Data-Driven Decision Making Contracts in Edinburgh

Data-Driven Decision Making
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data-Driven Decision Making 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 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £444 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £464 £626 -
% change year-on-year -25.86% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data-Driven Decision Making 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-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in Edinburgh

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in Edinburgh

Data-Driven Decision Making
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (14.29%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Snowflake
3 1 (14.29%) Amazon EMR
3 1 (14.29%) Amazon S3
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Tableau
2 1 (14.29%) Big Data
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
General
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Corporate Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Retail Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Front Office
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Security Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Data Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Product Owner
2 1 (14.29%) Snowflake Data Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Snowflake Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Tableau Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Tableau Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Tableau Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (28.57%) PKI
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) NHS
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Data Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Email Filtering
3 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (28.57%) Wealth Management
4 1 (14.29%) Backlog Management
4 1 (14.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (14.29%) Product Backlog
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft