Internet Contracts in Scotland

Internet
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Internet skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Internet over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 124 155
Rank change year-on-year +15 +31 -31
Contract jobs citing Internet 16 33 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.76% 1.23% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.99% 9.38% 6.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 24 16
10th Percentile £149 £120 £155
25th Percentile £171 £129 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £189 £181 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.14% -65.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £234 £506 £738
90th Percentile £318 £546 £806
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £37.45 £17.68 -
25th Percentile £60.25 £20.56 £21.00
Median hourly rate £60.50 £25.75 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +134.95% +17.05% +69.23%
75th Percentile £60.75 £30.56 £23.00
90th Percentile - £33.23 -
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +18.42% -32.74% +101.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

Internet is in the Communications and Computer Networking 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 communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 229 352 293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 10.89% 13.10% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 217 190
10th Percentile £181 £160 £212
25th Percentile £240 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £455 £453
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.55% +6.47%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £538
90th Percentile £634 £588 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -4.39% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 18
10th Percentile £13.00 - £21.00
25th Percentile £16.25 - £41.75
Median hourly rate £18.27 £10.63 £49.14
Median % change year-on-year +71.87% -78.37% -1.73%
75th Percentile £60.00 £38.18 £55.94
90th Percentile £60.75 £59.18 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +10.00%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Internet in Scotland

Internet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Internet in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Internet in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Internet in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Internet in Scotland

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Internet in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Internet in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +28 9 £218 +14.47% 6
West Lothian -6 5 £168 +31.76%
Glasgow +10 1 £375 -26.83% 4
Midlothian -1 1 - - 2
Internet
UK

Internet
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) LAN
1 3 (18.75%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) WLAN
3 1 (6.25%) MPLS
3 1 (6.25%) Network Security
3 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
3 1 (6.25%) WAN
3 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) TestComplete
1 1 (6.25%) Zephyr
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Electronics
5 3 (18.75%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Help Desk Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (6.25%) IT Support
3 1 (6.25%) IT Technician
3 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Network Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Services Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) IoT
2 4 (25.00%) Device Driver
2 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (25.00%) PCIe
2 4 (25.00%) Verilog
2 4 (25.00%) VHDL
3 2 (12.50%) Tandem
4 1 (6.25%) BYOD
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
4 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 1 (6.25%) Public Cloud
4 1 (6.25%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Linux
3 4 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (25.00%) VxWorks
4 2 (12.50%) Unix
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (6.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Configuration Management
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Asset Management
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (25.00%) Code Optimisation
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (25.00%) Device Driver Development
3 4 (25.00%) Memory Management
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Requirements Management
3 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
4 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) C
1 4 (25.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) ISEB
2 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) MISRA
1 4 (25.00%) MISRA C
2 3 (18.75%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Atlassian
1 4 (25.00%) Intel
2 3 (18.75%) Fortinet
3 2 (12.50%) Avaya
3 2 (12.50%) Extreme Networks
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle