ACF2 Contract Job Trends in Scotland

CA ACF2
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring ACF2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 - 127
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ACF2 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.061% - 0.087%
As % of the System Software category 0.74% - 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £350 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -33.49% -4.32% -15.12%

All System Software Skills
Scotland

ACF2 falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 135 223 311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 8.30% 13.38% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 135 180
10th Percentile £197 £197 £187
25th Percentile £310 £370 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £403 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% -2.70% -0.43%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £631
90th Percentile £625 £588 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 15
10th Percentile £47.00 - £57.84
25th Percentile £65.00 - £60.00
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +15.70% +199.80%
75th Percentile - - £60.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £32.50 £30.45
% change year-on-year +31.34% +6.73% -24.84%

ACF2
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ACF2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

ACF2 job vacancy trend in Scotland

ACF2
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ACF2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ACF2

ACF2
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 ACF2 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 March 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 1 - - 1
ACF2
UK

ACF2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom