Big Data
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Big Data skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Big Data over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | 65 | 64 | 106 |
Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +42 | -10 |
Contract jobs citing Big Data | 2 | 8 | 6 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 0.32% | 0.98% | 0.46% |
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 1.39% | 5.48% | 1.94% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 6 | 6 |
10th Percentile | - | £475 | £594 |
25th Percentile | £456 | £528 | £688 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £631 | £750 |
Median % change year-on-year | -26.73% | -15.83% | +50.00% |
75th Percentile | £469 | £653 | £775 |
90th Percentile | - | £694 | £781 |
Scotland median daily rate | £409 | £575 | £700 |
% change year-on-year | -28.87% | -17.86% | +40.00% |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Edinburgh
Big Data falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Edinburgh.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 144 | 146 | 309 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 23.04% | 17.91% | 23.71% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 83 | 106 | 256 |
10th Percentile | £413 | £381 | £402 |
25th Percentile | £450 | £431 | £439 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £497 | £489 |
Median % change year-on-year | +0.60% | +1.64% | -2.20% |
75th Percentile | £538 | £575 | £544 |
90th Percentile | £612 | £669 | £625 |
Scotland median daily rate | £471 | £475 | £495 |
% change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.04% | +4.21% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10th Percentile | - | - | - |
25th Percentile | £26.32 | - | - |
Median hourly rate | £27.35 | - | - |
75th Percentile | £28.38 | - | - |
90th Percentile | - | - | - |
Scotland median hourly rate | £26.50 | £37.07 | £35.00 |
% change year-on-year | -28.51% | +5.91% | +34.62% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing Big Data as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Big Data in Edinburgh.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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: