Blog Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Blogs
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blog in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Blog over the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - +44
Contract jobs citing Blog 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.045% - 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% - 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £166
25th Percentile - - £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 - £263
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.38%
75th Percentile - - £287
90th Percentile - - £291
UK median daily rate £400 £380 £560
% change year-on-year +5.26% -32.14% +12.00%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Blog 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 798 680 630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 36.08% 40.33% 33.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 355 380
10th Percentile £250 £201 £200
25th Percentile £377 £362 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +2.78% -9.55%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £650 £588 £689
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 23 23
10th Percentile £13.50 - £12.30
25th Percentile £16.09 £17.30 £13.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £19.83 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +51.29% +9.38% -5.47%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.33 £19.55
90th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £24.18
UK median hourly rate £43.76 £29.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +48.34% -34.44% +20.00%

Blog
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Blog job vacancy trend in Scotland

Blog
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Blog.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Blog

Blog
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Copywriting
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility