Data Strategy Jobs in Scotland

Data Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Strategy over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 184 214
Rank change year-on-year -53 +30 -41
Permanent jobs citing Data Strategy 45 38 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.67% 0.81% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.86% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 20 18 12
10th Percentile £58,297 £46,000 -
25th Percentile £61,541 £54,416 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,047 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +0.08% +50.00%
75th Percentile £82,705 £74,911 £73,564
90th Percentile £91,972 £82,525 £84,551
UK median annual salary £80,000 £70,735 £70,139
% change year-on-year +13.10% +0.85% +7.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Strategy 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 6,238 4,437 5,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.24% 91.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,226 2,788
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,369 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,577 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +9.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Strategy in Scotland

Data Strategy
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Strategy in Scotland

Data Strategy
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Strategy in Scotland

Data Strategy
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 Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -81 27 £65,000 -17.98% 2
Edinburgh +23 15 £65,066 +8.36% 3
Lanarkshire - 3 £80,000 -
Data Strategy
UK

Data Strategy
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 18 (40.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 21 (46.67%) AWS
2 10 (22.22%) GCP
3 4 (8.89%) Azure
4 2 (4.44%) GitHub
4 2 (4.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.00%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (42.22%) MongoDB
2 18 (40.00%) Big Data
2 18 (40.00%) Data Lake
2 18 (40.00%) DB2
2 18 (40.00%) Tableau
3 6 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (6.67%) Metadata
5 1 (2.22%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (2.22%) OLAP
5 1 (2.22%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Git
1 2 (4.44%) Jenkins
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
1 2 (4.44%) Sonatype Nexus
1 2 (4.44%) Spinnaker
General
1 27 (60.00%) Finance
2 26 (57.78%) Banking
3 25 (55.56%) Law
4 24 (53.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (40.00%) Financial Institution
6 18 (40.00%) Investment Banking
6 18 (40.00%) Marketing
7 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
8 13 (28.89%) Legal
9 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (4.44%) Retail
11 1 (2.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 31 (68.89%) Data Engineer
2 18 (40.00%) Software Engineering Director
3 11 (24.44%) Principal Data Engineer
3 11 (24.44%) Principal Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Data Manager
5 5 (11.11%) Strategy Manager
6 4 (8.89%) Lead
7 3 (6.67%) Senior
8 2 (4.44%) Lead Data Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Manager
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Strategy Manager
9 1 (2.22%) Analyst
9 1 (2.22%) Architect
9 1 (2.22%) Business Analyst
9 1 (2.22%) Data Architect
9 1 (2.22%) Data Governance Analyst
9 1 (2.22%) Data Governance Manager
9 1 (2.22%) Data Modeller
9 1 (2.22%) Governance Manager
9 1 (2.22%) Senior Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (40.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 25 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 24 (53.33%) Product Ownership
3 20 (44.44%) Public Cloud
4 18 (40.00%) Cloud Native
5 13 (28.89%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.22%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.22%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (91.11%) Analytics
2 33 (73.33%) Data Modelling
3 26 (57.78%) Agile
3 26 (57.78%) Decision-Making
4 20 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
4 20 (44.44%) CI/CD
4 20 (44.44%) Data Lineage
4 20 (44.44%) SDLC
4 20 (44.44%) Software Engineering
4 20 (44.44%) Test Automation
5 19 (42.22%) Data Reconciliation
6 18 (40.00%) Business Analytics
6 18 (40.00%) Community of Practice
6 18 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
6 18 (40.00%) Data Analytics
6 18 (40.00%) Information Architecture
6 18 (40.00%) Machine Learning
6 18 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
6 18 (40.00%) Product Management
6 18 (40.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (44.44%) Python
2 19 (42.22%) SQL
3 18 (40.00%) Java
3 18 (40.00%) PL/SQL
3 18 (40.00%) Scala
4 2 (4.44%) Bash
4 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (13.33%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) OCP
2 3 (6.67%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (44.44%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.44%) Ansible
2 2 (4.44%) Prometheus
2 2 (4.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (40.00%) Alteryx
1 18 (40.00%) Cognos
1 18 (40.00%) Databricks
1 18 (40.00%) Oracle
1 18 (40.00%) Sybase
2 2 (4.44%) Google
3 1 (2.22%) Informatica