Data Matching Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Data Matching (Record Linkage)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data Matching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Matching 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.40% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
Scotland median daily rate £650 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data Matching 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 640 579 689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.54% 93.54% 85.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 284 371
10th Percentile £263 £309 £206
25th Percentile £402 £413 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £538
90th Percentile £600 £592 £646
Scotland median daily rate £460 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -0.54% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 21
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.15 £13.21
25th Percentile £16.84 £17.30 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.54 £17.87 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.13% -0.72% -65.71%
75th Percentile £55.63 £42.90 £24.18
90th Percentile £75.00 £62.00 £55.00
Scotland median hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £18.38
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.84% -3.57%

Data Matching
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Matching relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Data Matching job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Data Matching
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Matching.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Matching

Data Matching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Local Government
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) API Design
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Data Sharing
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Data Matching jobs