UK Defence Standards (Def Stans)
UK > Scotland
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Def Stans skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Def Stans over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 24 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 173 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -22 |
| Contract jobs citing Def Stans | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | - | - | 0.028% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 0.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £588 | £500 | £558 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.50% | -10.31% | +11.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £37.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £39.99 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £42.49 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £45.00 | £50.00 | £67.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -25.93% | +57.45% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland
Def Stans is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 417 | 561 | 691 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 18.78% | 19.66% | 19.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 261 | 477 | 505 |
| 10th Percentile | £193 | £230 | £208 |
| 25th Percentile | £340 | £400 | £334 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | +11.76% | +3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £550 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £641 | £599 |
| UK median daily rate | £513 | £525 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.38% | +2.44% | +7.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 3 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.32 | £26.25 | £15.53 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.18 | £34.30 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.27 | £47.73 | £33.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -61.72% | +44.64% | +15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £51.28 | £50.74 | £43.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.75 | £52.55 | £52.60 |
| UK median hourly rate | £20.46 | £37.50 | £28.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.44% | +31.58% | +35.55% |
Def Stans
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Def Stans as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Def Stans
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Def Stans in Scotland.