Data Science Jobs in Scotland

Data Science
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science 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 168 97 148
Rank change year-on-year -71 +51 -25
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 109 127 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.59% 2.92% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 3.09% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 45 43 58
10th Percentile £46,306 £43,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +20.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £73,250 £84,023 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £93,750 £86,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Science 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 Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Scotland

Data Science
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Science in Scotland

Data Science
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Data Science in Scotland

Data Science
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 Science 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
Edinburgh +43 64 £70,000 +9.38% 10
Glasgow -125 38 £60,000 -28.36% 6
Aberdeen - 3 - -
Data Science
UK

Data Science
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 15 (13.76%) Apache Spark
2 5 (4.59%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 40 (36.70%) GCP
2 39 (35.78%) AWS
3 27 (24.77%) Power Platform
4 20 (18.35%) Azure
5 16 (14.68%) SaaS
6 14 (12.84%) Amazon S3
6 14 (12.84%) Amazon SQS
6 14 (12.84%) Google Docs
6 14 (12.84%) Lucidchart
6 14 (12.84%) Miro
6 14 (12.84%) Slack
7 6 (5.50%) Snowflake
8 5 (4.59%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.92%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.92%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (22.02%) Power BI
2 21 (19.27%) Big Data
3 19 (17.43%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (15.60%) Hadoop
5 15 (13.76%) Tableau
6 14 (12.84%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (12.84%) Redis
6 14 (12.84%) Scylla
7 9 (8.26%) BigQuery
7 9 (8.26%) Looker
8 6 (5.50%) Data Vault
9 3 (2.75%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.83%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.83%) Delta Lake
10 2 (1.83%) Metadata
10 2 (1.83%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Git
1 1 (0.92%) GoCD
1 1 (0.92%) Jenkins
General
1 52 (47.71%) Finance
2 32 (29.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (27.52%) Banking
3 30 (27.52%) Presentation Skills
4 28 (25.69%) Social Skills
5 23 (21.10%) Marketing
6 21 (19.27%) Games
7 20 (18.35%) Financial Institution
7 20 (18.35%) Law
8 19 (17.43%) Investment Banking
9 15 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (3.67%) Retail
11 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (39.45%) Principal Engineer
2 39 (35.78%) Software Engineer
3 34 (31.19%) Principal Software Engineer
4 18 (16.51%) Data Manager
4 18 (16.51%) Senior
5 16 (14.68%) Data Science Manager
5 16 (14.68%) Engineering Manager
6 15 (13.76%) AWS Engineer
6 15 (13.76%) AWS Software Engineer
6 15 (13.76%) Data Engineer
6 15 (13.76%) Python Engineer
6 15 (13.76%) Python Software Engineer
7 12 (11.01%) Lead
8 11 (10.09%) Data Scientist
9 10 (9.17%) Architect
9 10 (9.17%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (9.17%) Principal Modelling Engineer
10 9 (8.26%) Data Architect
10 9 (8.26%) Principal Data Engineer
11 6 (5.50%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.60%) Kafka
2 14 (12.84%) GraphQL
3 8 (7.34%) Pandas
4 5 (4.59%) XGBoost
5 3 (2.75%) PySpark
6 2 (1.83%) Django
6 2 (1.83%) jQuery
6 2 (1.83%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 25 (22.94%) Cloud Native
2 22 (20.18%) Data Structures
3 16 (14.68%) Algorithms
4 9 (8.26%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.75%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.75%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.92%) NHS
6 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.92%) Linux
1 1 (0.92%) Windows
1 1 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (50.46%) Agile
2 49 (44.95%) Analytics
3 47 (43.12%) Machine Learning
4 44 (40.37%) Software Engineering
5 33 (30.28%) Artificial Intelligence
6 31 (28.44%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (26.61%) Use Case
8 28 (25.69%) Data Analysis
9 25 (22.94%) Data Engineering
9 25 (22.94%) DevOps
10 22 (20.18%) Coaching
10 22 (20.18%) Data Analytics
10 22 (20.18%) SDLC
10 22 (20.18%) User Experience
11 20 (18.35%) Business Analysis
11 20 (18.35%) Computer Science
11 20 (18.35%) Mathematics
11 20 (18.35%) Operational Stability
12 19 (17.43%) Asset Management
13 16 (14.68%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 58 (53.21%) Python
2 31 (28.44%) SQL
3 16 (14.68%) Java
4 15 (13.76%) Bash
4 15 (13.76%) Scala
5 14 (12.84%) Go
6 6 (5.50%) R
7 1 (0.92%) C#
7 1 (0.92%) C++
7 1 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.92%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (0.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.26%) GDPR
2 5 (4.59%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.83%) IFRS
3 2 (1.83%) IFRS 9
3 2 (1.83%) QA
4 1 (0.92%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (0.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (13.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.92%) Grafana
Vendors
1 37 (33.94%) Google
2 14 (12.84%) Dell
3 8 (7.34%) Databricks
4 7 (6.42%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.75%) Oracle
6 1 (0.92%) Teradata
6 1 (0.92%) VMware