Data Architecture Jobs in Scotland

Data Architecture
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Architecture over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 131 196
Rank change year-on-year -38 +65 -28
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 108 81 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.58% 1.86% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.97% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 24 20 16
10th Percentile £51,500 £54,250 £40,606
25th Percentile £59,063 £59,688 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £90,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +63.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £77,188 £97,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £97,375 £99,650 £68,125
UK median annual salary £79,932 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -0.09% +6.67% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Architecture is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,205 4,105 5,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.74% 94.35% 91.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,476 2,058 2,852
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Architecture in Scotland.

Salary trend for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture 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 -64 72 £62,500 +6.84% 1
Edinburgh +24 27 £72,500 -19.44% 7
Lanarkshire -9 3 £80,000 +14.29%
Falkirk - 3 £50,000 - 1
Stirling - 3 £50,000 - 1
Aberdeen - 1 £100,000 - 1
Data Architecture
UK

Data Architecture
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 2 (1.85%) IIS
1 2 (1.85%) SharePoint
1 2 (1.85%) WebLogic
1 2 (1.85%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.93%) Maximo
2 1 (0.93%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 21 (19.44%) Azure
2 19 (17.59%) AWS
3 9 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.85%) PowerApps
4 2 (1.85%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.93%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (8.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 9 (8.33%) Power BI
3 8 (7.41%) Data Lake
4 6 (5.56%) Data Vault
4 6 (5.56%) MongoDB
4 6 (5.56%) Tableau
5 4 (3.70%) Metadata
5 4 (3.70%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.78%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.78%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.78%) Oracle Database 10g
6 3 (2.78%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.78%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.85%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.93%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.93%) OLAP
8 1 (0.93%) Semantic Layer
General
1 65 (60.19%) Finance
2 55 (50.93%) Marketing
3 52 (48.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 52 (48.15%) Law
4 29 (26.85%) Social Skills
5 14 (12.96%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (12.04%) Legal
7 7 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.63%) Retail Banking
9 3 (2.78%) Banking
9 3 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (57.41%) Architect
2 51 (47.22%) Principal Architect
3 32 (29.63%) Data Architect
4 28 (25.93%) Java Architect
4 28 (25.93%) Senior
5 23 (21.30%) Principal Data Architect
6 18 (16.67%) Consultant
7 17 (15.74%) Senior Architect
7 17 (15.74%) Senior Data Architect
8 14 (12.96%) Data Engineer
9 11 (10.19%) Principal Data Engineer
9 11 (10.19%) Principal Engineer
10 8 (7.41%) Data Consultant
10 8 (7.41%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (7.41%) Senior Technology Consultant
10 8 (7.41%) Technology Consultant
11 7 (6.48%) Lead
11 7 (6.48%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (4.63%) Head of Architecture
13 3 (2.78%) Lead Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) Kafka
1 2 (1.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (41.67%) Cloud Native
2 34 (31.48%) Product Ownership
3 28 (25.93%) Credit Risk
4 13 (12.04%) Algorithms
5 7 (6.48%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.93%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.93%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (41.67%) Architecture Governance
1 45 (41.67%) Operational Stability
2 39 (36.11%) Decision-Making
3 37 (34.26%) Roadmaps
4 36 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 29 (26.85%) Software Engineering
6 28 (25.93%) Scrum
7 25 (23.15%) Analytics
8 18 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
9 17 (15.74%) Business Strategy
10 16 (14.81%) ETL
10 16 (14.81%) Strategic Thinking
11 15 (13.89%) Data Governance
11 15 (13.89%) Data Strategy
12 13 (12.04%) Data Integration
13 12 (11.11%) Computer Science
13 12 (11.11%) Data Management
13 12 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
14 11 (10.19%) Actionable Insight
14 11 (10.19%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 30 (27.78%) Python
2 29 (26.85%) Java
3 16 (14.81%) SQL
4 4 (3.70%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.78%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.93%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (7.41%) AWS Certification
1 8 (7.41%) Azure Certification
2 6 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (5.56%) Degree
3 2 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.78%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 3 (2.78%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 9 (8.33%) Oracle
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.85%) Databricks
3 2 (1.85%) Sparx