Data Management Jobs in Scotland

Data Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 162 126
Rank change year-on-year +5 -36 -11
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 128 53 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.87% 1.24% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 1.31% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 54 34 54
10th Percentile £42,457 £49,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £35,534
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,526 £38,635
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +54.07% -29.75%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,833 £53,500
90th Percentile £76,225 £72,500 £62,833
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.14% +1.20% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,115 4,054 5,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.41% 94.68% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 2,031 2,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Management in Scotland

Data Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Management in Scotland

Data Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Management in Scotland

Data Management
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 Management 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
Glasgow -49 56 £61,250 +2.08% 17
Aberdeen - 34 £60,000 - 9
Edinburgh +9 22 £60,000 +0.80% 9
Stirling - 3 - -
Aberdeenshire +6 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £35,000 -
Data Management
UK

Data Management
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 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.78%) Confluence
2 1 (0.78%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (16.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (9.38%) Sketch
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.06%) Azure
2 15 (11.72%) Power Platform
3 12 (9.38%) Figma
4 9 (7.03%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (3.91%) AWS
6 5 (3.91%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.13%) GCP
7 4 (3.13%) Snowflake
8 3 (2.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.56%) Collibra
9 2 (1.56%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.78%) IaaS
10 1 (0.78%) PaaS
10 1 (0.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (0.78%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (23.44%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (11.72%) Power BI
3 14 (10.94%) SQL Server
4 13 (10.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (8.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (7.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 6 (4.69%) OLAP
8 5 (3.91%) Data Lake
8 5 (3.91%) Metadata
9 3 (2.34%) Delta Lake
9 3 (2.34%) Hadoop
9 3 (2.34%) NoSQL
9 3 (2.34%) Tableau
10 2 (1.56%) Big Data
10 2 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (17.97%) JIRA
2 10 (7.81%) Git
3 2 (1.56%) Maven
General
1 55 (42.97%) Finance
2 28 (21.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 24 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 23 (17.97%) Law
5 22 (17.19%) Legal
6 21 (16.41%) Banking
7 20 (15.63%) Marketing
8 11 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (8.59%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.91%) Telecoms
10 4 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.34%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.56%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (27.34%) Senior
2 24 (18.75%) Lead
3 18 (14.06%) Analyst
4 16 (12.50%) Data Manager
5 15 (11.72%) Database Engineer
6 13 (10.16%) Data Engineer
7 12 (9.38%) Senior Software Engineer
7 12 (9.38%) Software Engineer
8 10 (7.81%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (6.25%) Architect
10 7 (5.47%) Data Architect
11 6 (4.69%) Data Analyst
11 6 (4.69%) Principal Data Engineer
11 6 (4.69%) Principal Engineer
12 5 (3.91%) Senior Manager
13 4 (3.13%) Data Protection Analyst
13 4 (3.13%) Java Software Engineer
13 4 (3.13%) Lead Software Engineer
13 4 (3.13%) Product Manager
13 4 (3.13%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.91%) Kafka
2 3 (2.34%) Middleware
3 2 (1.56%) Spring
3 2 (1.56%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.78%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.41%) Management Information System
2 14 (10.94%) Algorithms
3 13 (10.16%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (9.38%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.91%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.91%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (3.91%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (3.13%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.34%) Life Science
7 3 (2.34%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.56%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.56%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.56%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.78%) IoT
9 1 (0.78%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.78%) Linux
1 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (33.59%) Data Governance
2 39 (30.47%) Analytics
3 30 (23.44%) Agile
4 24 (18.75%) Mentoring
5 23 (17.97%) ETL
6 22 (17.19%) DevOps
6 22 (17.19%) Process Improvement
7 21 (16.41%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (16.41%) Coaching
7 21 (16.41%) Computer Science
7 21 (16.41%) Strategic Thinking
8 20 (15.63%) Data Modelling
8 20 (15.63%) Data Protection
9 19 (14.84%) Migration
10 18 (14.06%) Data Privacy
10 18 (14.06%) Visualisation
11 17 (13.28%) Project Planning
12 16 (12.50%) ERP
12 16 (12.50%) Matrix Management
12 16 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 25 (19.53%) SQL
2 13 (10.16%) C
2 13 (10.16%) T-SQL
3 11 (8.59%) Java
4 8 (6.25%) C#
5 6 (4.69%) C++
6 5 (3.91%) Go
6 5 (3.91%) Rust
6 5 (3.91%) VBA
7 3 (2.34%) Python
8 1 (0.78%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.78%) R
8 1 (0.78%) Scala
Qualifications
1 28 (21.88%) Degree
2 9 (7.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.69%) Master's Degree
4 5 (3.91%) PhD
5 3 (2.34%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.34%) PMP
6 1 (0.78%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.97%) GDPR
2 18 (14.06%) Data Quality
3 8 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.78%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.16%) ServiceNow
3 12 (9.38%) Databricks
4 5 (3.91%) Oracle
5 1 (0.78%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (0.78%) Cisco
5 1 (0.78%) EMC
5 1 (0.78%) Informatica
5 1 (0.78%) Nintex
5 1 (0.78%) Teradata
5 1 (0.78%) VMware