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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 96 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Discovery 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.10% 0.078% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.085% -
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 844 1,179 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.19% 92.47% 94.32%
Number of salaries quoted 369 483 767
10th Percentile £25,750 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,443 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% -8.09% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £76,318
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Data Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Discovery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Data Discovery job vacancy trend 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 & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

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%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AI Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
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