Automated Trading Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Automated Trading
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Automated Trading skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Automated Trading 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.065% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £256 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 - -
75th Percentile £269 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £650 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Automated Trading falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,342 1,511 2,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.48% 89.67% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 772 894 1,334
10th Percentile £238 £230 £250
25th Percentile £398 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 44 55
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.90 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £54.38 £32.66 £69.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Automated Trading
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Automated Trading job vacancy trend in Scotland

Automated Trading
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Automated Trading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Automated Trading

Automated Trading
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 Automated Trading within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Glasgow - 1 £263 -
Automated Trading
UK

Automated Trading
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree