Basel III Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Basel III
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Basel III skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 109 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Basel III 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.19% 0.27% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.17% 1.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £407 £431 -
25th Percentile £408 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% - -
75th Percentile £438 £488 -
90th Percentile £442 £495 -
UK median daily rate £525 £603 £658
% change year-on-year -12.94% -8.36% +14.83%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

Basel III 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 257 354 499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 16.30% 19.01% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 217 365
10th Percentile £196 £182 £200
25th Percentile £400 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% -2.63%
75th Percentile £530 £532 £530
90th Percentile £575 £600 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 5
10th Percentile £14.05 - £13.70
25th Percentile £15.77 £13.52 £14.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £14.98 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year +133.64% -31.13% +15.08%
75th Percentile £61.56 £15.23 £47.73
90th Percentile £71.50 £26.86 £56.59
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £35.57
% change year-on-year +9.09% -22.68% +54.63%

Basel III
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Basel III as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Basel III in Scotland

Basel III
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Basel III.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Basel III

Basel III
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 Basel III within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 September 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 -19 3 £420 -11.58% 2
Basel III
UK

Basel III
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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) COREP
1 2 (66.67%) FINREP
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) IBM