IT Analyst Contracts in Scotland

IT Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median IT Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £195, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate 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 80 116 119
Rank change year-on-year +36 +3 +17
Contract jobs requiring an IT Analyst 35 48 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.63% 1.80% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 1.89% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 38 43
10th Percentile £141 £121 £138
25th Percentile £158 £154 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £188 £250
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -25.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £438 £375 £422
90th Percentile £469 £488 £450
UK median daily rate £400 £300 £351
% change year-on-year +33.33% -14.59% -6.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.19 - -
Median hourly rate £18.38 - £11.91
75th Percentile £18.56 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £22.57 £17.50
% change year-on-year -4.72% +28.94% +12.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,029 2,543 3,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 95.17% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,767 2,315
10th Percentile £200 £230 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £558 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £632 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 50 52
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.71 £16.35
25th Percentile £15.73 £14.25 £17.86
Median hourly rate £19.34 £18.84 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -49.67% +16.97%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.78 £55.98
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for IT Analyst in Scotland

IT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Analyst in Scotland

IT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Analyst in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for IT Analyst in Scotland

IT Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +18 10 £150 -13.04% 5
Glasgow +13 8 £350 +40.00%
West Lothian +6 4 £158 +36.96%
Lanarkshire - 3 £185 -
Perthshire +8 1 £450 -7.69%
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 contract 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 contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring IT Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 16 (45.71%) ITIL
3 15 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 15 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (34.29%) Public Sector
4 12 (34.29%) Active Directory
5 9 (25.71%) Agile
5 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (22.86%) ITSM
6 8 (22.86%) Windows
6 8 (22.86%) Windows 10
6 8 (22.86%) Disclosure Scotland
7 7 (20.00%) Customer Service
8 6 (17.14%) Apple iOS
8 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (17.14%) Business Analysis
9 5 (14.29%) SCCM
9 5 (14.29%) Project Management
9 5 (14.29%) OneDrive
9 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (11.43%) Citrix
10 4 (11.43%) Incident Management
11 3 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 3 (8.57%) Asset Management
11 3 (8.57%) Use Case
11 3 (8.57%) User Acceptance Testing
11 3 (8.57%) Android

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 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.57%) Skype for Business
3 1 (2.86%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Maximo
2 1 (2.86%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 15 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (14.29%) OneDrive
3 3 (8.57%) Yammer
4 2 (5.71%) Azure
5 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) Skype
2 1 (2.86%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Public Sector
3 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Finance
5 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 2 (5.71%) Publishing
7 1 (2.86%) Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) CMDB
1 3 (8.57%) iPhone
2 2 (5.71%) Wiki
3 1 (2.86%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.86%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Windows
1 8 (22.86%) Windows 10
2 6 (17.14%) Apple iOS
3 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (8.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) ITIL
2 9 (25.71%) Agile
3 8 (22.86%) ITSM
4 7 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 6 (17.14%) Business Analysis
6 5 (14.29%) Project Management
7 4 (11.43%) Incident Management
7 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (8.57%) Acceptance Criteria
8 3 (8.57%) Asset Management
8 3 (8.57%) Business Process Modelling
8 3 (8.57%) Change Management
8 3 (8.57%) Infographics
8 3 (8.57%) PRINCE2
8 3 (8.57%) Prototyping
8 3 (8.57%) Storyboarding
8 3 (8.57%) UML
8 3 (8.57%) Use Case
8 3 (8.57%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (8.57%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) Degree
1 2 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.86%) CISM
2 1 (2.86%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (2.86%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.86%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (5.71%) SLA
3 1 (2.86%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (34.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.57%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) SCCM
2 3 (8.57%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.86%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Citrix
3 3 (8.57%) Apple
3 3 (8.57%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.71%) Mitel
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco
5 1 (2.86%) Equitrac
5 1 (2.86%) ForeScout
5 1 (2.86%) IBM
5 1 (2.86%) IFS
5 1 (2.86%) VMware