Use Case Contracts in Scotland

Use Cases
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Use Case skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Use Case over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 125 153
Rank change year-on-year +19 +28 -17
Contract jobs citing Use Case 25 40 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.13% 1.40% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.51% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 22 11
10th Percentile £424 £383 £438
25th Percentile £474 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £440 £600
Median % change year-on-year +17.18% -26.75% +13.48%
75th Percentile £569 £474 £684
90th Percentile £663 £534 £725
UK median daily rate £560 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +1.82% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Use Case is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,956 2,648 3,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.62% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,905 2,309
10th Percentile £230 £263 £244
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 48
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -51.45% -10.99%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Use Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Use Case in Scotland

Use Case
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Use Case in Scotland

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Use Case in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Use Case in Scotland

Use Case
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Use Case in Scotland

Use Case
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 Use Case within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +35 20 £525 +31.25% 4
Glasgow -2 2 £453 +2.96%
Lanarkshire - 1 £425 -
Use Case
UK

Use Case
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:

Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 5 (20.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 21 (84.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Retail
4 2 (8.00%) Retail Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Analyst
2 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 9 (36.00%) Security Analyst
3 7 (28.00%) Business Analyst
4 5 (20.00%) Consultant
4 5 (20.00%) Power Platform Consultant
4 5 (20.00%) Senior
4 5 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (20.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (20.00%) Senior Security Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) Business IT Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) IT Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) IT Business Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Change Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Digital Business Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Security Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.00%) Low-Code
3 1 (4.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (36.00%) Business Impact Analysis
2 9 (36.00%) Impact Analysis
2 9 (36.00%) Incident Management
2 9 (36.00%) Information Security
2 9 (36.00%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (36.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 9 (36.00%) Security Monitoring
2 9 (36.00%) SIEM
2 9 (36.00%) Technical Analysis
2 9 (36.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 9 (36.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 7 (28.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 7 (28.00%) Business Analysis
3 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (24.00%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (24.00%) Prototyping
5 5 (20.00%) Agile
5 5 (20.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (36.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 9 (36.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (12.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.00%) SNOMED CT
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Splunk