15 research officer jobs found in Edinburgh

Research Officer (Data Analyst)  £194.38 per day (Outside IR35) / 23 Months - Edinburgh  Parity is delighted to partner with our client, a public sector organisation, who are looking to recruit a on a 23-month contract basis. You will be based in their modern, central Edinburgh offices with potential to work remotely 2 days a week. About the Role We are looking for a Research Officer (Data Analyst) to join the Policy & Research Team. This role would suit an experienced data analyst who enjoys working with complex datasets and using data to support high-quality research and evidence-based reporting. Working directly with the Senior Researcher and Data Analyst, you will support the day-to-day management of research databases, including data input, cleaning, querying, and analysis. You will use advanced Excel skills alongside tools such as Power BI to produce accurate and meaningful analytical reports. Key Responsibilities Support the day-to-day management of research...

Research Officer (Data Analyst) £194.38 per day (Outside IR35) / 23 Months - Edinburgh Parity is delighted to partner with our client, a public sector organisation, who are looking to recruit a on a 23-month contract basis. You will be based in their modern, central Edinburgh offices with potential to work remotely 2 days a week. About the Role We are looking for a Research Officer (Data Analyst) to join the Policy & Research Team. This role would suit an experienced data analyst who enjoys working with complex datasets and using data to support high-quality research and evidence-based reporting. Working directly with the Senior Researcher and Data Analyst, you will support the day-to-day management of research databases, including data input, cleaning, querying, and analysis. You will use advanced Excel skills alongside tools such as Power BI to produce accurate and meaningful analytical reports. Key Responsibilities Support the day-to-day management of research...

Research Officer 23 Month Contract (Outside IR35) Hybrid, Edinburgh,3-4 days pw) Starting ASAP Day Rate: £194.38 About the Role: Harvey Nash's Public Inquiry is looking to recruit a Research Officer. You will be responsible for your own projects, working under the supervision of the Head of Policy and Research. Primary responsibilities will include data input, production of research reviews, and analysis of qualitative and quantitative information gathered by the Inquiry. This role is critical to ensure that research produced by the Inquiry is of the highest quality and contributes to the specific aspects of the Inquiry's Terms of Reference. This post offers an excellent opportunity for a highly conscientious individual to gain further experience in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment, where they will be making a significant contribution to the investigation of the abuse of children in care, and recommendations to changes in policy and practice to protect...

Research Officer| 23 Month Contract | (Outside IR35) | Hybrid, 3-4 days pw Edinburgh| Starting ASAP Day Rate: £194.38 About the role: Our client is seeking a Research Officer to support the delivery of an important public inquiry. Working closely with senior research and data professionals, the successful candidate will use advanced Excel skills to support the management of research databases, including data entry, data cleansing, analysis and reporting. The role plays a key part in ensuring that research outputs are accurate, robust and able to inform the Inquiry's ongoing work and recommendations. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised and detail-oriented individual to further develop their research and analytical experience within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. The successful candidate will contribute to work that aims to improve future policy and practice through evidence-based research and analysis. You will: Contribute to the...

Research Officer ( Data Analyst) £194.38 per day (Outside IR35)/23 Months - Edinburgh Parity is delighted to partner with our client, a public sector organisation, who are looking to recruit a on a 23-month contract basis. You will be based in their modern, central Edinburgh offices with potential to work remotely 2 days a week. About the Role We are looking for a Research Officer (Data Analyst) to join the Policy & Research Team. This role would suit an experienced data analyst who enjoys working with complex datasets and using data to support high-quality research and evidence-based reporting. Working directly with the Senior Researcher and Data Analyst, you will support the day-to-day management of research databases, including data input, cleaning, querying, and analysis. You will use advanced Excel skills alongside tools such as Power BI to produce accurate and meaningful analytical reports. Key Responsibilities Support the day-to-day management of...

Research Officer | 23 Month Contract | (Outside IR35) | Hybrid, Edinburgh,3-4 days pw)| Starting ASAP Day Rate: £194.38 About the Role: Harvey Nash's Public Inquiry is looking to recruit a Research Officer. You will be responsible for your own projects, working under the supervision of the Head of Policy and Research. Primary responsibilities will include data input, production of research reviews, and analysis of qualitative and quantitative information gathered by the Inquiry. This role is critical to ensure that research produced by the Inquiry is of the highest quality and contributes to the specific aspects of the Inquiry's Terms of Reference. This post offers an excellent opportunity for a highly conscientious individual to gain further experience in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment, where they will be making a significant contribution to the investigation of the abuse of children in care, and recommendations to changes in policy and practice to protect...

Research Officer ( Data Analyst ) £194.38 per day (Outside IR35) / 23 Months - Edinburgh Parity is delighted to partner with our client, a public sector organisation, who are looking to recruit a on a 23-month contract basis. You will be based in their modern, central Edinburgh offices with potential to work remotely 2 days a week. About the Role We are looking for a Research Officer (Data Analyst) to join the Policy & Research Team. This role would suit an experienced data analyst who enjoys working with complex datasets and using data to support high-quality research and evidence-based reporting. Working directly with the Senior Researcher and Data Analyst, you will support the day-to-day management of research databases, including data input, cleaning, querying, and analysis. You will use advanced Excel skills alongside tools such as Power BI to produce accurate and meaningful analytical reports. Key Responsibilities Support...

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Research Officer (Data Analyst) for a 23 month contract on a rate of £194.38/day (Outside IR35). This role will be hybrid based with up to 2 days a week working from home. Responsibilities Contribute to the day-to-day management of the research databases and relationships between these; Carry out cleaning and querying of data and maintaining Excel workbooks used for these tasks; Manipulate data using tools such as Excel and Power BI to produce analytical data reports; Carry out analysis of information gathered by the organisation for research purposes, and be able to communicate findings to a variety of stakeholders in sensitive, compelling, and creative ways; Take ownership for your own projects’ objectives and targets; Support with copy-editing and proofreading reports, ensuring consistency and accuracy within and across outputs, both in...

Contractor - Senior IT Project Manager  Location : UK (Agile) Duration: 6-9 Months IR35 Status : Outside IR35 (Inside IR35 or FTC options also considered)    Deliverables:  Technical Design & Integration Deliver approved functional and technical design documentation for integrations across ERP, Data Platform and applications (Kyriba, Clearwater, Anaplan, SAP Concur, Snowflake, claims ingestion). Complete Architecture Board reviews and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards. Produce end to end source to target mappings covering data flows, transformation logic and middleware integrations. Secure formal sign off from IT Security, Information Security, Data Office and key business/technology stakeholders. Deliver environment and infrastructure requirements and a Base Architecture Document defining integration patterns, standards and target state architecture.   Vendor & Contract...

Lead Delivery Manager Location: Hybrid - Predominantly Remote (approximately monthly travel to Whitechapel) Contract: 17 August 2026 - 18 December 2026 Day Rate: £425-£450 per day IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Security Clearance: BPSS Required Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Lead Delivery Manager to join a high-profile government digital transformation programme focused on the continued evolution of a major citizen-facing mobile application. Working within a multidisciplinary Agile team, you will be responsible for leading delivery across a complex product area, ensuring teams are empowered to deliver high-quality digital services through effective planning, collaboration and continuous improvement. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring someone who enjoys working closely with engineering teams, removing delivery obstacles, managing risks and driving outcomes rather than operating purely at a strategic level. Key Responsibilities Lead the...

Tech Lead (AWS / TypeScript / Python) Location and basis Contract, outside IR35. Starting as soon as possible. Fully flexible working: home, office, or a mix, your call. We just ask that you're based within 50 miles of Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester or London. Applications from outside these areas won't be considered. The engagement You'll lead engineering on a high-volume online marketplace, part-way through a major, multi-year technology transformation. There's a live migration to AWS and a full version 2 build underway. The current client-facing platform runs on PHP and Laravel, and the target is a service-based architecture on AWS built in TypeScript, JavaScript and Python. You'll set technical direction across that shift while keeping delivery moving. You'll need to be hands-on and broad: someone who understands cloud, architecture, data, auth, front-end and APIs, and has built service-based platforms in AWS before. In an older structure this...

Solution Architect, Data (GCP / AWS) Location and basis Contract, outside IR35. Starting as soon as possible. Fully flexible working: home, office, or a mix, your call. We just ask that you're based within 50 miles of Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester or London. Applications from outside these areas won't be considered. The engagement You'll own the data architecture for a high-volume online marketplace, part-way through a major, multi-year technology transformation. The current stack runs on Google Cloud Platform: BigQuery for storage and consumption, DBT for transformations, and Data Stream. Reporting is on Looker today, and moving the business toward a self-service reporting model is a core goal. There's real architecture work in front of you. The business doesn't yet have a defined data strategy, and BigQuery consumption costs are climbing, so optimising data models and building in cost management is a live priority, not a future one. The wider...

Systems Administrator 6-Month Contract - Outside IR35 - Based in Sunderland VIQU are looking for a Systems Administrator to support a large global organisation and maintain their range of IT infrastructure and systems across the business. You will be working in their Infrastructure team supporting them with 3rd line queries - covering both BAU activities and supporting in Projects Systems Administrator Experience/Skillset requirements: Microsoft 365/Office 365/Intune/Exchange Online Windows Server Active Directory Hyper-V or VMware - ideally HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastrucutre) Entra ID or Okta Fortinet/Fortigate Firewalls Wireless Technologies Basic Networking - Router/Switches Any Storage, Disaster Recovery and Backup experience would be beneficial Systems Administrator Responsibilities: Provide 3rd Line technical and infrastructure support , resolving complex escalated incidents across infrastructure, networking and end-user computing...

Solution Architect, Data (GCP / AWS) Location and basis Contract, outside IR35. Starting as soon as possible. Fully flexible working: home, office, or a mix, your call. We just ask that you're based within 50 miles of Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester or London. Applications from outside these areas won't be considered. The engagement You'll own the data architecture for a high-volume online marketplace, part-way through a major, multi-year technology transformation. The current stack runs on Google Cloud Platform: BigQuery for storage and consumption, DBT for transformations, and Data Stream. Reporting is on Looker today, and moving the business toward a self-service reporting model is a core goal. There's real architecture work in front of you. The business doesn't yet have a defined data strategy, and BigQuery consumption costs are climbing, so optimising data models and building in cost management is a live priority, not a future one....

Tech Lead (AWS / TypeScript / Python) Location and basis Contract, outside IR35. Starting as soon as possible. Fully flexible working: home, office, or a mix, your call. We just ask that you're based within 50 miles of Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester or London. Applications from outside these areas won't be considered. The engagement You'll lead engineering on a high-volume online marketplace, part-way through a major, multi-year technology transformation. There's a live migration to AWS and a full version 2 build underway. The current client-facing platform runs on PHP and Laravel, and the target is a service-based architecture on AWS built in TypeScript, JavaScript and Python. You'll set technical direction across that shift while keeping delivery moving. You'll need to be hands-on and broad: someone who understands cloud, architecture, data, auth, front-end and APIs, and has built service-based platforms in AWS before. In an older...