Data-Driven Decision Making Contracts in Scotland

Data-Driven Decision Making
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data-Driven Decision Making 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 97 124 162
Rank change year-on-year +27 +38 +6
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 19 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.17% 0.23% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.25% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £437 £490 -
25th Percentile £446 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £626 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% - -
75th Percentile £478 £626 -
90th Percentile £485 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data-Driven Decision Making 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-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data-Driven Decision Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in Scotland

Data-Driven Decision Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Data-Driven Decision Making in Scotland

Data-Driven Decision Making
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-Driven Decision Making 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
Glasgow +10 12 £490 -21.66% 11
Edinburgh - 7 £438 - 7
Data-Driven Decision Making
UK

Data-Driven Decision Making
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 (5.26%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (5.26%) Apache Spark
1 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.53%) Azure
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.53%) Snowflake
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon S3
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Tableau
2 1 (5.26%) Big Data
2 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) GitLab
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 11 (57.89%) Banking
2 11 (57.89%) Finance
2 11 (57.89%) Investment Banking
3 3 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.79%) Retail
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Retail Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 8 (42.11%) JavaScript Engineer
1 8 (42.11%) Python Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Security Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior UX Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Tableau Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Tableau Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Tableau Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Node.js
2 1 (5.26%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Distributed Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (10.53%) PKI
3 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.26%) NHS
4 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Decision-Making
2 11 (57.89%) Data Security
2 11 (57.89%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (57.89%) Risk Management
3 9 (47.37%) Artificial Intelligence
3 9 (47.37%) Community of Practice
3 9 (47.37%) Critical Thinking
3 9 (47.37%) Data Science
3 9 (47.37%) Experimental Design
3 9 (47.37%) Machine Learning
3 9 (47.37%) Natural Language Processing
3 9 (47.37%) Statistical Analysis
3 9 (47.37%) Task Automation
4 7 (36.84%) Agile
5 4 (21.05%) Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
6 3 (15.79%) Data Modelling
6 3 (15.79%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (15.79%) Wealth Management
7 2 (10.53%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) Python
2 9 (47.37%) Java
2 9 (47.37%) JavaScript
2 9 (47.37%) TypeScript
3 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Accessibility
1 2 (10.53%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (10.53%) WCAG
2 1 (5.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft