Data Science Jobs in Edinburgh

Data Science
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 97 96
Rank change year-on-year +55 -1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 79 46 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 5.31% 2.29% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.93% 2.39% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 37 29 39
10th Percentile £46,306 £51,833 £34,500
25th Percentile £58,664 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +1.21% +12.27%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,016 £87,419 £86,000
Scotland median annual salary £69,500 £66,250 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.91% +12.29% +16.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,333 1,927 2,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.52% 95.73% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 935 1,121 1,423
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,033 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Edinburgh

Data Science
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Data Science in Edinburgh

Data Science
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science in Edinburgh

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 23 (29.11%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.53%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 44 (55.70%) GCP
2 31 (39.24%) SaaS
3 25 (31.65%) AWS
4 23 (29.11%) Amazon S3
4 23 (29.11%) Amazon SQS
4 23 (29.11%) Google Docs
4 23 (29.11%) Lucidchart
4 23 (29.11%) Miro
4 23 (29.11%) Slack
5 18 (22.78%) Power Platform
6 8 (10.13%) Azure
7 3 (3.80%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.27%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (32.91%) Big Data
2 23 (29.11%) Elasticsearch
2 23 (29.11%) Hadoop
2 23 (29.11%) Redis
2 23 (29.11%) Scylla
3 18 (22.78%) Power BI
4 10 (12.66%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (12.66%) Tableau
5 3 (3.80%) BigQuery
5 3 (3.80%) Looker
6 1 (1.27%) Data Vault
General
1 33 (41.77%) Finance
1 33 (41.77%) Social Skills
2 20 (25.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (17.72%) Banking
4 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.80%) Marketing
6 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (41.77%) Principal Engineer
1 33 (41.77%) Software Engineer
2 30 (37.97%) Principal Software Engineer
3 20 (25.32%) Senior
4 16 (20.25%) Data Manager
4 16 (20.25%) Data Science Manager
5 14 (17.72%) Engineering Manager
6 9 (11.39%) Data Scientist
7 7 (8.86%) Lead
7 7 (8.86%) Senior Software Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Senior Windows Engineer
7 7 (8.86%) Windows Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Analyst
8 6 (7.59%) Audit Analyst
8 6 (7.59%) Data Analyst
8 6 (7.59%) Data Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Senior Data Scientist
9 5 (6.33%) Audit Manager
9 5 (6.33%) Data Science Analyst
9 5 (6.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (29.11%) GraphQL
1 23 (29.11%) Kafka
2 8 (10.13%) Pandas
3 5 (6.33%) XGBoost
4 3 (3.80%) PySpark
5 2 (2.53%) Django
5 2 (2.53%) jQuery
5 2 (2.53%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 31 (39.24%) Data Structures
2 23 (29.11%) Algorithms
3 12 (15.19%) Cloud Native
4 7 (8.86%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.27%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.86%) Linux
1 7 (8.86%) Mac OS
1 7 (8.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (46.84%) Software Engineering
2 30 (37.97%) Agile
2 30 (37.97%) Computer Security
2 30 (37.97%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 30 (37.97%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (37.97%) Threat Intelligence
3 29 (36.71%) Analytics
4 28 (35.44%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (30.38%) User Experience
6 23 (29.11%) High Availability
6 23 (29.11%) Machine Learning
6 23 (29.11%) UX Research
7 17 (21.52%) Data Engineering
8 15 (18.99%) Data Analytics
9 14 (17.72%) Natural Language Processing
10 12 (15.19%) Visualisation
11 11 (13.92%) Technical Leadership
12 9 (11.39%) Artificial Intelligence
12 9 (11.39%) Statistical Modelling
12 9 (11.39%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 49 (62.03%) Python
2 25 (31.65%) SQL
3 23 (29.11%) Bash
3 23 (29.11%) Go
3 23 (29.11%) Java
3 23 (29.11%) Scala
4 2 (2.53%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (2.53%) OCP
1 2 (2.53%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (1.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.80%) GDPR
2 1 (1.27%) Basel III
Systems Management
1 23 (29.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (51.90%) Google
2 30 (37.97%) Dell
3 3 (3.80%) Databricks