Data Modelling Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Modelling
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Data Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 59 55
Rank change year-on-year +34 -4 -5
Contract jobs citing Data Modelling 53 18 23
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 7.75% 2.39% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.03% 2.61% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 11 18
10th Percentile £358 £145 -
25th Percentile £402 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £416 £483
Median % change year-on-year +20.12% -13.78% -3.45%
75th Percentile £556 £455 £513
90th Percentile £636 £575 £605
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £19.59 -
Scotland median hourly rate £66.50 £19.59 -
% change year-on-year +239.46% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Data Modelling 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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 587 689 830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 85.82% 91.50% 92.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 416 542
10th Percentile £295 £313 £350
25th Percentile £400 £363 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £566 £538 £606
90th Percentile £638 £625 £700
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +2.78% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 24
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.75 £11.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.88 £14.57
Median hourly rate £23.75 £24.17 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +51.03% +50.52%
75th Percentile £52.50 £36.50 £19.50
90th Percentile £61.74 £62.75 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +10.05%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Data Modelling job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Modelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling in Glasgow over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Modelling in Glasgow

Data Modelling
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Modelling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (15.09%) Apache Spark
2 4 (7.55%) Apache
2 4 (7.55%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (7.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.42%) Azure
2 13 (24.53%) AWS
2 13 (24.53%) Snowflake
3 6 (11.32%) Power Platform
4 5 (9.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 5 (9.43%) GCP
5 4 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (7.55%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (7.55%) Collibra
5 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (5.66%) Amazon S3
6 3 (5.66%) Amazon SQS
6 3 (5.66%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (5.66%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (5.66%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (5.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (5.66%) Serverless
7 2 (3.77%) Amazon Neptune
7 2 (3.77%) dbt
7 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (28.30%) Metadata
2 13 (24.53%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (20.75%) Relational Database
4 9 (16.98%) Big Data
5 8 (15.09%) Data Lake
6 7 (13.21%) Hadoop
7 6 (11.32%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (11.32%) Power BI
8 5 (9.43%) NoSQL
9 4 (7.55%) BigQuery
10 3 (5.66%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (5.66%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (5.66%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (5.66%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (3.77%) Oracle Database
11 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
11 2 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Git
2 4 (7.55%) JIRA
3 3 (5.66%) ERwin
3 3 (5.66%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.89%) PowerDesigner
General
1 26 (49.06%) Finance
2 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
3 11 (20.75%) Banking
4 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (13.21%) Investment Banking
6 6 (11.32%) Public Sector
7 5 (9.43%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.77%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (28.30%) Analyst
2 14 (26.42%) Data Analyst
2 14 (26.42%) Data Modeller
3 10 (18.87%) Architect
4 9 (16.98%) Data Engineer
5 7 (13.21%) Data Architect
6 3 (5.66%) AWS Architect
6 3 (5.66%) AWS Data Architect
6 3 (5.66%) DBA
6 3 (5.66%) Python Data Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Python Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Salesforce Architect
6 3 (5.66%) Scrum Master
6 3 (5.66%) Senior
6 3 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.77%) Ab Initio Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Ab Initio Developer
7 2 (3.77%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.77%) SQL Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.21%) REST
2 3 (5.66%) JSON
2 3 (5.66%) Node.js
2 3 (5.66%) PySpark
2 3 (5.66%) SOAP
2 3 (5.66%) XML
3 2 (3.77%) Kafka
3 2 (3.77%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (3.77%) RESTful
4 1 (1.89%) NumPy
4 1 (1.89%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Virtual Team
2 7 (13.21%) CMDB
3 6 (11.32%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (9.43%) Data Structures
4 5 (9.43%) Product Ownership
5 4 (7.55%) Cloud Native
6 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
6 3 (5.66%) Reference Data
6 3 (5.66%) Replication
7 2 (3.77%) W3C
8 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.89%) Data Fabric
8 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.89%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Linux
2 5 (9.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (39.62%) Agile
2 20 (37.74%) Data Architecture
3 19 (35.85%) Data Lineage
3 19 (35.85%) ETL
4 18 (33.96%) Analytics
5 17 (32.08%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (30.19%) Data Governance
7 14 (26.42%) Visualisation
8 12 (22.64%) Data Management
8 12 (22.64%) DevOps
9 10 (18.87%) Data Integration
10 9 (16.98%) Conceptual Models
10 9 (16.98%) Data Transformation
10 9 (16.98%) Data Visualisation
10 9 (16.98%) Metadata Management
11 8 (15.09%) Migration
11 8 (15.09%) Performance Tuning
11 8 (15.09%) Translating Business Requirements
12 7 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (13.21%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 30 (56.60%) SQL
2 17 (32.08%) Python
3 2 (3.77%) SPARQL
3 2 (3.77%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.32%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (7.55%) Degree
4 3 (5.66%) AWS Certification
4 3 (5.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.75%) Data Quality
2 5 (9.43%) GDPR
3 2 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.77%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) Ansible
1 3 (5.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) ServiceNow
2 11 (20.75%) Databricks
3 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
4 7 (13.21%) Oracle
5 4 (7.55%) Teradata
6 3 (5.66%) Google
6 3 (5.66%) Greenplum
6 3 (5.66%) Informatica
6 3 (5.66%) Salesforce
6 3 (5.66%) Talend
7 2 (3.77%) Ab Initio
7 2 (3.77%) IBM
8 1 (1.89%) Cloudera
8 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (1.89%) Sparx