Data Architecture Contracts in Edinburgh

Data Architecture
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Architecture 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 59 63 106
Rank change year-on-year +4 +43 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 8 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.28% 1.10% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.25% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £580 £532 £478
25th Percentile £596 £586 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £675 £800
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -15.63% +19.63%
75th Percentile £648 £688 £825
90th Percentile £679 £695 -
Scotland median daily rate £599 £575 £488
% change year-on-year +4.17% +17.95% -26.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data Architecture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Data Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architecture in Edinburgh

Data Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Architecture in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Data Architecture in Edinburgh

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architecture in Edinburgh

Data Architecture
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:

Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (37.50%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Google Analytics
1 3 (37.50%) Google Data Studio
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Collibra
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Tableau
2 2 (25.00%) Metadata
3 1 (12.50%) Data Lake
3 1 (12.50%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (12.50%) OLTP
3 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) ER Studio
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Lead
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Data Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Data Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modeller
4 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Principal Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Principal Data Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) CMDB
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Derivative
2 1 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Equities
2 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Reference Data
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Analytics
1 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
1 5 (62.50%) Data Security
2 3 (37.50%) Digital Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Data Management
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Measurement
3 2 (25.00%) SDLC
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) PDM
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Security Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Bloomberg
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) Hitachi
2 1 (12.50%) Pega
2 1 (12.50%) Reuters
2 1 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Sparx