Data Manager Contracts in Scotland

Data Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Data Manager daily rate in Scotland is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 142 159
Rank change year-on-year +27 +17 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Data Manager 8 26 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 0.94% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.99% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 20 10
10th Percentile £383 - £474
25th Percentile £413 £269 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -20.00% +18.42%
75th Percentile £538 £481 £597
90th Percentile £568 £553 £610
UK median daily rate £575 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +6.98% -2.27% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,037 2,637 3,328
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 95.37% 95.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,232 1,891 2,365
10th Percentile £200 £236 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £553 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 44 52
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.86 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.19 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £27.90 £22.13 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +26.08% -17.60% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.82 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.22 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Data Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Manager in Scotland

Data Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Data Manager in Scotland

Data Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Manager in Scotland over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Manager in Scotland

Data Manager
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 Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Glasgow +9 4 £575 +4.55% 1
Edinburgh +31 3 £375 +39.56% 4
Data Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Data Manager contract 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 contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Data Manager in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
1 4 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (37.50%) Data Management
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Power BI
3 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (25.00%) Metadata
3 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Metadata Management
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
4 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
4 1 (12.50%) Demand Management
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Data Lineage
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
4 1 (12.50%) Behavioural Change
4 1 (12.50%) Banking

Data Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Metadata
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Metadata Management
4 1 (12.50%) Behavioural Change
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
4 1 (12.50%) Data Lineage
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Demand Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cadence
1 1 (12.50%) Informatica