Data Sovereignty Job Trends in Edinburgh

Data Sovereignty
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Sovereignty in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Sovereignty over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	70	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Data Sovereignty	2	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh	0.17%	-	-
As % of the General category	0.44%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£71,349	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£74,830	-	-
75^th Percentile	£78,312	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Scotland median annual salary	£74,830	-	-

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Data Sovereignty falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Edinburgh.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	455	599	807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh	38.08%	76.60%	64.35%
Number of salaries quoted	235	236	345
10^th Percentile	£27,500	£25,260	£34,250
25^th Percentile	£37,591	£31,750	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£58,000	£36,962	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+56.92%	-32.80%	-12.00%
75^th Percentile	£81,965	£64,000	£73,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£80,203	£95,000
Scotland median annual salary	£48,442	£33,000	£52,000
% change year-on-year	+46.79%	-36.54%	-0.95%

Data Sovereignty Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing Data Sovereignty also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for Data Sovereignty.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	100.0%	2
1	AI	100.0%	2
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	2
1	Data Protection	100.0%	2
1	dbt	100.0%	2
1	LLM	100.0%	2
1	Microsoft	100.0%	2
1	Open Source	100.0%	2
1	OpenAI	100.0%	2
1	Prototyping	100.0%	2
1	Rapid Prototyping	100.0%	2
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	2
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	2
1	Service Design	100.0%	2
1	Stakeholder Engagement	100.0%	2
1	Technical Architecture	100.0%	2

Data Sovereignty Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Inclusion and Diversity	100.0%	2
1	Social Skills	100.0%	2