Actionable Recommendations Contracts in Scotland

Actionable Recommendations
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 128 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% 0.045% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.76% 0.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £469 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £547 - -
90th Percentile £631 - -
UK median daily rate £460 £488 £550
% change year-on-year -5.64% -11.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.87 -
UK median hourly rate - £25.44 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

Actionable Recommendations falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 284 417 568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 17.48% 18.81% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 259 479
10th Percentile £192 £191 £213
25th Percentile £363 £326 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £550
90th Percentile £605 £610 £639
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 3
10th Percentile £18.53 £15.32 £26.25
25th Percentile £21.90 £16.18 £34.30
Median hourly rate £27.35 £18.27 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year +49.70% -61.72% +44.64%
75th Percentile £49.19 £51.28 £50.74
90th Percentile £75.28 £60.75 £52.55
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Actionable Recommendations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Recommendations in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Actionable Recommendations in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Recommendations in Scotland

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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 Actionable Recommendations within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +6 2 £501 - 2
Glasgow - 2 £450 - 2
Actionable Recommendations
UK

Actionable Recommendations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Mining
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (20.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) Inclusive Design
3 2 (40.00%) Qualitative Research
3 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Research
3 2 (40.00%) Service Design
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Usability Testing
3 2 (40.00%) User Research
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC