Data Analytics Jobs in Scotland

Data Analytics
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Analytics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Analytics over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 101 129
Rank change year-on-year -44 +28 +19
Permanent jobs citing Data Analytics 136 124 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.97% 2.87% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 3.04% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 30 57 49
10th Percentile £44,925 £35,406 £31,793
25th Percentile £48,750 £37,885 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.36% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £76,625 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,056 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,750 £69,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% -4.71% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Analytics 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 6,208 4,081 5,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.92% 94.53% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,545 2,047 2,906
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
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 Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in Scotland

Data Analytics
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Analytics in Scotland

Data Analytics
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Analytics in Scotland

Data Analytics
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 Analytics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 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 -84 79 £29,000 -43.96% 7
Edinburgh +33 45 £69,500 +26.26% 8
Dundee - 6 £50,000 -
Highlands - 2 £45,250 -
Data Analytics
UK

Data Analytics
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 14 (10.29%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.21%) SAS
3 1 (0.74%) Apache
3 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (19.85%) UserZoom
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (8.09%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.00%) AWS
2 27 (19.85%) Figma
2 27 (19.85%) SurveyMonkey
3 19 (13.97%) Power Platform
4 15 (11.03%) Azure
5 13 (9.56%) GCP
6 9 (6.62%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.68%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.74%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.74%) Apigee
9 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.74%) npm
9 1 (0.74%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.56%) DSL
2 6 (4.41%) HTTP
2 6 (4.41%) MQTT
3 1 (0.74%) RSVP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (20.59%) Tableau
2 24 (17.65%) DB2
3 19 (13.97%) Power BI
4 15 (11.03%) Big Data
5 14 (10.29%) MongoDB
6 13 (9.56%) Data Lake
6 13 (9.56%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (4.41%) Data Vault
8 4 (2.94%) Relational Database
9 3 (2.21%) Hadoop
9 3 (2.21%) Metadata
9 3 (2.21%) NoSQL
9 3 (2.21%) RDBMS
10 2 (1.47%) Data Hub
11 1 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.74%) MySQL
11 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.74%) Tableau Desktop
11 1 (0.74%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 28 (20.59%) Jenkins
2 7 (5.15%) Git
3 4 (2.94%) JIRA
4 1 (0.74%) Gradle
4 1 (0.74%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.74%) Maven
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.74%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.74%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.74%) Spinnaker
General
1 91 (66.91%) Finance
2 71 (52.21%) Social Skills
3 66 (48.53%) Marketing
4 65 (47.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (43.38%) Law
6 20 (14.71%) Banking
7 19 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (12.50%) Public Sector
9 13 (9.56%) Financial Institution
9 13 (9.56%) Investment Banking
10 11 (8.09%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (5.15%) Manufacturing
12 7 (5.15%) Telecoms
13 6 (4.41%) Electronics
14 1 (0.74%) Advertising
14 1 (0.74%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (24.26%) Architect
2 27 (19.85%) User Experience Researcher
3 18 (13.24%) Principal Architect
4 16 (11.76%) Data Engineer
4 16 (11.76%) Senior
5 13 (9.56%) Software Engineering Director
6 12 (8.82%) Cloud Architect
6 12 (8.82%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 12 (8.82%) Principal Solutions Architect
7 11 (8.09%) Audit Manager
7 11 (8.09%) Presales Solution Architect
7 11 (8.09%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (7.35%) Data Architect
9 9 (6.62%) IT Audit Manager
9 9 (6.62%) IT Manager
10 8 (5.88%) Consultant
10 8 (5.88%) Data Manager
10 8 (5.88%) Data Science Manager
11 7 (5.15%) Developer
11 7 (5.15%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.76%) Kafka
2 8 (5.88%) Django
3 6 (4.41%) CSS
3 6 (4.41%) Flask
3 6 (4.41%) HTML
3 6 (4.41%) React
4 2 (1.47%) jQuery
4 2 (1.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.74%) Middleware
5 1 (0.74%) Spring
5 1 (0.74%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.85%) Cloud Native
2 14 (10.29%) Public Cloud
3 13 (9.56%) Management Information System
3 13 (9.56%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.41%) Arduino
4 6 (4.41%) IoT
4 6 (4.41%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.74%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.09%) Linux
1 11 (8.09%) Unix
1 11 (8.09%) Windows
1 11 (8.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (100.00%) Analytics
2 68 (50.00%) Agile
3 53 (38.97%) User Experience
4 47 (34.56%) Roadmaps
5 46 (33.82%) Product Management
5 46 (33.82%) SDLC
6 42 (30.88%) Machine Learning
7 41 (30.15%) Actionable Insight
7 41 (30.15%) Mentoring
8 39 (28.68%) Software Engineering
9 37 (27.21%) DevOps
10 36 (26.47%) Visualisation
11 33 (24.26%) Artificial Intelligence
11 33 (24.26%) Strategic Roadmap
12 32 (23.53%) Market Research
13 31 (22.79%) Strategic Thinking
14 30 (22.06%) Data Visualisation
15 29 (21.32%) Business Intelligence
16 28 (20.59%) Data Analysis
16 28 (20.59%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 51 (37.50%) SQL
2 36 (26.47%) Python
3 17 (12.50%) Java
4 15 (11.03%) Scala
5 13 (9.56%) PL/SQL
6 8 (5.88%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.41%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.68%) R
9 1 (0.74%) Bash
9 1 (0.74%) C#
9 1 (0.74%) C++
9 1 (0.74%) Groovy
9 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.74%) Ruby
9 1 (0.74%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (36.03%) Degree
2 12 (8.82%) Security Cleared
3 11 (8.09%) CISA
3 11 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.47%) ISACA
6 1 (0.74%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.74%) OCP
6 1 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (21.32%) Actionable Recommendations
2 13 (9.56%) SLA
3 11 (8.09%) ITGC
3 11 (8.09%) PMO
4 5 (3.68%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.74%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.74%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.41%) Firmware
2 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (10.29%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.21%) Terraform
3 1 (0.74%) Ansible
3 1 (0.74%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.74%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (23.53%) Oracle
2 27 (19.85%) Qualtrics
3 17 (12.50%) Databricks
3 17 (12.50%) SAP
4 15 (11.03%) Microsoft
5 13 (9.56%) Alteryx
5 13 (9.56%) Cognos
5 13 (9.56%) Sybase
6 12 (8.82%) Google
7 11 (8.09%) Sage
8 6 (4.41%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.74%) Adobe
9 1 (0.74%) Coverity
9 1 (0.74%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.74%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.74%) Klocwork
9 1 (0.74%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.74%) Teradata
9 1 (0.74%) Thales