Data Architecture Contracts in Scotland

Data Architecture
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Architecture over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 149 143
Rank change year-on-year +29 -6 -5
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 15 11 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.67% 0.38% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.41% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 18
10th Percentile £479 £373 £475
25th Percentile £508 £383 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £488 £663
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -26.42% -8.62%
75th Percentile £619 £825 £750
90th Percentile £683 - £788
UK median daily rate £650 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £35.50 £89.56
% change year-on-year -1.41% -60.36% +241.18%

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 contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,980 2,651 3,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.55% 92.63% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,210 1,904 2,315
10th Percentile £238 £263 £242
25th Percentile £400 £406 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 56 50
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.99
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.04 £17.58
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -43.75% -27.59%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.03 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +39 9 £675 -15.63% 1
Glasgow +9 5 £550 +50.07% 4
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) AWS
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (20.00%) SaaS
3 2 (13.33%) AWS CodeBuild
3 2 (13.33%) AWS CodeDeploy
3 2 (13.33%) AWS CodePipeline
3 2 (13.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (6.67%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Database
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) Data Mart
2 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Back Office
3 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Data Architect
3 4 (26.67%) Analyst
3 4 (26.67%) AWS Architect
3 4 (26.67%) Data Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) AWS Solution Architect
4 3 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (13.33%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Data Integration Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Integration Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Snowflake Architect
6 1 (6.67%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) REST
1 4 (26.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 5 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 5 (33.33%) Data Lineage
3 5 (33.33%) Migration
3 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 4 (26.67%) API Management
4 4 (26.67%) Containerisation
4 4 (26.67%) Data Management
4 4 (26.67%) Service Management
4 4 (26.67%) Storage Management
5 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
6 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
6 2 (13.33%) Data Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) Data Integration
6 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
6 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Databricks
1 2 (13.33%) Informatica
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle