Degree Contracts in West Lothian

Academic Degree
Scotland > West Lothian

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Lothian with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Degree 6 15 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Lothian 11.76% 26.79% 11.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% 83.33% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 5
10th Percentile £96 £108 £228
25th Percentile £151 £134 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £285 £388
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% -26.45% +167.24%
75th Percentile £472 £459 £413
90th Percentile £534 £523 £428
Scotland median daily rate £475 £400 £414
% change year-on-year +18.75% -3.32% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £16.25 -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £16.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year +21.88% -70.09% +87.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Lothian

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in West Lothian with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6 18 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 11.76% 32.14% 11.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile £96 £108 £228
25th Percentile £151 £149 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £413 £388
Median % change year-on-year -25.76% +6.45% +167.24%
75th Percentile £472 £500 £413
90th Percentile £534 £523 £428
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £40.94 £21.67 £35.00
% change year-on-year +88.92% -38.08% -4.78%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in West Lothian

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in West Lothian.

Daily rate trend for Degree in West Lothian

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in West Lothian

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in West Lothian over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in West Lothian

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Lothian

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in West Lothian.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in West Lothian

Degree
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 19 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
Livingston -9 5 £188 -34.21% 9
Degree
Scotland

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum Master
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Network Communications Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Unix
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Application Packaging
3 2 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 2 (33.33%) Product Backlog
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Server Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Sprint Backlog
3 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (33.33%) COBIT
2 2 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Avaya
1 2 (33.33%) Extreme Networks
1 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle