Actionable Recommendations Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Actionable Recommendations
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 114 137
Rank change year-on-year +9 +23 -
Contract jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.32% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.84% 0.62% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £424 £381 £380
25th Percentile £442 £390 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £417 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.41% -16.60% -
75th Percentile £517 £432 £575
90th Percentile £533 £433 £620
UK median daily rate £475 £600 £400
% change year-on-year -20.83% +50.00% -31.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.87
UK median hourly rate £25.00 - £22.87

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 272 321 442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 17.61% 19.10% 18.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 208 298
10th Percentile £204 £184 £212
25th Percentile £400 £320 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% -2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £499 £538
90th Percentile £599 £588 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 7
10th Percentile £12.76 £14.89 £15.42
25th Percentile £13.93 £16.75 £15.71
Median hourly rate £31.00 £26.50 £16.71
Median % change year-on-year +16.98% +58.59% +26.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £36.21 £20.30
90th Percentile £72.50 £56.42 £38.32
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.50 £35.25
% change year-on-year -8.55% -21.99% +56.03%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend in Scotland

Actionable Recommendations
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Actionable Recommendations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Actionable Recommendations

Actionable Recommendations
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 17 December 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 +11 2 £425 -2.07% 2
Glasgow +1 2 - - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £538 -
Actionable Recommendations
UK

Actionable Recommendations
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP PP
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Automation Test Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (20.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (20.00%) Kafka
1 1 (20.00%) Playwright
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (60.00%) Coaching
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Service Design
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Veracode