Lakehouse Contract Job Trends in Scotland
Data Lakehouse
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Lakehouse skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 133 | 114 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -19 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Lakehouse | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Scotland | 0.42% | 0.13% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.49% | 0.14% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £506 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £509 | £456 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £541 | £463 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.03% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £469 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £594 | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £540 | £550 | £580 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | -5.17% | -3.33% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland
Lakehouse 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.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,031 | 1,424 | 1,601 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 84.45% | 90.01% | 86.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,073 | 784 | 939 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £252 | £209 |
| 25th Percentile | £377 | £384 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £465 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.08% | +3.33% | -5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £556 | £538 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £613 | £670 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 130 | 101 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £15.34 | £12.57 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.98 | £17.87 | £15.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.81 | £19.97 | £20.94 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.85% | -4.62% | +9.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.21 | £25.15 | £24.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.28 | £40.00 | £43.89 |
| UK median hourly rate | £37.24 | £25.08 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +48.51% | -37.31% | -9.60% |
Lakehouse Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lakehouse relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Lakehouse Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Lakehouse.
Lakehouse 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 Lakehouse within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 October 2026. 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 | +1 | 9 | £538 | +16.22% | 12 |
| Glasgow | - | 1 | £575 | - | 4 |
| Lakehouse UK |
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Lakehouse Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Migration | 70.0% | 7 |
| 2 | AI | 60.0% | 6 |
| 2 | Enterprise Architecture | 60.0% | 6 |
| 4 | Data Governance | 50.0% | 5 |
| 5 | Data Migration | 40.0% | 4 |
| 5 | ERP | 40.0% | 4 |
| 7 | Architecture Governance | 30.0% | 3 |
| 7 | Data Architecture | 30.0% | 3 |
| 7 | Roadmaps | 30.0% | 3 |
| 7 | Stakeholder Management | 30.0% | 3 |
| 7 | Translating Business Requirements | 30.0% | 3 |
| 12 | Analytics | 20.0% | 2 |
| 12 | Business Intelligence | 20.0% | 2 |
| 12 | Decision-Making | 20.0% | 2 |
| 12 | ETL | 20.0% | 2 |
| 12 | Event-Driven | 20.0% | 2 |
| 12 | IT Strategy | 20.0% | 2 |
| 12 | Microservices | 20.0% | 2 |
| 12 | Stakeholder Engagement | 20.0% | 2 |
| 12 | Strategic Roadmap | 20.0% | 2 |