Degree Contracts in Fife

Academic Degree
Scotland > Fife

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Fife with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 3 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Degree 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Fife 33.33% 30.77% 8.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% 66.67% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £173 -
Median % change year-on-year +79.71% - -
Scotland median daily rate £475 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £54.10
25th Percentile - - £55.38
Median hourly rate £21.64 - £57.50
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £16.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year +21.88% -70.64% +48.30%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Fife

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 Fife with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fife 33.33% 46.15% 31.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £196
25th Percentile - £160 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £173 £475
Median % change year-on-year +79.71% -63.68% +171.43%
75th Percentile - £247 £609
90th Percentile - £354 £668
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £46.55
25th Percentile - - £51.39
Median hourly rate £21.64 £59.03 £55.17
Median % change year-on-year -63.34% +7.00% -
75th Percentile - - £57.09
90th Percentile - - £57.50
Scotland median hourly rate £26.00 £21.26 £45.14
% change year-on-year +22.30% -52.90% +144.00%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Fife

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Fife

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Fife

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Fife

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Fife

Degree
Contract Job Locations in Fife

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the Fife region over the 6 months to 4 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
Glenrothes - 1 £310 - 4
Degree
Scotland

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) SNMP
1 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) People Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) NEBOSH
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Nagios
1 1 (25.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) AlienVault
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds