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 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 24 17
Rank change year-on-year -35 -7 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Analyst 410 452 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.10% 9.87% 11.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.30% 10.98% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 211 278 440
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,750 £21,475
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,150 £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 £51,250
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 6,512 4,118 5,676
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.93% 89.89% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,629 2,228 3,006
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,338 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,740
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 19 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 19 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 -90 152 £45,000 +5.88% 18
Edinburgh +2 120 £48,507 +12.81% 28
West Lothian +4 26 £34,500 +60.47% 2
Aberdeen -2 26 £31,250 -18.83% 11
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 - - 3
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
Perth and Kinross 0 1 £50,500 - 1
West Dunbartonshire 0 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 19 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.

1 142 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 117 (28.54%) Finance
3 90 (21.95%) Agile
4 80 (19.51%) Degree
5 78 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (17.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 69 (16.83%) 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
15 45 (10.98%) SQL
16 43 (10.49%) Cybersecurity
17 39 (9.51%) Banking
18 38 (9.27%) JIRA
19 35 (8.54%) Project Management
19 35 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
19 35 (8.54%) Public Sector
20 34 (8.29%) Requirements Gathering
20 34 (8.29%) Actionable Insight
20 34 (8.29%) Active Directory
21 33 (8.05%) Migration

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
5 6 (1.46%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
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
1 142 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 117 (28.54%) Finance
3 78 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (9.51%) Banking
6 35 (8.54%) Public Sector
7 32 (7.80%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (7.32%) Law
8 30 (7.32%) Legal
9 25 (6.10%) Marketing
10 17 (4.15%) Manufacturing
11 14 (3.41%) Military
11 14 (3.41%) Retail
12 11 (2.68%) General Ledger
13 7 (1.71%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
17 2 (0.49%) Advertising
17 2 (0.49%) Publishing
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 21 (5.12%) 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 90 (21.95%) 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 43 (10.49%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (8.54%) Project Management
10 34 (8.29%) Actionable Insight
10 34 (8.29%) Requirements Gathering
11 33 (8.05%) Impact Assessments
11 33 (8.05%) Migration
12 31 (7.56%) User Stories
13 30 (7.32%) Information Security
13 30 (7.32%) Security Operations
14 28 (6.83%) ERP
15 26 (6.34%) Change Management
15 26 (6.34%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (10.98%) SQL
2 12 (2.93%) Python
3 9 (2.20%) 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 80 (19.51%) 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 34 (8.29%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.73%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.49%) RACF
5 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
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 69 (16.83%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.85%) 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%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.22%) iManage
11 4 (0.98%) Anaplan
11 4 (0.98%) Atlassian
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