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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 207 197
Rank change year-on-year +109 -10 +6
Permanent jobs citing Data Quality 66 68 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.24% 1.02% 0.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.20% 8.43% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 27 21 17
10th Percentile £49,695 £41,250 £33,557
25th Percentile - £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile - £73,250 £68,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.45% +3.08% +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 541 807 702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.34% 12.07% 15.21%
Number of salaries quoted 116 337 205
10th Percentile £37,500 £22,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -8.90% +21.96%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,760 £88,750
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 16 May 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 16 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 +49 30 £40,711 -18.58% 13
Renfrewshire -3 18 £52,000 +79.80% 8
Inverclyde - 12 £52,000 -
Glasgow +140 6 £52,000 +9.47% 13
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 2 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.52%) Apache
2 1 (1.52%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.52%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle Smart View
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.18%) AWS
2 6 (9.09%) Snowflake
3 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.03%) Azure
6 1 (1.52%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.52%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.52%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (69.70%) Tableau
2 5 (7.58%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (6.06%) Metadata
3 4 (6.06%) Power BI
4 3 (4.55%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
5 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.52%) Big Data
6 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.52%) Data Vault
6 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (51.52%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 17 (25.76%) Finance
3 16 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.64%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.03%) Banking
5 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Games
6 1 (1.52%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.52%) Legal
6 1 (1.52%) Marketing
6 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 9 (13.64%) Analyst
3 8 (12.12%) Data Analyst
4 6 (9.09%) Data Manager
5 3 (4.55%) Data Engineer
5 3 (4.55%) Finance Manager
5 3 (4.55%) Lead
6 2 (3.03%) Architect
6 2 (3.03%) Data Governance Analyst
6 2 (3.03%) Data Governance Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Data Modeller
6 2 (3.03%) Data Quality Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Finance Modeller
6 2 (3.03%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (3.03%) Fraud Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Governance Manager
6 2 (3.03%) QA Manager
6 2 (3.03%) Quality Manager
7 1 (1.52%) Business Developer
7 1 (1.52%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) JSON
2 1 (1.52%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.52%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.52%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (78.79%) Data Management
2 45 (68.18%) Analytics
3 41 (62.12%) Data Analytics
3 41 (62.12%) Data Modelling
4 40 (60.61%) Data Governance
5 11 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 9 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (12.12%) Data Extraction
7 8 (12.12%) Data Migration
7 8 (12.12%) Migration
8 7 (10.61%) Agile
8 7 (10.61%) Data Analysis
8 7 (10.61%) Data Architecture
8 7 (10.61%) Data Transformation
8 7 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (9.09%) Coaching
9 6 (9.09%) Mentoring
10 5 (7.58%) Artificial Intelligence
10 5 (7.58%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.15%) SQL
2 3 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.03%) Python
4 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (3.03%) Degree
2 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.58%) QA
2 2 (3.03%) GDPR
3 1 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.52%) IFRS
3 1 (1.52%) ITGC
3 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.52%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (56.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.52%) Databricks
2 1 (1.52%) Informatica
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle
2 1 (1.52%) StreamSets