Data Lineage Contracts in Scotland

Data Lineage
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Lineage skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Lineage over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 116 158
Rank change year-on-year +1 +42 +7
Contract jobs citing Data Lineage 2 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.33% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.37% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £503 £469
25th Percentile £313 £563 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £338 £601 £531
90th Percentile - £645 £543
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Lineage 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 1,525 1,884 2,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.73% 88.04% 92.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 1,158 1,766
10th Percentile £263 £219 £260
25th Percentile £375 £369 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +1.06%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 92 55
10th Percentile £15.90 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.07 £15.92 £11.25
Median hourly rate £19.83 £19.50 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +21.95% -57.28%
75th Percentile £24.66 £42.71 £50.74
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £67.13
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

Data Lineage
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Lineage in Scotland

Data Lineage
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Data Lineage in Scotland

Data Lineage
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 Lineage within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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 +5 1 - - 2
Glasgow -8 1 £325 -44.70% 1
Data Lineage
UK

Data Lineage
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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Health
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Data Flow Diagram
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft