Data Architecture Jobs in Scotland

Data Architecture
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Architecture over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 184 125
Rank change year-on-year +75 -59 +62
Permanent jobs citing Data Architecture 39 97 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.36% 1.44% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.55% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14 25 19
10th Percentile £72,500 £55,000 £54,050
25th Percentile £72,899 £62,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,935 £70,576 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.18% -21.58% +50.00%
75th Percentile £83,125 £80,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £104,375 £98,616 £101,800
UK median annual salary £82,500 £79,932 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.21% -0.09% +10.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Architecture 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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,644 6,252 4,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.25% 92.83% 94.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,349 2,420 2,252
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,732
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -9.06% +9.97%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,853
90th Percentile £83,148 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Data Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Architecture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Architecture in Scotland.

Salary trend for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Architecture in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Architecture in Scotland

Data Architecture
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +34 37 £74,935 +3.36% 13
Glasgow +116 2 - - 2
Data Architecture
UK

Data Architecture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (15.38%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.56%) Apache
2 1 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.56%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) AWS
2 8 (20.51%) Azure
2 8 (20.51%) GCP
3 7 (17.95%) OpenShift
4 6 (15.38%) Snowflake
5 4 (10.26%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (7.69%) Amazon EMR
6 3 (7.69%) Azure Stack
6 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
7 2 (5.13%) Amazon SageMaker
7 2 (5.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (5.13%) SaaS
8 1 (2.56%) Amazon S3
8 1 (2.56%) AWS Data Pipeline
8 1 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.08%) NoSQL
2 8 (20.51%) Tableau
3 7 (17.95%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (15.38%) Metadata
5 4 (10.26%) Data Lake
6 3 (7.69%) Data Vault
6 3 (7.69%) Power BI
7 2 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (5.13%) Hadoop
8 1 (2.56%) Data Mart
8 1 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (2.56%) MongoDB
8 1 (2.56%) Neo4j
8 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (53.85%) Finance
2 19 (48.72%) Social Skills
3 10 (25.64%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (17.95%) Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.56%) Advertising
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (58.97%) Architect
2 10 (25.64%) Data Architect
3 9 (23.08%) Lead
4 8 (20.51%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (12.82%) Enterprise Architect
5 5 (12.82%) Lead Architect
5 5 (12.82%) Lead Enterprise Architect
6 4 (10.26%) Data Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Azure Architect
7 3 (7.69%) Data Manager
7 3 (7.69%) Engineering Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Azure Data Architect
8 2 (5.13%) Data Science Leader
8 2 (5.13%) Senior
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Data Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Analytics Manager
9 1 (2.56%) Data Analytics Analyst
9 1 (2.56%) Head of Payments
9 1 (2.56%) Product Owner
9 1 (2.56%) Technology Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) PySpark
2 3 (7.69%) Kafka
3 1 (2.56%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Private Cloud
2 2 (5.13%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.56%) Data Fabric
3 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.56%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (74.36%) Agile
2 23 (58.97%) Roadmaps
3 21 (53.85%) Data Management
4 15 (38.46%) Architectural Patterns
4 15 (38.46%) TOGAF
5 14 (35.90%) Adaptive Web Design
5 14 (35.90%) ArchiMate
5 14 (35.90%) Architecture Roadmap
6 13 (33.33%) Data Governance
6 13 (33.33%) Software Engineering
7 11 (28.21%) Business Strategy
7 11 (28.21%) Data Modelling
7 11 (28.21%) Microservices
8 10 (25.64%) Architectural Design
8 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (25.64%) Thought Leadership
9 9 (23.08%) Analytics
9 9 (23.08%) Collaborative Culture
9 9 (23.08%) Customer Experience
9 9 (23.08%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) Python
2 6 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (5.13%) C#
3 2 (5.13%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
1 1 (2.56%) Degree
1 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.21%) Data Quality
2 5 (12.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 5 (12.82%) GDPR
2 5 (12.82%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.13%) QA
4 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (17.95%) Docker
2 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Google
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.26%) Databricks
4 3 (7.69%) Informatica
5 2 (5.13%) StreamSets