Senior Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Senior Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Analyst salary in Scotland is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 151 165
Rank change year-on-year -75 +14 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Analyst 58 72 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 1.58% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.75% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 28 36 60
10th Percentile £42,000 £36,510 £31,975
25th Percentile £45,979 £37,885 £38,581
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +17.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,443 £55,313
90th Percentile - £57,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%

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 6,508 4,108 5,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.93% 89.89% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,627 2,223 3,003
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,414 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +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%

Senior Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Analyst in Scotland

Senior Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Analyst in Scotland

Senior Analyst
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Analyst in Scotland

Senior 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 Senior Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 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 +34 22 £53,264 +12.13% 2
Glasgow -109 19 £50,000 +36.25% 1
West Lothian - 10 - -
Aberdeen -10 4 £45,000 - 1
East Lothian - 1 £35,000 -
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Midlothian - 1 - -
Senior Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (53.45%) Finance
2 23 (39.66%) Agile
3 19 (32.76%) Analytics
4 18 (31.03%) Banking
4 18 (31.03%) Microsoft Excel
5 16 (27.59%) SQL
6 14 (24.14%) Power BI
6 14 (24.14%) Power Platform
7 13 (22.41%) Visualisation
8 12 (20.69%) GDPR
8 12 (20.69%) Legal
9 11 (18.97%) Matrix Organization
9 11 (18.97%) Line Management
9 11 (18.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (17.24%) Supplier Relationship Management
10 10 (17.24%) Impact Assessments
10 10 (17.24%) Data Privacy
10 10 (17.24%) Data Protection
10 10 (17.24%) Matrix Management
10 10 (17.24%) Social Media
10 10 (17.24%) Data Governance
10 10 (17.24%) Process Improvement
10 10 (17.24%) CIMA
10 10 (17.24%) CA
10 10 (17.24%) ACCA
10 10 (17.24%) SAP
10 10 (17.24%) Broadband
10 10 (17.24%) Data Management
10 10 (17.24%) General Ledger
10 10 (17.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint

Senior 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 (6.90%) Confluence
2 3 (5.17%) SAS
3 1 (1.72%) Apache
3 1 (1.72%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 18 (31.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (17.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (6.90%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.14%) Power Platform
2 7 (12.07%) Azure
3 6 (10.34%) GCP
4 4 (6.90%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (6.90%) Miro
5 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.45%) IaaS
5 2 (3.45%) PaaS
5 2 (3.45%) SaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.72%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.72%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.24%) Broadband
2 6 (10.34%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (24.14%) Power BI
2 8 (13.79%) Tableau
3 5 (8.62%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (5.17%) GIS
5 1 (1.72%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) JIRA
General
1 31 (53.45%) Finance
2 18 (31.03%) Banking
3 12 (20.69%) Legal
4 11 (18.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (17.24%) General Ledger
6 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Retail
7 2 (3.45%) Social Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Local Government
8 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Social Media
2 3 (5.17%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.45%) Cyberattack
3 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (39.66%) Agile
2 19 (32.76%) Analytics
3 13 (22.41%) Visualisation
4 11 (18.97%) Line Management
4 11 (18.97%) Matrix Organization
5 10 (17.24%) Data Governance
5 10 (17.24%) Data Management
5 10 (17.24%) Data Privacy
5 10 (17.24%) Data Protection
5 10 (17.24%) Impact Assessments
5 10 (17.24%) Matrix Management
5 10 (17.24%) Process Improvement
5 10 (17.24%) Supplier Relationship Management
6 9 (15.52%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (13.79%) Data Visualisation
7 8 (13.79%) Security Operations
8 7 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (8.62%) Business Analysis
10 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.59%) SQL
2 7 (12.07%) Python
3 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (17.24%) ACCA
1 10 (17.24%) CIMA
2 7 (12.07%) Degree
3 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.34%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.90%) CISM
4 4 (6.90%) CISSP
4 4 (6.90%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (6.90%) SSCP
5 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.69%) GDPR
2 6 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (6.90%) ISO 22301
4 2 (3.45%) CRD IV
4 2 (3.45%) NIST
5 1 (1.72%) IFRS
5 1 (1.72%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) RACF
Vendors
1 10 (17.24%) CA
1 10 (17.24%) SAP
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.34%) Google
4 2 (3.45%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.72%) Atlassian