Data Sovereignty Job Trends in Scotland

Data Sovereignty
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Sovereignty in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Sovereignty over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	135	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Data Sovereignty	2	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	0.046%	-	-
As % of the General category	0.099%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£71,349	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£74,830	-	-
75^th Percentile	£78,312	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK median annual salary	£74,830	-	-

All General Skills
Scotland

Data Sovereignty falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Scotland.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	2,014	1,890	1,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	46.82%	71.05%	58.86%
Number of salaries quoted	927	738	883
10^th Percentile	£27,000	£25,684	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£31,500	£31,750	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£48,442	£33,000	£52,000
Median % change year-on-year	+46.79%	-36.54%	-0.95%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£54,855	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£73,750	£85,000
UK median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£59,125
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-11.21%	-1.46%

Data Sovereignty 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 Sovereignty within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 October 2026. 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	-	2	£74,830	-	2
Data Sovereignty UK

Data Sovereignty Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing Data Sovereignty also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for Data Sovereignty.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	100.0%	2
1	AI	100.0%	2
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	2
1	Data Protection	100.0%	2
1	dbt	100.0%	2
1	LLM	100.0%	2
1	Microsoft	100.0%	2
1	Open Source	100.0%	2
1	OpenAI	100.0%	2
1	Prototyping	100.0%	2
1	Rapid Prototyping	100.0%	2
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	2
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	2
1	Service Design	100.0%	2
1	Stakeholder Engagement	100.0%	2
1	Technical Architecture	100.0%	2

Data Sovereignty Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Inclusion and Diversity	100.0%	2
1	Social Skills	100.0%	2