Data Discovery Job Trends in Edinburgh

Data Discovery
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data Discovery skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Discovery 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £71,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £67,500 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data Discovery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 703 1,105 1,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 92.26% 87.15% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 290 551 851
10th Percentile £25,684 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,209 £46,990 £42,937
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +0.80% -
75th Percentile £63,437 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,624 £91,500 £87,419
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%

Data Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Data Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Data Discovery in Edinburgh

Data Discovery
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Discovery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Discovery

Data Discovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality