Acoustics Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Acoustics
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Acoustics in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Acoustics over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 139
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs citing Acoustics 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland - - 0.042%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £582
% change year-on-year - -5.50% +18.78%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Acoustics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 591 599 872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.48% 35.57% 36.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 326 515
10th Percentile £175 £192 £250
25th Percentile £350 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £598 £651 £700
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 23 25
10th Percentile £14.72 £19.60 £15.42
25th Percentile £16.19 £21.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +22.99% -2.89%
75th Percentile £53.13 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £69.67 £40.91 £60.90
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.27 £42.40
% change year-on-year -18.21% -21.54% +21.15%

Acoustics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Acoustics job vacancy trend in Scotland