Data-Driven Decision Making Job Trends in Edinburgh

Data-Driven Decision Making
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data-Driven Decision Making skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 - 107
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Permanent jobs citing Data-Driven Decision Making 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.38% - 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,855 - £59,556
Median % change year-on-year - - +53.46%
75th Percentile - - £61,123
90th Percentile - - £75,449
Scotland median annual salary £46,428 £83,125 £59,556
% change year-on-year -44.15% +39.58% +22.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data-Driven Decision Making 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 901 1,079 969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.57% 96.25% 91.94%
Number of salaries quoted 383 406 780
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,125 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Data-Driven Decision Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Data-Driven Decision Making job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Data-Driven Decision Making
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data-Driven Decision Making.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data-Driven Decision Making

Data-Driven Decision Making
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 (25.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Head of Digital
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (75.00%) Content Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Innovation
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks