Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Analyst salary in Scotland is £41,000 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 61 21 18
Rank change year-on-year -40 -3 +8
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 383 446 679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.60% 10.25% 11.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.77% 11.45% 11.68%
Number of salaries quoted 205 271 440
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £40,113 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% +6.97% -3.85%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,126
90th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £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 6,635 3,895 5,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.52% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,785 2,120 3,050
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,652 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -87 147 £45,000 +5.88% 24
Edinburgh -3 108 £48,032 +12.43% 28
Aberdeen -1 26 £31,250 -18.83% 14
West Lothian +4 23 £34,500 +60.47% 2
Dundee -1 13 £25,000 -33.33% 1
Fife -6 11 £37,800 +26.00% 4
North Lanarkshire -2 10 £29,000 +13.73% 2
Renfrewshire 0 7 £37,500 +15.38% 1
Lanarkshire -6 6 £41,000 +60.78% 4
Perthshire +9 4 £50,500 - 1
Argyll and Bute - 4 - - 3
Highlands 0 3 £60,000 -
Stirling -6 3 £32,500 - 1
Aberdeenshire -9 3 £45,000 +57.89% 4
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Perth and Kinross 0 2 £50,500 -
Midlothian - 2 - - 5
West Dunbartonshire -1 1 - -
Dumfries and Galloway -7 1 £40,000 +36.75%
East Lothian - 1 £35,000 -
Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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.

1 118 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 108 (28.20%) Finance
3 85 (22.19%) Agile
4 73 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (18.02%) Degree
6 66 (17.23%) Microsoft
7 65 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
8 58 (15.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 57 (14.88%) Microsoft 365
10 56 (14.62%) Power Platform
11 54 (14.10%) Power BI
11 54 (14.10%) Azure
12 52 (13.58%) Business Intelligence
13 51 (13.32%) Windows
13 51 (13.32%) Microsoft Excel
14 50 (13.05%) Business Analysis
15 48 (12.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 47 (12.27%) Customer Service
17 45 (11.75%) Cybersecurity
18 44 (11.49%) SQL
19 39 (10.18%) ITIL
20 36 (9.40%) Active Directory
20 36 (9.40%) Banking
21 35 (9.14%) Requirements Gathering
22 34 (8.88%) JIRA
22 34 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
23 33 (8.62%) Security Operations
23 33 (8.62%) Migration
23 33 (8.62%) Legal
23 33 (8.62%) Information Security

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 17 (4.44%) Confluence
2 14 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (3.13%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.26%) CMS
4 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 51 (13.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (6.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (2.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.57%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.78%) Maximo
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 57 (14.88%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (14.62%) Power Platform
3 54 (14.10%) Azure
4 25 (6.53%) SaaS
5 15 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (2.35%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.31%) GCP
7 5 (1.31%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.04%) AWS
8 4 (1.04%) Miro
9 3 (0.78%) IaaS
9 3 (0.78%) PaaS
9 3 (0.78%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.52%) Azure App Service
10 2 (0.52%) Serverless
11 1 (0.26%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.26%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.26%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.70%) Broadband
2 17 (4.44%) WAN
3 15 (3.92%) LAN
4 14 (3.66%) Firewall
5 13 (3.39%) DNS
5 13 (3.39%) VLAN
6 9 (2.35%) Cisco IOS
7 8 (2.09%) DKIM
7 8 (2.09%) DMARC
7 8 (2.09%) Internet
8 6 (1.57%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.57%) Wireless
9 3 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (0.78%) VPN
10 2 (0.52%) Network Security
10 2 (0.52%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.52%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.52%) WLAN
11 1 (0.26%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (14.10%) Power BI
2 14 (3.66%) Tableau
3 13 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.61%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.31%) GIS
6 2 (0.52%) DTS
6 2 (0.52%) EDMS
6 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.26%) NonStop SQL
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.26%) QlikView
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.26%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 34 (8.88%) JIRA
2 6 (1.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.26%) Bugzilla
General
1 118 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 108 (28.20%) Finance
3 65 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (12.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (9.40%) Banking
6 33 (8.62%) Legal
7 31 (8.09%) Law
8 25 (6.53%) Marketing
9 21 (5.48%) Public Sector
10 17 (4.44%) Manufacturing
11 16 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (3.66%) Military
13 12 (3.13%) Retail
14 11 (2.87%) General Ledger
15 7 (1.83%) Investment Banking
16 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
18 3 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
19 2 (0.52%) Advertising
19 2 (0.52%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.52%) REST
2 2 (0.52%) SPFx
3 1 (0.26%) CSS
3 1 (0.26%) HTML
3 1 (0.26%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.27%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.70%) Social Media
3 13 (3.39%) Credit Risk
4 12 (3.13%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.87%) Cyberattack
6 8 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (2.09%) Reference Data
7 7 (1.83%) Credit Derivative
7 7 (1.83%) Derivative
7 7 (1.83%) Fixed Income
7 7 (1.83%) Hedge funds
7 7 (1.83%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 7 (1.83%) Market Risk
7 7 (1.83%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.31%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.04%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 51 (13.32%) Windows
2 16 (4.18%) Linux
2 16 (4.18%) Unix
3 14 (3.66%) Mac OS X
4 13 (3.39%) Android
5 12 (3.13%) Windows Server
6 11 (2.87%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.31%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.52%) VMS
9 2 (0.52%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.52%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (22.19%) Agile
2 73 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (15.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 52 (13.58%) Business Intelligence
5 50 (13.05%) Business Analysis
6 47 (12.27%) Customer Service
7 45 (11.75%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (10.18%) ITIL
9 35 (9.14%) Requirements Gathering
10 34 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (8.62%) Information Security
11 33 (8.62%) Migration
11 33 (8.62%) Security Operations
12 31 (8.09%) Actionable Insight
13 30 (7.83%) User Stories
14 28 (7.31%) ERP
15 25 (6.53%) Analytics
15 25 (6.53%) Data Management
15 25 (6.53%) Project Management
16 23 (6.01%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 44 (11.49%) SQL
2 10 (2.61%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.09%) Python
4 5 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.52%) C#
6 1 (0.26%) R
6 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (18.02%) Degree
2 23 (6.01%) CISSP
3 22 (5.74%) CISM
4 17 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.44%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.66%) DBS Check
5 14 (3.66%) GCIA
5 14 (3.66%) GCIH
5 14 (3.66%) GREM
6 12 (3.13%) ACCA
7 11 (2.87%) CIMA
8 7 (1.83%) HND
9 6 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.04%) SSCP
11 3 (0.78%) CISA
12 2 (0.52%) AAT
12 2 (0.52%) ICAEW
13 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.92%) GDPR
2 12 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.35%) QA
4 8 (2.09%) NIST
5 7 (1.83%) SLA
6 5 (1.31%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (0.78%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.26%) FINRA
9 1 (0.26%) MiFID
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (9.40%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.31%) RACF
4 3 (0.78%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.26%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 8 (2.09%) CASB
1 8 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.04%) SCCM
3 2 (0.52%) WSUS
4 1 (0.26%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 66 (17.23%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.48%) SAP
3 17 (4.44%) Dell
4 16 (4.18%) VMware
5 15 (3.92%) Cisco
6 14 (3.66%) CA
7 13 (3.39%) Oracle
8 8 (2.09%) CyberArk
9 7 (1.83%) Meraki
10 6 (1.57%) FNZ
10 6 (1.57%) Google
11 5 (1.31%) iManage
12 4 (1.04%) Anaplan
12 4 (1.04%) IFS
13 3 (0.78%) Citrix
13 3 (0.78%) Juniper
13 3 (0.78%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.78%) Polycom
14 2 (0.52%) Apple
14 2 (0.52%) Atlassian