Data Discovery Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Data Discovery
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Data Discovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 117 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Discovery 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.042% 0.062% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.069% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £494 £518
% change year-on-year +21.52% -4.68% -2.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Discovery 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 1,990 1,445 1,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 84.18% 90.26% 86.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,044 799 963
10th Percentile £263 £263 £207
25th Percentile £377 £396 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.27% +4.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £561 £538 £538
90th Percentile £661 £601 £661
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 102 46
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.51 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.70 £17.87 £13.85
Median hourly rate £16.55 £19.97 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -17.13% +1.94% +6.90%
75th Percentile £38.21 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £63.13 £39.00 £43.27
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -8.31%

Data Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Data Discovery job vacancy trend in Scotland

Data Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Discovery

Data Discovery
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 Discovery within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 October 2026. 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
Glasgow -19 1 £475 +5.56% 1
Data Discovery
UK

Data Discovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) German Language
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL