Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst salary in Scotland is £42,500 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 57 24 18
Rank change year-on-year -33 -6 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 410 450 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.11% 9.85% 11.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.30% 10.95% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 211 276 439
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,750 £21,900
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,025 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,585 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.72% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,668
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £61,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% +2.27%

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%

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 18 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 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
Glasgow -89 152 £45,000 +5.88% 15
Edinburgh +2 120 £48,507 +12.81% 22
West Lothian +4 26 £34,500 +60.47% 1
Aberdeen -1 26 £31,250 -18.83% 9
Dundee +1 13 £25,000 -33.33% 1
North Lanarkshire -3 13 £29,000 +16.00% 2
Fife -2 11 £37,800 +26.00% 2
Renfrewshire 0 7 £37,500 +15.38% 1
Lanarkshire -1 7 £41,000 -6.82% 3
Stirling -2 7 £32,500 -
Argyll and Bute - 4 - - 4
Perthshire +8 3 £50,500 - 1
Highlands +1 3 £60,000 -
Aberdeenshire -5 3 £45,000 +57.89% 3
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Dumfries and Galloway -9 2 £40,000 +36.75%
Midlothian - 2 - - 2
West Dunbartonshire 0 1 - -
Perth and Kinross -1 1 £50,500 - 1
East Lothian - 1 £35,000 - 1
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 143 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 117 (28.54%) Finance
3 89 (21.71%) Agile
4 81 (19.76%) Degree
5 79 (19.27%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (17.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 68 (16.59%) Microsoft
9 65 (15.85%) Business Analysis
10 59 (14.39%) Azure
10 59 (14.39%) Microsoft 365
10 59 (14.39%) Power Platform
11 57 (13.90%) Power BI
12 54 (13.17%) Business Intelligence
12 54 (13.17%) Microsoft Excel
13 49 (11.95%) Windows
13 49 (11.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 47 (11.46%) Customer Service
15 45 (10.98%) ITIL
16 44 (10.73%) SQL
17 42 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
18 38 (9.27%) Banking
18 38 (9.27%) JIRA
19 36 (8.78%) Project Management
20 35 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
20 35 (8.54%) Public Sector
21 34 (8.29%) Requirements Gathering
21 34 (8.29%) Actionable Insight
22 33 (8.05%) Migration
22 33 (8.05%) Active Directory

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 19 (4.63%) Confluence
2 14 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.41%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.98%) SAS
4 1 (0.24%) Apache
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 54 (13.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.95%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) EViews
5 1 (0.24%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.95%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (0.98%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.49%) Maximo
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 59 (14.39%) Azure
1 59 (14.39%) Microsoft 365
1 59 (14.39%) Power Platform
2 26 (6.34%) SaaS
3 15 (3.66%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (1.71%) GCP
5 6 (1.46%) AWS
6 5 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (1.22%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.22%) PowerApps
7 4 (0.98%) Miro
8 3 (0.73%) IaaS
8 3 (0.73%) PaaS
8 3 (0.73%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.49%) Azure App Service
9 2 (0.49%) Serverless
9 2 (0.49%) Yammer
10 1 (0.24%) OCI
10 1 (0.24%) Vertex AI
10 1 (0.24%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.39%) Broadband
1 18 (4.39%) WAN
2 16 (3.90%) LAN
3 15 (3.66%) DNS
4 13 (3.17%) VLAN
5 12 (2.93%) Firewall
6 9 (2.20%) Cisco IOS
7 8 (1.95%) DKIM
7 8 (1.95%) DMARC
7 8 (1.95%) Internet
8 6 (1.46%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.46%) Wireless
9 3 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.73%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.73%) VPN
10 2 (0.49%) Network Security
10 2 (0.49%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.49%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.49%) WLAN
11 1 (0.24%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (13.90%) Power BI
2 16 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (3.41%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.41%) Tableau
4 5 (1.22%) GIS
5 2 (0.49%) DTS
5 2 (0.49%) EDMS
5 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.24%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.24%) QlikView
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.24%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 38 (9.27%) JIRA
2 8 (1.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.24%) Bugzilla
General
1 143 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 117 (28.54%) Finance
3 79 (19.27%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (9.27%) Banking
6 35 (8.54%) Public Sector
7 32 (7.80%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (7.32%) Law
9 29 (7.07%) Legal
10 25 (6.10%) Marketing
11 17 (4.15%) Manufacturing
12 14 (3.41%) Military
12 14 (3.41%) Retail
13 11 (2.68%) General Ledger
14 7 (1.71%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
18 2 (0.49%) Billing
18 2 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.49%) REST
2 2 (0.49%) SPFx
3 1 (0.24%) CSS
3 1 (0.24%) HTML
3 1 (0.24%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.88%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.39%) Social Media
3 16 (3.90%) Credit Risk
4 12 (2.93%) Driving Licence
4 12 (2.93%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.68%) Cyberattack
6 8 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (1.95%) Reference Data
7 7 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.71%) Credit Derivative
7 7 (1.71%) Derivative
7 7 (1.71%) Fixed Income
7 7 (1.71%) Hedge funds
7 7 (1.71%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 7 (1.71%) Market Risk
7 7 (1.71%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.46%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.98%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 49 (11.95%) Windows
2 16 (3.90%) Linux
2 16 (3.90%) Unix
3 14 (3.41%) Mac OS X
4 13 (3.17%) Android
5 10 (2.44%) Windows Server
6 9 (2.20%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.22%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.49%) VMS
8 2 (0.49%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (21.71%) Agile
2 75 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (17.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (15.85%) Business Analysis
5 54 (13.17%) Business Intelligence
6 47 (11.46%) Customer Service
7 45 (10.98%) ITIL
8 42 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (8.78%) Project Management
10 35 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (8.29%) Actionable Insight
11 34 (8.29%) Requirements Gathering
12 33 (8.05%) Impact Assessments
12 33 (8.05%) Migration
13 31 (7.56%) User Stories
14 29 (7.07%) Information Security
14 29 (7.07%) Security Operations
15 28 (6.83%) ERP
16 26 (6.34%) Change Management
16 26 (6.34%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (10.73%) SQL
2 12 (2.93%) Python
3 8 (1.95%) PowerShell
4 5 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.73%) R
5 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.49%) C#
7 1 (0.24%) C++
7 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 81 (19.76%) Degree
2 23 (5.61%) CISSP
3 22 (5.37%) CISM
4 17 (4.15%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.15%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.41%) DBS Check
5 14 (3.41%) GCIA
5 14 (3.41%) GCIH
5 14 (3.41%) GREM
6 12 (2.93%) ACCA
7 11 (2.68%) CIMA
8 7 (1.71%) HND
9 6 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.98%) SSCP
11 3 (0.73%) CISA
12 2 (0.49%) AAT
12 2 (0.49%) ICAEW
13 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.66%) GDPR
2 13 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.20%) QA
4 8 (1.95%) NIST
5 7 (1.71%) SLA
6 5 (1.22%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.73%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.73%) PMO
8 2 (0.49%) CRD IV
8 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.49%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.24%) FINRA
9 1 (0.24%) IFRS
9 1 (0.24%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.24%) MiFID
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (8.05%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.24%) RACF
Systems Management
1 11 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.95%) CASB
3 4 (0.98%) SCCM
4 2 (0.49%) WSUS
5 1 (0.24%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 68 (16.59%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.10%) Dell
3 20 (4.88%) SAP
4 16 (3.90%) VMware
5 15 (3.66%) Cisco
6 14 (3.41%) CA
7 12 (2.93%) Oracle
8 8 (1.95%) FNZ
8 8 (1.95%) Google
9 7 (1.71%) Meraki
10 5 (1.22%) iManage
11 4 (0.98%) Anaplan
11 4 (0.98%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.98%) CyberArk
11 4 (0.98%) IFS
11 4 (0.98%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.73%) Citrix
12 3 (0.73%) Juniper
12 3 (0.73%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.73%) Polycom