Boundary Protection Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Boundary Protection
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Boundary Protection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Boundary Protection 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.059% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.071% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £631 £700
% change year-on-year -20.79% -9.82% +19.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Boundary Protection 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 1,404 1,552 2,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 82.25% 93.66% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 758 947 1,218
10th Percentile £250 £255 £250
25th Percentile £375 £368 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £455 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -5.21% +1.05%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £611 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 43 92
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.86 £12.58
25th Percentile £13.45 £19.07 £16.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +18.18%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.66 £49.13
90th Percentile £66.20 £54.86 £61.43
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.53%

Boundary Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Boundary Protection job vacancy trend in Scotland

Boundary Protection
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared