Data-Driven Decision Making Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Data-Driven Decision Making
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 62 78
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 4 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.65% 0.82% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.88% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £311 - -
25th Percentile £317 £431 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £438 £675
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% -35.19% -
75th Percentile £342 £444 -
90th Percentile £347 - -
Scotland median daily rate £394 £438 £626
% change year-on-year -10.03% -30.06% +73.75%

All Process & 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 555 568 815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.81% 93.57% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 309 487
10th Percentile £204 £200 £225
25th Percentile £406 £391 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £673 £638 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +2.78% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 27 24
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.30 £14.10
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.02 £16.25
Median hourly rate £30.50 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.29% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £65.25 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.30 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.14% +19.46% +10.05%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Data-Driven Decision Making job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Data-Driven Decision Making
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making
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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (25.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Community of Practice
3 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Experimental Design
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft