Data Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Data Analyst salary in Edinburgh is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 111 109
Rank change year-on-year +23 -2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 19 27 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.25% 1.45% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.54% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 15 23 20
10th Percentile £46,306 £27,411 £34,500
25th Percentile £48,153 £36,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% +1.18% -8.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £63,868 £48,965 £49,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £43,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year +27.91% +16.22% -7.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,467 1,756 2,496
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 94.56% 98.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 1,054 1,552
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,750 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £89,459 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in Edinburgh

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Data Analyst in Edinburgh

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in Edinburgh

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Data 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 Edinburgh region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (89.47%) Power BI
1 17 (89.47%) Power Platform
2 15 (78.95%) Analytics
2 15 (78.95%) SQL
3 13 (68.42%) Visualisation
4 12 (63.16%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (52.63%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (42.11%) Data Visualisation
6 8 (42.11%) Tableau
7 7 (36.84%) Finance
7 7 (36.84%) Python
8 6 (31.58%) Banking
9 5 (26.32%) Machine Learning
9 5 (26.32%) Natural Language Processing
9 5 (26.32%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (26.32%) Google
9 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (26.32%) GCP
9 5 (26.32%) Data Analytics
9 5 (26.32%) Data Science
10 4 (21.05%) Data Privacy
10 4 (21.05%) Data Governance
10 4 (21.05%) Data Management
10 4 (21.05%) Agile
11 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
11 2 (10.53%) Legal
11 2 (10.53%) Migration
11 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
11 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
11 2 (10.53%) Data Security

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (89.47%) Power Platform
2 5 (26.32%) GCP
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.53%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (89.47%) Power BI
2 8 (42.11%) Tableau
3 5 (26.32%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 6 (31.58%) Banking
3 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Legal
4 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Analytics
2 13 (68.42%) Visualisation
3 12 (63.16%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (42.11%) Data Visualisation
5 5 (26.32%) Data Analytics
5 5 (26.32%) Data Science
5 5 (26.32%) Machine Learning
5 5 (26.32%) Natural Language Processing
6 4 (21.05%) Agile
6 4 (21.05%) Data Governance
6 4 (21.05%) Data Management
6 4 (21.05%) Data Privacy
7 2 (10.53%) Data Analysis
7 2 (10.53%) Data Migration
7 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
7 2 (10.53%) Data Security
7 2 (10.53%) Matrix Management
7 2 (10.53%) Migration
7 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
7 2 (10.53%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) SQL
2 7 (36.84%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Google
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft