Data Science Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Science
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 100 94
Rank change year-on-year +59 -6 -11
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 84 44 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 5.59% 2.14% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.22% 2.23% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 39 27 46
10th Percentile £46,306 £51,833 £34,500
25th Percentile £58,664 £53,750 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -3.77% +6.22%
75th Percentile £72,716 £75,679 £74,375
90th Percentile £96,539 £87,419 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £69,500 £66,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.91% +15.22% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,350 1,977 2,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.88% 95.97% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 946 1,151 1,387
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,331 £36,134
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,987 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +8.49% +8.16%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Edinburgh

Data Science
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Data Science in Edinburgh

Data Science
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science in Edinburgh

Data Science
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (28.57%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.38%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 47 (55.95%) GCP
2 33 (39.29%) SaaS
3 26 (30.95%) AWS
4 23 (27.38%) Amazon S3
4 23 (27.38%) Amazon SQS
4 23 (27.38%) Google Docs
4 23 (27.38%) Lucidchart
4 23 (27.38%) Miro
4 23 (27.38%) Slack
5 18 (21.43%) Power Platform
6 8 (9.52%) Azure
7 3 (3.57%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (1.19%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (32.14%) Big Data
2 24 (28.57%) Hadoop
3 23 (27.38%) Elasticsearch
3 23 (27.38%) Redis
3 23 (27.38%) Scylla
4 18 (21.43%) Power BI
5 11 (13.10%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (11.90%) Tableau
7 4 (4.76%) BigQuery
8 3 (3.57%) Looker
9 1 (1.19%) Apache Accumulo
9 1 (1.19%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (1.19%) Data Vault
9 1 (1.19%) Flink
9 1 (1.19%) HBase
9 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.19%) JUnit
General
1 35 (41.67%) Finance
1 35 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (19.05%) Banking
4 6 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.57%) Marketing
6 2 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Retail
7 1 (1.19%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (44.05%) Software Engineer
2 36 (42.86%) Principal Engineer
3 33 (39.29%) Principal Software Engineer
4 22 (26.19%) Senior
5 16 (19.05%) Data Manager
5 16 (19.05%) Data Science Manager
6 14 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
7 9 (10.71%) Data Scientist
7 9 (10.71%) Senior Software Engineer
7 9 (10.71%) Senior Windows Engineer
7 9 (10.71%) Windows Engineer
8 8 (9.52%) Lead
9 6 (7.14%) Analyst
9 6 (7.14%) Audit Analyst
9 6 (7.14%) Data Analyst
9 6 (7.14%) Data Engineer
9 6 (7.14%) Senior Data Scientist
10 5 (5.95%) Audit Manager
10 5 (5.95%) Data Science Analyst
10 5 (5.95%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (28.57%) Kafka
2 23 (27.38%) GraphQL
3 8 (9.52%) Pandas
4 5 (5.95%) XGBoost
5 3 (3.57%) PySpark
6 2 (2.38%) Django
6 2 (2.38%) jQuery
6 2 (2.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 1 (1.19%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (1.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (36.90%) Data Structures
2 23 (27.38%) Algorithms
3 15 (17.86%) Cloud Native
4 9 (10.71%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.19%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.90%) Linux
2 9 (10.71%) Mac OS
2 9 (10.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (48.81%) Software Engineering
2 34 (40.48%) Agile
3 33 (39.29%) Analytics
3 33 (39.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 33 (39.29%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (39.29%) Threat Intelligence
4 32 (38.10%) Computer Security
5 28 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (28.57%) Machine Learning
6 24 (28.57%) User Experience
7 23 (27.38%) High Availability
7 23 (27.38%) UX Research
8 19 (22.62%) Data Engineering
9 15 (17.86%) Data Analytics
10 14 (16.67%) Natural Language Processing
10 14 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (15.48%) Visualisation
12 10 (11.90%) Artificial Intelligence
13 9 (10.71%) TDD
13 9 (10.71%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 50 (59.52%) Python
2 25 (29.76%) SQL
3 24 (28.57%) Bash
3 24 (28.57%) Go
3 24 (28.57%) Java
3 24 (28.57%) Scala
4 2 (2.38%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (3.57%) OCP
1 3 (3.57%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (1.19%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.57%) GDPR
2 1 (1.19%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (1.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (29.76%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.57%) Terraform
3 1 (1.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 43 (51.19%) Google
2 33 (39.29%) Dell
3 3 (3.57%) Databricks
4 1 (1.19%) StreamSets