Disclosure Scotland Contracts in the UK excluding London

Disclosure Scotland
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 243 291
Rank change year-on-year -5 +48 -54
Contract jobs citing Disclosure Scotland 151 220 229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.72% 0.96% 0.75%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.07% 6.46% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 184 191
10th Percentile £156 £138 £230
25th Percentile £213 £338 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £453 £423
Median % change year-on-year -6.08% +7.10% -0.59%
75th Percentile £497 £510 £545
90th Percentile £600 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £425 £458 £450
% change year-on-year -7.10% +1.67% +0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate £10.95 £23.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -52.39% +9.39% -0.12%
75th Percentile - - £21.66
90th Percentile £11.32 - £22.77
UK median hourly rate £10.95 £23.00 £21.03
% change year-on-year -52.39% +9.39% -0.12%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Disclosure Scotland 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,980 3,406 4,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.29% 14.86% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,736 2,222 3,087
10th Percentile £250 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £363 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £455
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +6.81% +7.06%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 194 202
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.50
25th Percentile £12.72 £18.02 £14.83
Median hourly rate £18.97 £36.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.67% +64.77% +4.76%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.62 £48.56
90th Percentile £68.87 £77.50 £68.70
UK median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.73
% change year-on-year -40.43% +35.23% +32.05%

Disclosure Scotland
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Disclosure Scotland as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Disclosure Scotland in the UK excluding London

Disclosure Scotland
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Disclosure Scotland in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Disclosure Scotland in the UK excluding London

Disclosure Scotland
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disclosure Scotland in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Disclosure Scotland in the UK excluding London

Disclosure Scotland
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Disclosure Scotland in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Disclosure Scotland in the UK excluding London

Disclosure Scotland
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disclosure Scotland within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Scotland -4 123 £418 -7.22% 7
North of England +55 28 £550 - 1
North West +41 27 £500 -
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 3
Midlands - 1 £500 - 3
North East - 1 £600 - 1
Disclosure Scotland
UK

Disclosure Scotland
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (3.97%) Confluence
1 6 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.65%) CMS
3 3 (1.99%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.66%) Apache
4 1 (0.66%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.66%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.66%) JBoss
4 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.66%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.66%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.66%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (0.66%) WebSphere Portal
4 1 (0.66%) WildFly
Applications
1 30 (19.87%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (13.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (7.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.66%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.66%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.66%) Lectora
5 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Dynamics GP
1 2 (1.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.66%) iTrent
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.92%) AWS
2 16 (10.60%) Azure
3 15 (9.93%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (4.64%) OCI
4 7 (4.64%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.97%) Serverless
6 5 (3.31%) Amazon S3
6 5 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (3.31%) SaaS
7 4 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.65%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.65%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.65%) PaaS
8 3 (1.99%) AWS CodePipeline
8 3 (1.99%) IaaS
9 2 (1.32%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.32%) AWS CodeBuild
9 2 (1.32%) AWS CodeDeploy
9 2 (1.32%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.64%) Firewall
2 3 (1.99%) Internet
2 3 (1.99%) LAN
3 2 (1.32%) Intranet
3 2 (1.32%) SSL
3 2 (1.32%) VPN
3 2 (1.32%) WLAN
4 1 (0.66%) ATM
4 1 (0.66%) Broadband
4 1 (0.66%) DHCP
4 1 (0.66%) DNS
4 1 (0.66%) HTTP
4 1 (0.66%) IPsec
4 1 (0.66%) SCCP
4 1 (0.66%) SMTP
4 1 (0.66%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.64%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.31%) GIS
4 4 (2.65%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.99%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.99%) Power BI
5 3 (1.99%) QGIS
6 2 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.32%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.32%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.32%) MySQL
6 2 (1.32%) Tableau
7 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (8.61%) JIRA
2 10 (6.62%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.99%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.99%) Selenium
4 2 (1.32%) Git
4 2 (1.32%) Subversion
4 2 (1.32%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.66%) GitLab
5 1 (0.66%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.66%) JUnit
5 1 (0.66%) Maven
5 1 (0.66%) TeamCity
General
1 77 (50.99%) Public Sector
2 41 (27.15%) Social Skills
3 16 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.96%) Finance
5 7 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.99%) Back Office
9 2 (1.32%) Banking
9 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.32%) Local Government
9 2 (1.32%) Publishing
10 1 (0.66%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.66%) Law
10 1 (0.66%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (22.52%) Analyst
2 16 (10.60%) Senior
3 15 (9.93%) Lead
3 15 (9.93%) Service Analyst
3 15 (9.93%) Service Desk Analyst
4 14 (9.27%) IT Support
5 12 (7.95%) Developer
6 11 (7.28%) IT Analyst
7 9 (5.96%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 7 (4.64%) Architect
8 7 (4.64%) Designer
9 6 (3.97%) Project Manager
10 5 (3.31%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Support Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Support Officer
11 4 (2.65%) Cloud Engineer
11 4 (2.65%) Help Desk Analyst
11 4 (2.65%) Security Specialist
11 4 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
12 3 (1.99%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.64%) .NET
1 7 (4.64%) React
2 5 (3.31%) AWS CDK
2 5 (3.31%) REST
3 4 (2.65%) CSS
3 4 (2.65%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (2.65%) Spring
4 3 (1.99%) HTML
4 3 (1.99%) OAuth
4 3 (1.99%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.99%) OpenID
4 3 (1.99%) PostGIS
4 3 (1.99%) SOAP
4 3 (1.99%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.99%) Web Services
5 2 (1.32%) J2EE
5 2 (1.32%) Node.js
5 2 (1.32%) RESTful
5 2 (1.32%) SAML
5 2 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.62%) PKI
2 9 (5.96%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.96%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.99%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (1.99%) Social Media
4 3 (1.99%) Wiki
5 2 (1.32%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.32%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.32%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.32%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.32%) Video Editing
6 1 (0.66%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.66%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.66%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.66%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 37 (24.50%) Windows
2 28 (18.54%) Windows 10
3 7 (4.64%) Linux
3 7 (4.64%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.99%) Unix
5 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.66%) AIX
6 1 (0.66%) Android
6 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.66%) Solaris
6 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (27.81%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (23.18%) Agile
2 35 (23.18%) Decision-Making
3 32 (21.19%) Customer Service
4 29 (19.21%) Time Management
5 17 (11.26%) DevOps
6 16 (10.60%) Roadmaps
7 15 (9.93%) Infrastructure as Code
7 15 (9.93%) Project Delivery
8 14 (9.27%) CI/CD
8 14 (9.27%) Project Management
9 12 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (7.95%) ITIL
9 12 (7.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (6.62%) Analytics
10 10 (6.62%) PRINCE2
10 10 (6.62%) Scrum
11 9 (5.96%) Coaching
11 9 (5.96%) User Experience
12 8 (5.30%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.61%) Java
2 12 (7.95%) Python
3 9 (5.96%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.97%) SQL
5 5 (3.31%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.65%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.32%) C#
7 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.66%) Bash
8 1 (0.66%) C++
8 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.66%) VBA
8 1 (0.66%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (19.87%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.88%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.26%) Degree
4 5 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.32%) CISSP
7 2 (1.32%) ISEB
7 2 (1.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.32%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.32%) MCSE
7 2 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.66%) CLAS
8 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.66%) MCP
8 1 (0.66%) PMP
8 1 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.28%) Accessibility
1 11 (7.28%) SLA
2 7 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.65%) QA
4 3 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.99%) GDPR
5 2 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.32%) NCSC
5 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.66%) COBIT
6 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.66%) ISO17020
6 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (8.61%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.97%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.99%) Docker
4 2 (1.32%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.66%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (5.96%) Ansible
2 8 (5.30%) Terraform
3 6 (3.97%) SCCM
4 5 (3.31%) Grafana
5 3 (1.99%) Packer
6 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.66%) QRadar
7 1 (0.66%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.66%) vMotion
Vendors
1 47 (31.13%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.26%) Oracle
3 4 (2.65%) VMware
4 3 (1.99%) ESRI
4 3 (1.99%) Facebook
4 3 (1.99%) Instagram
4 3 (1.99%) Okta
5 2 (1.32%) Adobe
5 2 (1.32%) Avaya
5 2 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.32%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (1.32%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.32%) Google
5 2 (1.32%) HP
5 2 (1.32%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.32%) Twitter
5 2 (1.32%) Zscaler
6 1 (0.66%) Cadence
6 1 (0.66%) Dell
6 1 (0.66%) IBM