Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst salary in Scotland is £42,592 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 23 18
Rank change year-on-year -34 -5 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 419 471 677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.22% 10.00% 11.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.42% 11.10% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 224 280 453
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,592 £40,832 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.31% +10.36% -1.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £60,875 £67,625 £61,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% +4.65%

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 6,525 4,242 5,553
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.10% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,305 2,995
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Analyst in Scotland

Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Analyst in Scotland

Analyst
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Analyst in Scotland

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 Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -80 154 £42,842 +2.84% 19
Edinburgh +2 130 £48,032 +6.74% 29
West Lothian +3 26 £34,500 +60.47% 1
Aberdeen 0 26 £31,250 -18.83% 6
Dundee -2 13 £25,000 -25.93%
North Lanarkshire -3 13 £29,000 +16.00% 3
Fife -7 9 £37,800 +26.00% 3
Renfrewshire +1 8 £37,500 +15.38%
Lanarkshire -2 7 £41,000 -6.82% 6
Stirling -3 7 £32,500 -
Aberdeenshire -5 4 £42,500 +8.28% 4
Argyll and Bute - 4 - - 1
Highlands +1 3 £60,000 -
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 - 1
Dumfries and Galloway -9 2 £40,000 +36.75%
Midlothian - 2 - - 3
West Dunbartonshire 0 1 - -
Perthshire - 1 £50,500 - 1
East Lothian - 1 £35,000 - 1
Perth and Kinross - 1 £50,500 - 1
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 148 (35.32%) Social Skills
2 118 (28.16%) Finance
3 93 (22.20%) Agile
4 86 (20.53%) Degree
5 83 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 74 (17.66%) Microsoft
9 67 (15.99%) Business Analysis
10 64 (15.27%) Microsoft 365
10 64 (15.27%) Power Platform
11 62 (14.80%) Power BI
12 59 (14.08%) Azure
12 59 (14.08%) Business Intelligence
13 57 (13.60%) Microsoft Excel
14 52 (12.41%) Windows
15 51 (12.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 48 (11.46%) Customer Service
16 48 (11.46%) ITIL
17 46 (10.98%) SQL
18 43 (10.26%) JIRA
19 40 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
20 38 (9.07%) Continuous Improvement
21 37 (8.83%) Public Sector
22 36 (8.59%) Banking
22 36 (8.59%) Project Management
23 35 (8.35%) Active Directory
23 35 (8.35%) Actionable Insight
23 35 (8.35%) Requirements Gathering
24 34 (8.11%) User Stories

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 21 (5.01%) Confluence
2 16 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.19%) SAS
4 2 (0.48%) Apache
4 2 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 57 (13.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (6.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.91%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) EViews
5 1 (0.24%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 14 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.63%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (0.95%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 64 (15.27%) Microsoft 365
1 64 (15.27%) Power Platform
2 59 (14.08%) Azure
3 26 (6.21%) SaaS
4 15 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (1.67%) GCP
6 6 (1.43%) AWS
7 5 (1.19%) PowerApps
7 5 (1.19%) Yammer
8 4 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (0.95%) Entra ID
8 4 (0.95%) Miro
9 3 (0.72%) IaaS
9 3 (0.72%) PaaS
9 3 (0.72%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.48%) Azure App Service
10 2 (0.48%) Serverless
10 2 (0.48%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.24%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.24%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.30%) Broadband
1 18 (4.30%) WAN
2 16 (3.82%) DNS
2 16 (3.82%) LAN
3 13 (3.10%) VLAN
4 11 (2.63%) Firewall
5 9 (2.15%) Cisco IOS
6 8 (1.91%) DKIM
6 8 (1.91%) DMARC
6 8 (1.91%) Internet
7 6 (1.43%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.43%) Wireless
8 3 (0.72%) Network Security
8 3 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (0.72%) VPN
9 2 (0.48%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.48%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.48%) WLAN
10 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (14.80%) Power BI
2 21 (5.01%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (4.53%) SQL Server
4 14 (3.34%) Tableau
5 5 (1.19%) GIS
6 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.48%) DTS
7 2 (0.48%) EDMS
8 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.24%) NonStop SQL
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.24%) QlikView
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.24%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 43 (10.26%) JIRA
2 11 (2.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.24%) Bugzilla
General
1 148 (35.32%) Social Skills
2 118 (28.16%) Finance
3 83 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (12.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (8.83%) Public Sector
6 36 (8.59%) Banking
7 33 (7.88%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (7.16%) Law
9 26 (6.21%) Legal
10 25 (5.97%) Marketing
11 17 (4.06%) Retail
12 16 (3.82%) Manufacturing
13 14 (3.34%) Military
14 11 (2.63%) General Ledger
15 7 (1.67%) Investment Banking
16 6 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
18 3 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
19 2 (0.48%) Advertising
19 2 (0.48%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.48%) REST
2 2 (0.48%) SPFx
3 1 (0.24%) CSS
3 1 (0.24%) HTML
3 1 (0.24%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.25%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.30%) Social Media
3 17 (4.06%) Credit Risk
4 12 (2.86%) Driving Licence
4 12 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.63%) Cyberattack
6 8 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (1.91%) Reference Data
7 7 (1.67%) Credit Derivative
7 7 (1.67%) Derivative
7 7 (1.67%) Fixed Income
7 7 (1.67%) Hedge funds
7 7 (1.67%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 7 (1.67%) Market Risk
7 7 (1.67%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.43%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.95%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 52 (12.41%) Windows
2 17 (4.06%) Linux
3 16 (3.82%) Unix
4 14 (3.34%) Mac OS X
5 13 (3.10%) Android
6 11 (2.63%) Windows Server
7 10 (2.39%) Windows 10
8 5 (1.19%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.72%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.48%) VMS
10 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (22.20%) Agile
2 76 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (17.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (15.99%) Business Analysis
5 59 (14.08%) Business Intelligence
6 48 (11.46%) Customer Service
6 48 (11.46%) ITIL
7 40 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
8 38 (9.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (8.59%) Project Management
10 35 (8.35%) Actionable Insight
10 35 (8.35%) Requirements Gathering
11 34 (8.11%) User Stories
12 33 (7.88%) Service Management
13 32 (7.64%) Migration
14 31 (7.40%) Change Management
15 30 (7.16%) Information Security
16 29 (6.92%) Impact Assessments
17 27 (6.44%) ERP
17 27 (6.44%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 46 (10.98%) SQL
2 13 (3.10%) Python
3 8 (1.91%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.19%) T-SQL
5 4 (0.95%) R
6 2 (0.48%) C#
7 1 (0.24%) C++
7 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 86 (20.53%) Degree
2 21 (5.01%) CISSP
3 20 (4.77%) CISM
4 17 (4.06%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.06%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.34%) DBS Check
5 14 (3.34%) GCIA
5 14 (3.34%) GCIH
5 14 (3.34%) GREM
6 12 (2.86%) ACCA
7 11 (2.63%) CIMA
8 7 (1.67%) HND
9 6 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.72%) CISA
10 3 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.48%) AAT
11 2 (0.48%) ICAEW
11 2 (0.48%) SSCP
12 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (2.63%) GDPR
3 9 (2.15%) NIST
3 9 (2.15%) QA
4 7 (1.67%) SLA
5 3 (0.72%) CRD IV
5 3 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.72%) ISO 22301
5 3 (0.72%) PMO
6 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.48%) IFRS
6 2 (0.48%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.24%) FINRA
7 1 (0.24%) MiFID
7 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (8.35%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.72%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.15%) CASB
3 4 (0.95%) SCCM
4 2 (0.48%) WSUS
5 1 (0.24%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.24%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 74 (17.66%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.21%) Dell
3 19 (4.53%) SAP
4 16 (3.82%) VMware
5 15 (3.58%) Cisco
6 14 (3.34%) CA
7 12 (2.86%) Oracle
8 11 (2.63%) FNZ
9 8 (1.91%) Google
10 7 (1.67%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.67%) Meraki
10 7 (1.67%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.19%) iManage
12 4 (0.95%) Anaplan
12 4 (0.95%) Citrix
12 4 (0.95%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.72%) Apple
13 3 (0.72%) CyberArk
13 3 (0.72%) Juniper
13 3 (0.72%) Polycom