Data Science Jobs in Scotland

Data Science
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 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 172 101 132
Rank change year-on-year -71 +31 -10
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 122 125 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.82% 2.73% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 2.89% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 49 41 61
10th Percentile £46,306 £50,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £67,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.96% +14.41% +17.41%
75th Percentile £73,250 £87,419 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £71,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -2.10% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 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 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 19 May 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 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
Edinburgh +59 78 £70,000 +10.67% 10
Glasgow -127 37 £60,000 -35.14% 6
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 24 (19.67%) Apache Spark
2 5 (4.10%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 52 (42.62%) GCP
2 45 (36.89%) AWS
3 31 (25.41%) SaaS
4 24 (19.67%) Power Platform
5 23 (18.85%) Amazon S3
5 23 (18.85%) Amazon SQS
5 23 (18.85%) Google Docs
5 23 (18.85%) Lucidchart
5 23 (18.85%) Miro
5 23 (18.85%) Slack
6 16 (13.11%) Azure
7 6 (4.92%) Snowflake
8 5 (4.10%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.82%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.82%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (24.59%) Big Data
2 26 (21.31%) Hadoop
3 23 (18.85%) Elasticsearch
3 23 (18.85%) Redis
3 23 (18.85%) Scylla
4 21 (17.21%) Power BI
5 16 (13.11%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (9.02%) Tableau
7 9 (7.38%) BigQuery
7 9 (7.38%) Looker
8 3 (2.46%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.64%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.64%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.64%) Delta Lake
9 2 (1.64%) Metadata
9 2 (1.64%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Git
1 1 (0.82%) GoCD
1 1 (0.82%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (45.08%) Finance
2 42 (34.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 39 (31.97%) Social Skills
4 33 (27.05%) Banking
5 26 (21.31%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (18.85%) Marketing
7 21 (17.21%) Games
8 20 (16.39%) Financial Institution
8 20 (16.39%) Law
9 19 (15.57%) Investment Banking
10 15 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (3.28%) Retail
12 1 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (47.54%) Principal Engineer
2 52 (42.62%) Software Engineer
3 49 (40.16%) Principal Software Engineer
4 25 (20.49%) Senior
5 18 (14.75%) Data Manager
6 16 (13.11%) Data Science Manager
6 16 (13.11%) Engineering Manager
7 15 (12.30%) AWS Engineer
7 15 (12.30%) AWS Software Engineer
7 15 (12.30%) Data Engineer
7 15 (12.30%) Python Engineer
7 15 (12.30%) Python Software Engineer
8 12 (9.84%) Data Scientist
8 12 (9.84%) Lead
9 10 (8.20%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (8.20%) Principal Modelling Engineer
10 9 (7.38%) Principal Data Engineer
11 6 (4.92%) Senior Data Scientist
11 6 (4.92%) Senior Windows Engineer
11 6 (4.92%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (21.31%) Kafka
2 23 (18.85%) GraphQL
3 9 (7.38%) Pandas
4 5 (4.10%) XGBoost
5 3 (2.46%) PySpark
6 2 (1.64%) Django
6 2 (1.64%) jQuery
6 2 (1.64%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 1 (0.82%) NumPy
7 1 (0.82%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.82%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 31 (25.41%) Cloud Native
1 31 (25.41%) Data Structures
2 26 (21.31%) Algorithms
3 9 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.92%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.46%) Credit Risk
5 3 (2.46%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.82%) Life Science
6 1 (0.82%) NHS
6 1 (0.82%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.82%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.74%) Linux
1 7 (5.74%) Windows
2 6 (4.92%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (53.28%) Agile
2 57 (46.72%) Software Engineering
3 54 (44.26%) Analytics
4 49 (40.16%) Machine Learning
5 36 (29.51%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (27.87%) Artificial Intelligence
7 29 (23.77%) Computer Security
7 29 (23.77%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 29 (23.77%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (23.77%) Threat Intelligence
7 29 (23.77%) Use Case
8 27 (22.13%) Data Engineering
8 27 (22.13%) User Experience
9 24 (19.67%) Data Analysis
10 23 (18.85%) High Availability
10 23 (18.85%) UX Research
11 22 (18.03%) Coaching
11 22 (18.03%) SDLC
12 21 (17.21%) DevOps
13 20 (16.39%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 69 (56.56%) Python
2 33 (27.05%) SQL
3 25 (20.49%) Java
4 24 (19.67%) Bash
4 24 (19.67%) Scala
5 23 (18.85%) Go
6 6 (4.92%) R
7 1 (0.82%) C#
7 1 (0.82%) C++
7 1 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.82%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (1.64%) Degree
1 2 (1.64%) OCP
1 2 (1.64%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (0.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.38%) GDPR
2 5 (4.10%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.64%) IFRS
3 2 (1.64%) IFRS 9
3 2 (1.64%) QA
4 1 (0.82%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (0.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (19.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.64%) Terraform
3 1 (0.82%) Grafana
Vendors
1 47 (38.52%) Google
2 29 (23.77%) Dell
3 8 (6.56%) Databricks
4 7 (5.74%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.46%) Oracle
6 1 (0.82%) Teradata
6 1 (0.82%) VMware