Data Quality Jobs in Scotland

Data Quality
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Quality skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Quality over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 216 188 206
Rank change year-on-year -28 +18 -54
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 68 32 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.01% 0.68% 0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.42% 4.49% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 21 17 34
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,100 £35,775
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,939 £40,057
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,451
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.86% +3.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,250 £68,000 £70,125
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

Data Quality is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance 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 quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 808 713 996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.00% 15.15% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 345 203 454
10th Percentile £22,250 £31,314 £25,738
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +21.96% +5.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,433 £88,500 £70,950
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Quality in Scotland

Data Quality
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Quality in Scotland

Data Quality
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in Scotland

Data Quality
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 Quality within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 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 -61 46 £47,500 -34.48% 3
Edinburgh +16 6 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Aberdeen -8 4 £80,000 +60.00%
Lanarkshire - 3 £42,500 -
Clackmannanshire - 2 £51,500 -
Renfrewshire - 1 £28,921 -
East Ayrshire - 1 £225,000 -
Data Quality
UK

Data Quality
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 39 (57.35%) Apache Spark
2 8 (11.76%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.88%) Apache
4 1 (1.47%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (55.88%) AWS
2 14 (20.59%) Power Platform
3 11 (16.18%) Azure
4 7 (10.29%) GCP
5 5 (7.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (4.41%) Snowflake
8 2 (2.94%) Collibra
8 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.59%) Power BI
2 9 (13.24%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (11.76%) Data Lake
4 5 (7.35%) Big Data
4 5 (7.35%) SQL Server
5 4 (5.88%) NoSQL
5 4 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (4.41%) Delta Lake
6 3 (4.41%) Hadoop
6 3 (4.41%) Metadata
7 2 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.47%) Ataccama
8 1 (1.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.47%) BigQuery
8 1 (1.47%) Looker
8 1 (1.47%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.47%) Tableau
8 1 (1.47%) Tableau Desktop
8 1 (1.47%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.82%) JIRA
General
1 46 (67.65%) Finance
2 38 (55.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 34 (50.00%) Law
3 34 (50.00%) Marketing
4 12 (17.65%) Social Skills
5 8 (11.76%) Banking
5 8 (11.76%) Legal
6 4 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Local Government
7 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (60.29%) Lead
2 38 (55.88%) Senior
3 34 (50.00%) Lead Software Engineer
3 34 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 34 (50.00%) Software Engineer
4 9 (13.24%) Data Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Architect
5 4 (5.88%) Data Architect
5 4 (5.88%) Data Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Data Quality Officer
6 3 (4.41%) Lead Architect
6 3 (4.41%) Lead Data Architect
6 3 (4.41%) Lead Data Engineer
7 2 (2.94%) Analyst
7 2 (2.94%) Database Engineer
7 2 (2.94%) Engineering Manager
7 2 (2.94%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Engineer
7 2 (2.94%) Project Manager
7 2 (2.94%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (50.00%) PySpark
2 3 (4.41%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.41%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (64.71%) ETL
2 43 (63.24%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (61.76%) Agile
4 41 (60.29%) Data Engineering
5 38 (55.88%) Decision-Making
6 35 (51.47%) Quality Management
6 35 (51.47%) SDLC
7 34 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 34 (50.00%) Machine Learning
7 34 (50.00%) Microservices
7 34 (50.00%) Operational Stability
7 34 (50.00%) Software Engineering
7 34 (50.00%) Tech Ops
8 17 (25.00%) Data Governance
9 16 (23.53%) Data Management
10 13 (19.12%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (16.18%) Analytics
12 10 (14.71%) Data Modelling
13 9 (13.24%) Data Pipeline
13 9 (13.24%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 36 (52.94%) Java
1 36 (52.94%) Python
2 15 (22.06%) SQL
3 2 (2.94%) Scala
3 2 (2.94%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.47%) C++
4 1 (1.47%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (5.88%) Degree
2 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.47%) HND
3 1 (1.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) GDPR
2 5 (7.35%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.82%) Databricks
3 5 (7.35%) Google
4 4 (5.88%) Oracle
5 1 (1.47%) Informatica
5 1 (1.47%) Teradata