Data Consultant Jobs in Scotland

Data Consultant
UK > Scotland

The median Data Consultant salary in Scotland is £60,743 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 214 242
Rank change year-on-year -55 +28 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Consultant 13 1 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.19% 0.023% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.026% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 15
10th Percentile £57,829 - -
25th Percentile £58,322 £111,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,743 £115,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.18% +109.09% -
75th Percentile £62,421 £119,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £62,468 - £79,000
UK median annual salary £71,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.14% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,634 3,842 6,038
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.72% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,931 2,088 3,091
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,313 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Data Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Data Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Consultant in Scotland

Data Consultant
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Consultant in Scotland

Data Consultant
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 Consultant 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
Edinburgh +33 8 £60,743 -47.18% 1
Glasgow - 4 - - 2
Aberdeen - 1 £60,000 -
Data Consultant
UK

Data Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Data Consultant 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 Data Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Finance
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 8 (61.54%) AWS
2 8 (61.54%) Data Architecture
2 8 (61.54%) AWS Certification
2 8 (61.54%) Presales
2 8 (61.54%) Artificial Intelligence
2 8 (61.54%) Workflow
2 8 (61.54%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (61.54%) Azure Certification
2 8 (61.54%) Roadmaps
2 8 (61.54%) Data Lake
2 8 (61.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 8 (61.54%) Strategic Roadmap
2 8 (61.54%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (46.15%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
5 4 (30.77%) Data Analytics
5 4 (30.77%) Analytics
6 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
6 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
6 3 (23.08%) Banking
6 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (15.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 2 (15.38%) Snowflake
7 2 (15.38%) Data Hub
7 2 (15.38%) Data Sharing
7 2 (15.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement

Data Consultant 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 8 (61.54%) AWS
3 2 (15.38%) Snowflake
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 8 (61.54%) Data Lake
1 8 (61.54%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (15.38%) Data Hub
3 1 (7.69%) Power BI
3 1 (7.69%) Tableau
General
1 9 (69.23%) Finance
2 8 (61.54%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Banking
5 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Artificial Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) Data Architecture
1 8 (61.54%) Presales
1 8 (61.54%) Roadmaps
1 8 (61.54%) Strategic Roadmap
1 8 (61.54%) Workflow
2 6 (46.15%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (30.77%) Analytics
3 4 (30.77%) Data Analytics
4 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Data Sharing
5 2 (15.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) AWS Certification
1 8 (61.54%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Databricks