Data Governance Jobs in Scotland

Data Governance
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Governance over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 177 191
Rank change year-on-year -50 +14 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Governance 62 42 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.92% 0.92% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.97% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 28 21 25
10th Percentile £42,467 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £52,313 £53,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,743 £60,000 £48,525
Median % change year-on-year +1.24% +23.65% -2.95%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,627 £61,000
90th Percentile £75,625 £93,750 £71,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,351 £63,000
% change year-on-year +7.11% +3.73% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Governance 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,195 4,321 5,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.21% 94.32% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 2,159 2,811
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,211 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Data Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Governance in Scotland

Data Governance
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Governance in Scotland

Data Governance
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Governance in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Governance in Scotland

Data Governance
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 Governance within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Glasgow -92 25 £65,000 -29.73% 3
Edinburgh +43 20 £60,743 +1.24% 4
Lanarkshire - 6 £42,500 -
North Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Aberdeen -11 2 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Renfrewshire - 1 £44,436 -
Highlands - 1 £45,500 -
Data Governance
UK

Data Governance
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 10 (16.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (22.58%) Power Platform
2 9 (14.52%) Azure
3 5 (8.06%) GCP
4 4 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.84%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (4.84%) Snowflake
6 2 (3.23%) Collibra
6 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.23%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (25.81%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (22.58%) Power BI
3 5 (8.06%) Tableau
4 4 (6.45%) Data Lake
4 4 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (4.84%) Delta Lake
6 2 (3.23%) Data Hub
6 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.61%) Ataccama
7 1 (1.61%) BigQuery
7 1 (1.61%) Looker
7 1 (1.61%) Metadata
7 1 (1.61%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) JIRA
General
1 30 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 29 (46.77%) Legal
3 28 (45.16%) Finance
4 20 (32.26%) Banking
5 7 (11.29%) Law
6 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.84%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (29.03%) Data Engineer
2 16 (25.81%) Analyst
3 13 (20.97%) Senior
4 12 (19.35%) Principal Data Engineer
4 12 (19.35%) Principal Engineer
5 10 (16.13%) Data Analyst
5 10 (16.13%) Lead
5 10 (16.13%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Data Manager
6 6 (9.68%) Lead Data Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Data Protection Analyst
7 4 (6.45%) Database Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Head of Information
8 3 (4.84%) Consultant
8 3 (4.84%) Data Consultant
8 3 (4.84%) Master Data Analyst
9 2 (3.23%) Business Data Analyst
9 2 (3.23%) Engineering Manager
9 2 (3.23%) Senior Manager
9 2 (3.23%) Strategy Manager
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.81%) Algorithms
2 7 (11.29%) Management Information System
3 6 (9.68%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.84%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.61%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (62.90%) Data Management
2 26 (41.94%) Analytics
3 22 (35.48%) ETL
4 20 (32.26%) Data Modelling
4 20 (32.26%) Data Protection
5 18 (29.03%) Data Privacy
6 17 (27.42%) Process Improvement
7 16 (25.81%) Data Strategy
7 16 (25.81%) Matrix Management
7 16 (25.81%) Matrix Organization
8 15 (24.19%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (24.19%) Data Architecture
8 15 (24.19%) Data Integration
9 14 (22.58%) Computer Science
10 13 (20.97%) Strategic Thinking
11 12 (19.35%) Data Engineering
12 10 (16.13%) Impact Assessments
12 10 (16.13%) Supplier Relationship Management
13 9 (14.52%) Agile
13 9 (14.52%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.74%) SQL
2 4 (6.45%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.61%) Java
3 1 (1.61%) Python
3 1 (1.61%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (12.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (32.26%) GDPR
2 17 (27.42%) Data Quality
3 5 (8.06%) QA
4 2 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.61%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.84%) Databricks
2 3 (4.84%) Meraki
3 1 (1.61%) Google
3 1 (1.61%) Informatica
3 1 (1.61%) JD Edwards
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle