 3 (1.46%) JMeter
4 3 (1.46%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.46%) Selenium
5 2 (0.97%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.97%) ERwin
5 2 (0.97%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.49%) Gradle
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
General
1 114 (55.34%) Social Skills
2 62 (30.10%) Public Sector
3 57 (27.67%) Finance
4 23 (11.17%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (6.80%) Legal
6 11 (5.34%) Banking
6 11 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.88%) Publishing
8 7 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.94%) Retail
10 3 (1.46%) Police
11 2 (0.97%) Marketing
11 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.49%) Back Office
12 1 (0.49%) French Language
12 1 (0.49%) German Language
12 1 (0.49%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 79 (38.35%) Analyst
2 26 (12.62%) Data Analyst
2 26 (12.62%) Senior
3 17 (8.25%) Lead
4 14 (6.80%) Business Analyst
5 13 (6.31%) Field Engineer
5 13 (6.31%) IT Engineer
6 12 (5.83%) Developer
7 11 (5.34%) Field Service Engineer
8 10 (4.85%) Designer
9 9 (4.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.88%) Change Analyst
10 8 (3.88%) Security Engineer
11 7 (3.40%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
12 6 (2.91%) IT Analyst
12 6 (2.91%) Lead Data Analyst
12 6 (2.91%) Project Manager
12 6 (2.91%) UX Designer
12 6 (2.91%) Windows Engineer
13 5 (2.43%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.40%) CSS
2 6 (2.91%) Kafka
3 5 (2.43%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (2.43%) REST
4 4 (1.94%) HTML
4 4 (1.94%) React
5 3 (1.46%) J2EE
5 3 (1.46%) Middleware
5 3 (1.46%) Spring
5 3 (1.46%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.46%) XML
6 2 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.49%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.49%) RESTful
7 1 (0.49%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.71%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.80%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (4.37%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.40%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.91%) Credit Risk
5 6 (2.91%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.43%) DTCC
6 5 (2.43%) Market Risk
7 4 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.94%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.97%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.97%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.97%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (0.97%) Social Media
9 2 (0.97%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.25%) Windows
2 13 (6.31%) Unix
3 6 (2.91%) Linux
3 6 (2.91%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.43%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.46%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.49%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (56.31%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (24.76%) Agile
3 29 (14.08%) Project Management
4 28 (13.59%) Analytics
5 25 (12.14%) Business Intelligence
5 25 (12.14%) ERP
6 22 (10.68%) Computer Science
6 22 (10.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (8.74%) Decision-Making
8 17 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (8.25%) Data Analysis
8 17 (8.25%) ITIL
9 16 (7.77%) Performance Tuning
10 15 (7.28%) Collaborative Working
11 14 (6.80%) Customer Service
11 14 (6.80%) Visualisation
12 13 (6.31%) Change Management
12 13 (6.31%) Data Modelling
12 13 (6.31%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 33 (16.02%) SQL
2 19 (9.22%) Python
3 13 (6.31%) PL/SQL
4 7 (3.40%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.91%) Java
6 4 (1.94%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.94%) Perl
7 3 (1.46%) C#
8 2 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.49%) Scala
9 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 39 (18.93%) Degree
2 19 (9.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (8.74%) Security Cleared
4 15 (7.28%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.34%) MCSE
5 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.88%) A+ Certification
6 8 (3.88%) CCNA
6 8 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.88%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (3.40%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.91%) CISSP
9 5 (2.43%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.94%) CISM
11 3 (1.46%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (1.46%) OSCP
12 2 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 1 (0.49%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 1 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 11 (5.34%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.40%) QA
4 5 (2.43%) PMO
5 4 (1.94%) GDPR
6 3 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.46%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.97%) COBIT
7 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.97%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.97%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.97%) ISO 8583
7 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.97%) P3O
8 1 (0.49%) COREP
8 1 (0.49%) IFRS
8 1 (0.49%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.49%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (1.46%) Firmware
1 3 (1.46%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.40%) SCCM
2 6 (2.91%) Terraform
3 3 (1.46%) Data Guard
3 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (1.46%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.97%) Ansible
4 2 (0.97%) Grafana
4 2 (0.97%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.97%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.97%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 40 (19.42%) Oracle
2 36 (17.48%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.88%) Alteryx
3 8 (3.88%) Dell
4 6 (2.91%) Splunk
5 5 (2.43%) IFS
6 4 (1.94%) Google
6 4 (1.94%) SAP
7 3 (1.46%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.46%) IBM
7 3 (1.46%) Qualys
7 3 (1.46%) Workday
8 2 (0.97%) Brandwatch
8 2 (0.97%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (0.97%) Facebook
8 2 (0.97%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.97%) Hootsuite
8 2 (0.97%) IDERA
8 2 (0.97%) Instagram
8 2 (0.97%) YouTube