Data Quality Jobs in Scotland

Data Quality
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Quality skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Quality over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 207 193
Rank change year-on-year +78 -14 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 37 59 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.21% 0.86% 0.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.66% 7.82% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5 21 15
10th Percentile £28,644 £41,250 £33,336
25th Percentile £32,234 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,292 £50,000 £50,939
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% -1.84% -3.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,778 £62,500
90th Percentile £58,250 £77,500 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

Data Quality falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 483 754 599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.78% 10.96% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 85 344 195
10th Percentile £37,500 £22,000 £30,800
25th Percentile £51,250 £33,188 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% +14.82%
75th Percentile £76,840 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 £87,468
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

Data Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Quality in Scotland

Data Quality
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Quality in Scotland

Data Quality
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Quality in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Quality in Scotland

Data Quality
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 Quality within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 June 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 +45 24 £34,131 -31.74% 65
Glasgow +119 13 £53,750 +13.16% 85
Data Quality
UK

Data Quality
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 9 (24.32%) Apache Spark
2 5 (13.51%) Apache
3 3 (8.11%) SAS
4 2 (5.41%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Smart View
Cloud Services
1 18 (48.65%) AWS
2 9 (24.32%) Snowflake
3 5 (13.51%) Azure
4 4 (10.81%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (10.81%) GCP
5 3 (8.11%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.70%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (32.43%) Tableau
2 9 (24.32%) Big Data
3 8 (21.62%) NoSQL
4 4 (10.81%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (10.81%) Apache Cassandra
4 4 (10.81%) Apache Hive
4 4 (10.81%) Apache Iceberg
4 4 (10.81%) DynamoDB
4 4 (10.81%) Impala
4 4 (10.81%) Redshift Spectrum
4 4 (10.81%) Relational Database
4 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
5 3 (8.11%) Amazon QuickSight
5 3 (8.11%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (8.11%) Metadata
5 3 (8.11%) Power BI
6 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) ER Studio
2 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 24 (64.86%) Finance
2 18 (48.65%) Social Skills
3 16 (43.24%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (24.32%) Law
5 8 (21.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (18.92%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (16.22%) Banking
8 5 (13.51%) Marketing
9 4 (10.81%) Investment Banking
9 4 (10.81%) Publishing
10 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (2.70%) Games
11 1 (2.70%) General Ledger
11 1 (2.70%) Legal
11 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (24.32%) Analyst
2 8 (21.62%) Data Analyst
2 8 (21.62%) Python Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Python Software Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Software Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Data Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Lead
5 4 (10.81%) Data Modeller
5 4 (10.81%) Finance Modeller
5 4 (10.81%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Data Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Finance Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Data Governance Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Data Governance Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Data Quality Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Financial Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Fraud Manager
7 2 (5.41%) QA Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Quality Manager
7 2 (5.41%) SAS Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.51%) Kafka
2 4 (10.81%) PySpark
3 3 (8.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Cloud Native
1 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.70%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Analytics
1 17 (45.95%) Data Management
2 13 (35.14%) Decision-Making
3 12 (32.43%) Agile
4 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (29.73%) Software Engineering
5 9 (24.32%) Migration
6 8 (21.62%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (21.62%) Data Analytics
6 8 (21.62%) Data Extraction
6 8 (21.62%) Data Migration
6 8 (21.62%) Data Modelling
6 8 (21.62%) Data Transformation
6 8 (21.62%) Operational Stability
7 7 (18.92%) Data Analysis
7 7 (18.92%) Data Engineering
7 7 (18.92%) ETL
8 6 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (16.22%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 19 (51.35%) SQL
2 12 (32.43%) Python
3 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.41%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) GDPR
2 1 (2.70%) IFRS
2 1 (2.70%) ITGC
2 1 (2.70%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Oracle
2 5 (13.51%) Databricks
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.70%) Alteryx
4 1 (2.70%) StreamSets