Data Management Job Trends in Edinburgh

Data Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 52 38
Rank change year-on-year -8 -14 +45
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 13 29 64
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 1.08% 3.81% 5.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 4.11% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 9
10th Percentile £36,742 £37,264 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £44,809 £29,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,658 £52,221 £37,170
Median % change year-on-year +31.48% +40.49% -37.56%
75th Percentile £112,500 £58,643 £39,235
90th Percentile - £66,207 £65,750
Scotland median annual salary £51,423 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.27% - -24.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data Management 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 784 705 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 65.06% 92.64% 88.10%
Number of salaries quoted 472 291 484
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,684 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £32,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £77,681 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,776 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £38,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +44.74% -30.91% +4.76%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Data Management
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Management

Data Management
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Management in Edinburgh

Data Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (23.08%) SaaS
4 2 (15.38%) Collibra
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
5 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) Big Data
2 1 (7.69%) RDBMS
2 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) ERwin
2 1 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Lead
2 4 (30.77%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Data Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Data Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Lead Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Lead Data Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Data Governance Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Data Governance Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Governance Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Low-Code
2 1 (7.69%) Reference Data
2 1 (7.69%) Taxonomies
2 1 (7.69%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Data Governance
2 6 (46.15%) Data Strategy
3 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) Analytics
3 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
3 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
3 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (30.77%) Data Architecture
4 4 (30.77%) Data Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
5 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (23.08%) Data Privacy
5 3 (23.08%) Fintech
5 3 (23.08%) Inventory Management
5 3 (23.08%) Master Data Management
5 3 (23.08%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) PgMP
1 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
1 3 (23.08%) GDPR
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Informatica