Data Architecture Contracts in Scotland

Data Architecture
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Architecture 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 99 114 152
Rank change year-on-year +15 +38 -14
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 17 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.05% 0.68% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.76% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 8
10th Percentile £497 £479 £373
25th Percentile £535 £508 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £599 £575 £488
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +17.95% -26.42%
75th Percentile £626 £619 £825
90th Percentile £652 £683 -
UK median daily rate £600 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate £80.50 £29.83 £35.50
% change year-on-year +169.91% -15.99% -60.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Architecture 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Architecture in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +4 8 £614 -9.00% 12
Glasgow +4 6 £538 -2.09% 3
Data Architecture
UK

Data Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (17.65%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
1 3 (17.65%) Google Analytics
1 3 (17.65%) Google Data Studio
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Collibra
3 1 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Internet
1 1 (5.88%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Tableau
2 2 (11.76%) Metadata
3 1 (5.88%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (5.88%) Data Lake
3 1 (5.88%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (5.88%) OLTP
3 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) ER Studio
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Banking
4 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
5 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
5 2 (11.76%) Publishing
5 2 (11.76%) Retail Banking
6 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Retail
6 1 (5.88%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Data Architect
3 4 (23.53%) Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Lead
4 3 (17.65%) Performance Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Data Modeller
5 1 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Google Analytics Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Principal Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Principal Data Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) CMDB
2 4 (23.53%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (17.65%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.88%) Derivative
4 1 (5.88%) Equities
4 1 (5.88%) Fixed Income
4 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.88%) Reference Data
4 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Data Modelling
2 8 (47.06%) Data Security
3 7 (41.18%) Agile
4 6 (35.29%) Analytics
4 6 (35.29%) Programme Management
5 5 (29.41%) Configuration Management
5 5 (29.41%) Data Management
5 5 (29.41%) ITIL
5 5 (29.41%) ITSM
6 4 (23.53%) Data Design
6 4 (23.53%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (23.53%) IT Strategy
6 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (23.53%) Security Management
6 4 (23.53%) Service Management
6 4 (23.53%) Technology Strategy
6 4 (23.53%) Time Management
6 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
7 3 (17.65%) Digital Analytics
7 3 (17.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (5.88%) GDPR
3 1 (5.88%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) ServiceNow
2 4 (23.53%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) Bloomberg
3 1 (5.88%) Databricks
3 1 (5.88%) Hitachi
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Pega
3 1 (5.88%) Reuters
3 1 (5.88%) SAP
3 1 (5.88%) Sparx