DataOps Contracts in Scotland

DataOps
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring DataOps skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DataOps over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 114 154
Rank change year-on-year -2 +40 +5
Contract jobs citing DataOps 1 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.061% 0.51% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% 0.58% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 6
10th Percentile - £433 £338
25th Percentile - £440 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £453 £503
Median % change year-on-year - -9.85% -4.29%
75th Percentile - £457 £523
90th Percentile - £460 £526
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +9.51% -4.53% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

DataOps 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 1,536 1,901 2,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.72% 88.38% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 880 1,165 1,771
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 £553
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 48 92 54
10th Percentile £15.95 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.18 £15.92 £11.51
Median hourly rate £19.90 £19.50 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% +20.00% -56.59%
75th Percentile £24.66 £42.71 £52.25
90th Percentile £50.06 £60.75 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.27 £35.65
% change year-on-year -22.81% +1.75% +38.82%

DataOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for DataOps in Scotland

DataOps
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for DataOps in Scotland

DataOps
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 DataOps within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 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 +7 1 - - 2
DataOps
UK

DataOps
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 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving