Data Architecture Jobs in Scotland

Data Architecture
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Architecture over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 129 187
Rank change year-on-year -45 +58 -36
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 104 94 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.56% 2.04% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 2.16% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 24 20 13
10th Percentile £55,000 £54,150 £42,235
25th Percentile £61,875 £59,375 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,788 £90,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% +63.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £77,188 £97,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £98,962 £99,650 £70,750
UK median annual salary £79,932 £80,000 £72,660
% change year-on-year -0.09% +10.10% +3.80%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,175 4,343 5,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.38% 94.27% 91.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,389 2,167 2,789
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,033 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,000 £40,428
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 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
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 Architecture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -64 70 £62,500 +6.84% 6
Edinburgh +25 26 £72,500 -19.44% 8
Lanarkshire -6 3 £80,000 +14.29% 2
Falkirk - 2 £55,000 - 2
Stirling - 2 £55,000 - 2
Aberdeen - 1 £100,000 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.96%) IIS
2 1 (0.96%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.96%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.96%) Maximo
2 1 (0.96%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (16.35%) Azure
2 14 (13.46%) AWS
3 5 (4.81%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.88%) GCP
5 2 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.92%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.92%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (19.23%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (8.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 8 (7.69%) Data Lake
4 6 (5.77%) MongoDB
5 5 (4.81%) Power BI
6 4 (3.85%) Metadata
7 3 (2.88%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.88%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.88%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.88%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.92%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.92%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.92%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.92%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (1.92%) Tableau
9 1 (0.96%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.96%) OLAP
9 1 (0.96%) Semantic Layer
General
1 67 (64.42%) Finance
2 55 (52.88%) Marketing
3 52 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 52 (50.00%) Law
4 28 (26.92%) Social Skills
5 13 (12.50%) Legal
6 10 (9.62%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.81%) Banking
8 5 (4.81%) Retail Banking
9 3 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 60 (57.69%) Architect
2 47 (45.19%) Principal Architect
3 28 (26.92%) Data Architect
3 28 (26.92%) Java Architect
3 28 (26.92%) Senior
4 19 (18.27%) Principal Data Architect
5 18 (17.31%) Consultant
6 17 (16.35%) Senior Architect
6 17 (16.35%) Senior Data Architect
7 13 (12.50%) Data Engineer
8 11 (10.58%) Principal Data Engineer
8 11 (10.58%) Principal Engineer
9 9 (8.65%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (7.69%) Data Consultant
10 8 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (7.69%) Senior Technology Consultant
10 8 (7.69%) Technology Consultant
11 6 (5.77%) Lead
12 5 (4.81%) Head of Architecture
13 3 (2.88%) Senior Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) Kafka
2 1 (0.96%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 45 (43.27%) Cloud Native
2 36 (34.62%) Product Ownership
3 28 (26.92%) Credit Risk
4 13 (12.50%) Algorithms
5 7 (6.73%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.96%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.96%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.96%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (43.27%) Architecture Governance
1 45 (43.27%) Operational Stability
2 39 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 37 (35.58%) Roadmaps
4 32 (30.77%) Data Modelling
5 28 (26.92%) Scrum
5 28 (26.92%) Software Engineering
6 21 (20.19%) Analytics
7 18 (17.31%) Strategic Roadmap
8 17 (16.35%) Business Strategy
9 16 (15.38%) ETL
9 16 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
10 15 (14.42%) Data Governance
10 15 (14.42%) Data Strategy
11 14 (13.46%) Enterprise Architecture
12 13 (12.50%) Data Integration
13 12 (11.54%) Computer Science
13 12 (11.54%) Data Management
14 11 (10.58%) Actionable Insight
15 10 (9.62%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 29 (27.88%) Python
2 28 (26.92%) Java
3 15 (14.42%) SQL
4 3 (2.88%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.92%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.96%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (7.69%) AWS Certification
1 8 (7.69%) Azure Certification
2 6 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (5.77%) Degree
3 2 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.88%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (1.92%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 8 (7.69%) Oracle
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.92%) Databricks
3 2 (1.92%) Google
3 2 (1.92%) Sparx