Data Governance Contracts in Scotland

Data Governance
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Governance over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 147 147
Rank change year-on-year +33 0 -15
Contract jobs citing Data Governance 16 16 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.72% 0.56% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.60% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 25
10th Percentile £442 £461 £455
25th Percentile £458 £472 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £590
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -11.02% +18.00%
75th Percentile £588 £628 £708
90th Percentile £608 £930 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Governance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,976 2,647 3,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.57% 92.62% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,908 2,318
10th Percentile £233 £260 £243
25th Percentile £400 £406 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 56 49
10th Percentile £12.38 £10.63 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.04 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £17.72 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.05% -46.30% -21.43%
75th Percentile £44.47 £53.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.03 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in Scotland

Data Governance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Data Governance in Scotland

Data Governance
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Governance in Scotland

Data Governance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Governance in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Data Governance in Scotland

Data Governance
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 Governance within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +9 10 £525 -4.55% 4
Edinburgh +35 3 £675 +22.73% 2
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Data Governance
UK

Data Governance
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Power BI
2 4 (25.00%) Metadata
3 1 (6.25%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Data Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Data Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Data Quality Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Quality Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Data Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Finance Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Information Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) IT Project Leader
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Project Leader
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
1 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Data Management
2 6 (37.50%) Data Lineage
2 6 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 5 (31.25%) Data Architecture
3 5 (31.25%) Data Strategy
3 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (25.00%) Metadata Management
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
5 3 (18.75%) Project Management
5 3 (18.75%) Quality Management
6 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (12.50%) Business Process Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Data Categorisation
6 2 (12.50%) Information Governance
6 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Product Management
6 2 (12.50%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) CISA
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (6.25%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Informatica
2 1 (6.25%) Cadence
2 1 (6.25%) Databricks
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft