Data Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Data Analyst salary in Edinburgh is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 105 110
Rank change year-on-year +16 +5 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Analyst 17 27 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.07% 1.50% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 1.58% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 13 23 20
10th Percentile £46,306 £27,411 £34,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £36,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% +1.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £65,991 £48,965 £49,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £43,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year +27.91% +16.22% -7.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,527 1,708 2,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 94.63% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,075 1,018 1,593
10th Percentile £32,600 £35,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,419 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in Edinburgh

Data Analyst
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Data Analyst in Edinburgh

Data Analyst
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Data 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 Edinburgh region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (88.24%) Power BI
1 15 (88.24%) Power Platform
2 13 (76.47%) Analytics
2 13 (76.47%) SQL
3 12 (70.59%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (64.71%) Visualisation
5 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (47.06%) Data Visualisation
6 8 (47.06%) Tableau
7 5 (29.41%) Banking
7 5 (29.41%) Finance
7 5 (29.41%) Python
8 4 (23.53%) Data Management
8 4 (23.53%) Data Governance
8 4 (23.53%) Data Privacy
8 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (17.65%) GCP
9 3 (17.65%) Data Science
9 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
9 3 (17.65%) Machine Learning
9 3 (17.65%) Natural Language Processing
9 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (17.65%) Google
9 3 (17.65%) Agile
10 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
10 2 (11.76%) Legal
10 2 (11.76%) Migration
10 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
10 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
10 2 (11.76%) Data Security

Data Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (88.24%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) GCP
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.76%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (88.24%) Power BI
2 8 (47.06%) Tableau
3 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (29.41%) Banking
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Analytics
2 12 (70.59%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (64.71%) Visualisation
4 8 (47.06%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (23.53%) Data Governance
5 4 (23.53%) Data Management
5 4 (23.53%) Data Privacy
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
6 3 (17.65%) Data Science
6 3 (17.65%) Machine Learning
6 3 (17.65%) Natural Language Processing
7 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) Data Architecture
7 2 (11.76%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (11.76%) Data Migration
7 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
7 2 (11.76%) Matrix Management
7 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
7 2 (11.76%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 13 (76.47%) SQL
2 5 (29.41%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Google
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft