Data Management Job Trends in Scotland

Data Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 39 125
Rank change year-on-year -46 +86 +18
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 54 139 67
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.98% 5.14% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 5.57% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 19 25 38
10th Percentile £25,226 £35,105 £51,750
25th Percentile £26,000 £41,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £51,000 £70,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £61,500 £106,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,203 2,494 2,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 80.93% 92.17% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,078 1,070 1,739
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,475 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,547 £88,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Data Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Data Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Management

Data Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Management in Scotland

Data Management
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 Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 -28 43 £26,000 -55.74% 20
Glasgow -17 10 £45,000 -18.18% 14
Argyll and Bute - 1 £38,000 - 1
Data Management
UK

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (7.41%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (25.93%) Oracle Smart View
2 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.70%) Weka
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 28 (51.85%) Oracle Assets
1 28 (51.85%) Oracle Financials
1 28 (51.85%) Oracle General Ledger
1 28 (51.85%) Oracle Payables
1 28 (51.85%) Oracle Receivables
2 19 (35.19%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (25.93%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.52%) Power Platform
2 7 (12.96%) Azure
3 4 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.41%) OCI
3 4 (7.41%) Snowflake
4 2 (3.70%) AWS
5 1 (1.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.85%) IaaS
5 1 (1.85%) PaaS
5 1 (1.85%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.93%) Essbase
1 14 (25.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 10 (18.52%) Power BI
3 7 (12.96%) Metadata
3 7 (12.96%) Tableau
4 4 (7.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 4 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.85%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 28 (51.85%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 40 (74.07%) Finance
2 17 (31.48%) Social Skills
3 15 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.85%) Back Office
6 1 (1.85%) Banking
6 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 40 (74.07%) Analyst
2 28 (51.85%) Oracle Analyst
2 28 (51.85%) Senior
2 28 (51.85%) Senior Analyst
2 28 (51.85%) Senior Oracle Analyst
3 10 (18.52%) ERP Analyst
4 5 (9.26%) Business Analyst
4 5 (9.26%) Data Management Specialist
5 4 (7.41%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Technical Business Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Analyst Developer
6 3 (5.56%) Developer
6 3 (5.56%) Insight Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Report Analyst
6 3 (5.56%) Report Developer
7 2 (3.70%) Data Quality Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Governance Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) IT Director
7 2 (3.70%) Quality Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.85%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.85%) IoT
4 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.85%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Linux
3 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (59.26%) Asset Management
1 32 (59.26%) Coaching
2 29 (53.70%) ERP
2 29 (53.70%) Roadmaps
3 28 (51.85%) Enterprise Data Management
3 28 (51.85%) Planning and Forecasting
4 24 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
5 20 (37.04%) Migration
6 18 (33.33%) Analytics
6 18 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
7 16 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (27.78%) Data Integration
8 15 (27.78%) Impact Assessments
9 14 (25.93%) Data Migration
9 14 (25.93%) Enterprise Architecture
9 14 (25.93%) Financial Modelling
9 14 (25.93%) GAP Analysis
9 14 (25.93%) Performance Management
9 14 (25.93%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 40 (74.07%) SQL
2 14 (25.93%) Groovy
3 5 (9.26%) Python
4 1 (1.85%) Bash
4 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (9.26%) Degree
2 2 (3.70%) AWS Certification
2 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
2 2 (3.70%) CISM
2 2 (3.70%) CISSP
2 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.70%) GxP
2 2 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Docker
1 2 (3.70%) vSphere
2 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (53.70%) Oracle
2 14 (25.93%) Hyperion
3 3 (5.56%) Alteryx
3 3 (5.56%) Teradata
4 2 (3.70%) Dataiku
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.85%) Databricks