IT Analyst Jobs in Scotland

IT Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median IT Analyst salary in Scotland is £34,500 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 236 172 163
Rank change year-on-year -64 -9 -20
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Analyst 46 43 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.67% 1.00% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 1.12% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 34 29 85
10th Percentile £28,000 £23,200 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £23,500 £23,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £39,300 £38,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £42,500 £43,375 £48,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,634 3,842 6,038
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.72% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,931 2,088 3,091
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £82,500
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 12 June 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 12 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
Edinburgh +33 13 £37,250 -6.88% 5
Glasgow -106 9 £29,000 -3.33%
Aberdeen -10 6 £28,000 -18.57% 3
Dundee - 6 - -
North Lanarkshire -3 4 £29,000 +16.00%
Fife -12 3 £37,800 +26.00%
West Lothian -4 2 £34,250 +20.18%
Renfrewshire - 1 £35,000 -
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 12 June 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 22 (47.83%) Windows
2 21 (45.65%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (39.13%) Active Directory
4 12 (26.09%) Cisco
5 11 (23.91%) Degree
5 11 (23.91%) Azure
5 11 (23.91%) Android
6 10 (21.74%) Windows Server
6 10 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
7 9 (19.57%) Cisco IOS
8 8 (17.39%) VLAN
8 8 (17.39%) Finance
8 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (17.39%) Customer Service
9 7 (15.22%) Social Skills
9 7 (15.22%) Windows 10
9 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (15.22%) VMware Infrastructure
9 7 (15.22%) WAN
9 7 (15.22%) VMware
9 7 (15.22%) Retail
10 6 (13.04%) ERP
10 6 (13.04%) Firewall
10 6 (13.04%) LAN
10 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (13.04%) Patch Management
10 6 (13.04%) Power Platform
10 6 (13.04%) Power BI
10 6 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree

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 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (45.65%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (23.91%) Azure
3 6 (13.04%) Power Platform
4 3 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.35%) Azure App Service
5 2 (4.35%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.35%) PowerApps
5 2 (4.35%) Serverless
6 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (19.57%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (17.39%) VLAN
3 7 (15.22%) WAN
4 6 (13.04%) Firewall
4 6 (13.04%) LAN
5 1 (2.17%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) Power BI
2 3 (6.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.17%) Crystal Reports
General
1 8 (17.39%) Finance
2 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Retail
2 7 (15.22%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Law
4 3 (6.52%) Legal
4 3 (6.52%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.17%) Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) HTML
1 2 (4.35%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (4.35%) Low-Code
2 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.17%) iPhone
3 1 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (47.83%) Windows
2 11 (23.91%) Android
3 10 (21.74%) Windows Server
4 7 (15.22%) Windows 10
5 5 (10.87%) Apple iOS
6 4 (8.70%) Windows 7
6 4 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (4.35%) Windows 8
8 1 (2.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (17.39%) Customer Service
3 6 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (13.04%) ERP
3 6 (13.04%) Patch Management
4 5 (10.87%) ITIL
4 5 (10.87%) Migration
4 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (8.70%) Decision-Making
5 4 (8.70%) Logistics
5 4 (8.70%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.52%) Agile
6 3 (6.52%) Business Strategy
6 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.52%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.52%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.52%) Scrum
7 2 (4.35%) Data Management
7 2 (4.35%) Data Migration
7 2 (4.35%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) C#
2 2 (4.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (23.91%) Degree
2 6 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) SLA
2 2 (4.35%) GDPR
2 2 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 7 (15.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.17%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) SCCM
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) Cisco
2 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 7 (15.22%) VMware
4 2 (4.35%) Citrix
4 2 (4.35%) iManage
5 1 (2.17%) Epicor
5 1 (2.17%) IFS
5 1 (2.17%) JD Edwards
5 1 (2.17%) Meraki
5 1 (2.17%) Mitel
5 1 (2.17%) Polycom
5 1 (2.17%) SAP