IT Analyst Jobs in Scotland

IT Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median IT Analyst salary in Scotland is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 166 147
Rank change year-on-year -65 -19 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 45 57 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.67% 1.23% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.37% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 35 43 82
10th Percentile £28,000 £23,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £25,375 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £41,200 £41,250 £38,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £43,375 £43,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% +2.14% -

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 6,477 4,164 5,642
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.93% 89.97% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,613 2,257 3,013
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,325 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Analyst in Scotland

IT Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for IT Analyst in Scotland

IT Analyst
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Analyst in Scotland

IT 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 IT Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 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
Edinburgh +47 16 £40,000 +37.93% 2
Aberdeen -5 6 £28,000 -1.75%
Dundee - 6 - -
Glasgow -128 5 £35,000 -12.50% 1
Fife -8 3 £37,800 +26.00%
West Lothian -3 2 £34,250 +20.18%
North Lanarkshire -6 2 £29,000 +16.00%
Renfrewshire - 2 £37,500 -
Lanarkshire -6 1 £27,500 +7.84%
East Lothian - 1 £35,000 -
IT Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, IT 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 IT Analyst in the job title.

1 21 (46.67%) Windows
2 20 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 12 (26.67%) Cisco
4 12 (26.67%) Microsoft
4 12 (26.67%) Degree
4 12 (26.67%) Azure
4 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (24.44%) Android
6 9 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
6 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 9 (20.00%) Customer Service
7 8 (17.78%) VLAN
8 7 (15.56%) VMware
8 7 (15.56%) WAN
8 7 (15.56%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (13.33%) Power BI
9 6 (13.33%) Windows Server
9 6 (13.33%) Power Platform
9 6 (13.33%) Patch Management
9 6 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (13.33%) ITIL
9 6 (13.33%) LAN
9 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (11.11%) Service Delivery
10 5 (11.11%) Apple iOS
11 4 (8.89%) Decision-Making
11 4 (8.89%) Analytical Mindset

IT 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 (8.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (8.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (26.67%) Azure
3 6 (13.33%) Power Platform
4 3 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.44%) Azure App Service
5 2 (4.44%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.44%) PowerApps
5 2 (4.44%) Serverless
5 2 (4.44%) WhatsApp
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (17.78%) VLAN
3 7 (15.56%) WAN
4 6 (13.33%) LAN
5 2 (4.44%) Firewall
6 1 (2.22%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 9 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.89%) Finance
3 4 (8.89%) Law
3 4 (8.89%) Legal
3 4 (8.89%) Retail
4 3 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.22%) Banking
6 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.44%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.22%) iPhone
4 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (46.67%) Windows
2 11 (24.44%) Android
3 6 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 5 (11.11%) Apple iOS
5 3 (6.67%) Windows 10
6 2 (4.44%) Linux
6 2 (4.44%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (13.33%) ITIL
3 6 (13.33%) Patch Management
3 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 4 (8.89%) Decision-Making
5 4 (8.89%) ERP
6 3 (6.67%) Agile
6 3 (6.67%) Business Strategy
6 3 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.67%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.67%) Migration
6 3 (6.67%) Scrum
7 2 (4.44%) Change Management
7 2 (4.44%) Data Management
7 2 (4.44%) Logistics
7 2 (4.44%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) SQL
2 2 (4.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (26.67%) Degree
2 6 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.44%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.22%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.22%) MCSE
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) SLA
2 2 (4.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (15.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.22%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) SCCM
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (26.67%) Cisco
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.56%) VMware
3 3 (6.67%) Citrix
4 2 (4.44%) iManage
5 1 (2.22%) ConnectWise
5 1 (2.22%) Epicor
5 1 (2.22%) IFS
5 1 (2.22%) JD Edwards
5 1 (2.22%) Meraki
5 1 (2.22%) Mitel
5 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.22%) Polycom
5 1 (2.22%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.22%) SAP