Knowledge Transfer Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Knowledge Transfer
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands citing Knowledge Transfer skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	26	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Transfer	7	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands	6.19%	-	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	6.67%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	4	0	0
10^th Percentile	£493	-	-
25^th Percentile	£498	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	-	-
75^th Percentile	£704	-	-
90^th Percentile	£711	-	-
Scotland median daily rate	£538	£513	£450
% change year-on-year	+4.88%	+13.89%	-2.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands

Knowledge Transfer falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in the Highlands.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	105	13	4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Highlands	92.92%	86.67%	57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	73	2	3
10^th Percentile	£425	£303	-
25^th Percentile	£464	£322	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£366	£110
Median % change year-on-year	+36.52%	+232.95%	-22.81%
75^th Percentile	£590	£409	£180
90^th Percentile	£700	£426	£222
Scotland median daily rate	£475	£463	£450
% change year-on-year	+2.70%	+2.78%	-6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted	18	10	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	-
Median hourly rate	£13.45	£25.15	-
Median % change year-on-year	-46.52%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£16.11	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Scotland median hourly rate	£16.75	£20.00	£22.88
% change year-on-year	-16.25%	-12.57%	+15.82%

Knowledge Transfer Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Knowledge Transfer relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

Knowledge Transfer Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Knowledge Transfer.

Knowledge Transfer Daily Rate Histogram in the Highlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Transfer in the Highlands over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the Highlands

Knowledge Transfer Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge Transfer within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 12 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Inverness	-	7	£600	-	1
Knowledge Transfer Scotland

Knowledge Transfer Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Knowledge Transfer also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Highlands region citing Knowledge Transfer.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ITIL	71.4%	5
2	BPSS Clearance	57.1%	4
2	Continuous Improvement	57.1%	4
4	AtomSphere	42.9%	3
4	Azure	42.9%	3
4	Boomi	42.9%	3
4	Change Management	42.9%	3
4	Data Transformation	42.9%	3
4	Integration Patterns	42.9%	3
4	QA	42.9%	3
4	Salesforce	42.9%	3
4	Time Management	42.9%	3
4	VMS	42.9%	3
14	Active Directory	28.6%	2
14	BeyondTrust	28.6%	2
14	Business Strategy	28.6%	2
14	Business Transformation	28.6%	2
14	Entra ID	28.6%	2
14	Identity Access Management	28.6%	2
14	Microsoft	28.6%	2
14	Okta	28.6%	2
14	Privileged Access Management	28.6%	2
14	Problem-Solving	28.6%	2
14	Requirements Workshops	28.6%	2
14	Service Design	28.6%	2
14	Service Management	28.6%	2
14	ServiceNow	28.6%	2
14	Single Sign-On	28.6%	2
14	Target Operating Model	28.6%	2
14	Workday	28.6%	2

Knowledge Transfer Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ITIL	71.4%	5
2	Continuous Improvement	57.1%	4
3	Change Management	42.9%	3
3	Data Transformation	42.9%	3
3	Integration Patterns	42.9%	3
3	Time Management	42.9%	3
7	Business Strategy	28.6%	2
7	Business Transformation	28.6%	2
7	Identity Access Management	28.6%	2
7	Privileged Access Management	28.6%	2
7	Problem-Solving	28.6%	2
7	Requirements Workshops	28.6%	2
7	Service Design	28.6%	2
7	Service Management	28.6%	2
7	Target Operating Model	28.6%	2
7	Workshop Facilitation	28.6%	2
17	Multi-Factor Authentication	14.3%	1
17	Platform Engineering	14.3%	1
17	Stakeholder Engagement	14.3%	1
17	Supplier Management	14.3%	1