Data Science Jobs in Scotland

Data Science
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 102 112
Rank change year-on-year -64 +10 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 86 118 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.51% 3.11% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 3.24% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27 50 48
10th Percentile £52,000 £51,650 £35,550
25th Percentile £67,250 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,066 £57,977
Median % change year-on-year +7.58% +12.23% +15.95%
75th Percentile £73,568 £85,721 £78,125
90th Percentile £96,450 £95,154 £91,328
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -3.45% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Science 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 5,004 3,640 5,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.82% 95.94% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 1,969 3,041
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,555 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Scotland

Data Science
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Science in Scotland

Data Science
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science in Scotland

Data Science
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 Science within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +23 44 £70,000 +8.53% 3
Glasgow -81 37 £75,750 -18.11% 4
Aberdeen - 3 - -
Data Science
UK

Data Science
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 5 (5.81%) Apache Spark
2 4 (4.65%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 31 (36.05%) AWS
2 26 (30.23%) GCP
3 20 (23.26%) Power Platform
4 15 (17.44%) Azure
5 6 (6.98%) SaaS
6 5 (5.81%) Amazon S3
7 4 (4.65%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (4.65%) Google Docs
7 4 (4.65%) Lucidchart
7 4 (4.65%) Miro
7 4 (4.65%) Slack
7 4 (4.65%) Snowflake
8 3 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.16%) Amazon SageMaker
10 1 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (1.16%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.16%) GitHub
10 1 (1.16%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.77%) Power BI
2 14 (16.28%) Tableau
3 12 (13.95%) Big Data
4 11 (12.79%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (10.47%) BigQuery
5 9 (10.47%) Looker
6 6 (6.98%) Data Vault
6 6 (6.98%) Hadoop
7 4 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (4.65%) Redis
7 4 (4.65%) Scylla
8 2 (2.33%) Data Lake
8 2 (2.33%) NoSQL
8 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
9 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (1.16%) Delta Lake
9 1 (1.16%) Metadata
9 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (1.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Git
1 1 (1.16%) GoCD
1 1 (1.16%) Jenkins
General
1 41 (47.67%) Finance
2 30 (34.88%) Presentation Skills
3 22 (25.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (24.42%) Games
4 21 (24.42%) Marketing
5 20 (23.26%) Banking
5 20 (23.26%) Financial Institution
5 20 (23.26%) Law
6 19 (22.09%) Investment Banking
7 17 (19.77%) Social Skills
8 16 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Legal
9 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (38.37%) Principal Engineer
2 32 (37.21%) Software Engineer
3 24 (27.91%) Principal Software Engineer
4 18 (20.93%) Data Science Manager
5 17 (19.77%) Data Manager
6 15 (17.44%) AWS Engineer
6 15 (17.44%) AWS Software Engineer
6 15 (17.44%) Engineering Manager
6 15 (17.44%) Python Engineer
6 15 (17.44%) Python Software Engineer
7 11 (12.79%) Data Engineer
8 10 (11.63%) Platform Engineer
8 10 (11.63%) Principal Modelling Engineer
9 9 (10.47%) Principal Data Engineer
9 9 (10.47%) Senior
10 8 (9.30%) Architect
10 8 (9.30%) Data Architect
11 6 (6.98%) Lead
11 6 (6.98%) Principal Architect
11 6 (6.98%) Principal Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.98%) Kafka
2 4 (4.65%) GraphQL
3 2 (2.33%) Django
3 2 (2.33%) jQuery
3 2 (2.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 1 (1.16%) Hugging Face
4 1 (1.16%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.74%) Cloud Native
2 9 (10.47%) Algorithms
2 9 (10.47%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.65%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.49%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.16%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.16%) Linux
1 1 (1.16%) Windows
1 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (53.49%) Analytics
2 44 (51.16%) Agile
3 42 (48.84%) Machine Learning
4 41 (47.67%) Software Engineering
5 30 (34.88%) Artificial Intelligence
5 30 (34.88%) Data Analysis
6 26 (30.23%) Mathematics
7 23 (26.74%) Data Engineering
8 22 (25.58%) SDLC
9 21 (24.42%) DevOps
9 21 (24.42%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (24.42%) Use Case
10 20 (23.26%) Business Analysis
10 20 (23.26%) Coaching
10 20 (23.26%) Computer Science
10 20 (23.26%) Operational Stability
11 19 (22.09%) Asset Management
12 17 (19.77%) Data Analytics
13 12 (13.95%) Data Modelling
14 11 (12.79%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 32 (37.21%) Python
2 14 (16.28%) SQL
3 6 (6.98%) Java
3 6 (6.98%) Scala
4 5 (5.81%) Bash
4 5 (5.81%) R
5 4 (4.65%) Go
6 2 (2.33%) C++
7 1 (1.16%) C
7 1 (1.16%) C#
7 1 (1.16%) Fortran
7 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.16%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (5.81%) Degree
2 3 (3.49%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.16%) PhD
3 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.47%) GDPR
2 4 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.16%) IFRS
3 1 (1.16%) IFRS 9
3 1 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.33%) Terraform
3 1 (1.16%) Grafana
Vendors
1 22 (25.58%) Google
2 7 (8.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.65%) Databricks
3 4 (4.65%) Dell
4 3 (3.49%) Oracle
5 1 (1.16%) IBM
5 1 (1.16%) Informatica
5 1 (1.16%) Teradata
5 1 (1.16%) VMware