Data Modeller Contracts in Scotland

Data Modeller
UK > Scotland

The median Data Modeller daily rate in Scotland is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 111 147
Rank change year-on-year +4 +36 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Data Modeller 8 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.49% 0.22% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.23% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £375
25th Percentile - - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.08%
75th Percentile - - £481
90th Percentile - - £500
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 1,471 1,734 2,378
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 93.98% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 801 1,063 1,558
10th Percentile £222 £193 £235
25th Percentile £355 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.17%
75th Percentile £530 £550 £550
90th Percentile £588 £654 £631
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 70 61
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £13.16
Median hourly rate £19.99 £17.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +17.56% -4.06% -5.87%
75th Percentile £26.21 £24.18 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.63 £55.25 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Data Modeller
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Data Modeller in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Modeller in Scotland

Data Modeller
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Modeller job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Modeller job vacancies in Scotland

Data Modeller
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 Modeller within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Glasgow - 5 - - 1
Edinburgh +4 3 £475 - 2
Data Modeller
UK

Data Modeller Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Data Modeller contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Data Modeller in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 5 (62.50%) ITSM
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) SAS
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Data Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) ER Studio
3 3 (37.50%) Google
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (37.50%) Kafka
3 3 (37.50%) BigQuery
3 3 (37.50%) GCP
3 3 (37.50%) Logical Data Model
3 3 (37.50%) Physical Data Model
3 3 (37.50%) Python
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Unix
4 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Data Structures
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (25.00%) Metadata
4 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Task Automation

Data Modeller Skill Set
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 5 (62.50%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) BigQuery
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (25.00%) Looker
2 2 (25.00%) Metadata
3 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) ER Studio
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 5 (62.50%) Data Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) ITSM
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Logical Data Model
3 3 (37.50%) Physical Data Model
4 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (12.50%) Conceptual Models
5 1 (12.50%) Data Ingestion
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
1 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google