Data Transformation Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Transformation
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Data Transformation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 68 68
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Data Transformation 13 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.73% 1.10% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 1.24% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 6
10th Percentile £358 £379 -
25th Percentile £391 £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% -10.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £491 - £565
90th Percentile £714 £593 £584
Scotland median daily rate £447 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.89% -5.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Data Transformation 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 661 645 776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 88.02% 89.09% 91.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 425 523
10th Percentile £293 £283 £350
25th Percentile £381 £360 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -12.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £625 £675 £700
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +3.06% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 16
10th Percentile £15.01 £16.92 £11.25
25th Percentile £16.84 £19.05 £12.13
Median hourly rate £17.72 £19.59 £13.83
Median % change year-on-year -9.53% +41.65% -63.05%
75th Percentile £26.21 £29.34 £17.72
90th Percentile £58.00 £42.50 £40.72
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.75
% change year-on-year -12.57% +15.82% +5.33%

Data Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Data Transformation job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Data Transformation
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Data Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Transformation in Glasgow over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Transformation in Glasgow

Data Transformation
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 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Snowflake
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Pipelines
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (7.69%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Metadata
2 5 (38.46%) Data Lake
2 5 (38.46%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (30.77%) BigQuery
4 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
4 1 (7.69%) RDBMS
4 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 8 (61.54%) Finance
3 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (38.46%) Banking
5 3 (23.08%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (15.38%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Analyst
1 6 (46.15%) Data Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Data Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Data Modeller
4 2 (15.38%) Business Engagement Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Business Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Community Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Engagement Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Lead
4 2 (15.38%) Lead Data Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Teradata Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Python Data Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Python Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) SQL Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) PySpark
2 1 (7.69%) AngularJS
2 1 (7.69%) Hibernate
2 1 (7.69%) jQuery
2 1 (7.69%) Middleware
2 1 (7.69%) NumPy
2 1 (7.69%) Pandas
2 1 (7.69%) RESTful
2 1 (7.69%) SOAP
2 1 (7.69%) Spring
2 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Data Modelling
2 5 (38.46%) Data Lineage
3 4 (30.77%) Business Strategy
3 4 (30.77%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (30.77%) Data Governance
3 4 (30.77%) Metadata Management
4 3 (23.08%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (23.08%) Data Design
4 3 (23.08%) Data Mapping
4 3 (23.08%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (23.08%) ETL
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Complexity Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Data Science
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) Python
3 3 (23.08%) Java
4 2 (15.38%) T-SQL
5 1 (7.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Teradata
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle
3 3 (23.08%) Databricks
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.69%) Cloudera
4 1 (7.69%) Sybase
4 1 (7.69%) Thunderhead
4 1 (7.69%) Xceptor