Build Automation Contracts in Scotland

Build Automation
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Build Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Build Automation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 127 159
Rank change year-on-year +26 +32 +8
Contract jobs citing Build Automation 15 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.92% 0.090% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £428 - £319
25th Percentile £433 £413 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.94% +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £476 £438 £459
90th Percentile £476 - £491
UK median daily rate £530 £475 £625
% change year-on-year +11.58% -24.00% +6.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Build Automation 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 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Build Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Build Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Build Automation in Scotland

Build Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Build Automation in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Build Automation in Scotland

Build Automation
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 Build Automation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 15 £459 - 1
Build Automation
UK

Build Automation
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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) GitHub
2 5 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (26.67%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) CockroachDB
1 2 (13.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) JIRA
2 5 (33.33%) Bitbucket
2 5 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 3 (20.00%) Xcode
4 1 (6.67%) IntelliJ
4 1 (6.67%) PyCharm
4 1 (6.67%) Visual Studio
4 1 (6.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Banking
2 7 (46.67%) Investment Banking
3 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Developer
1 11 (73.33%) Python Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Mobile Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Automation Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Developer
4 1 (6.67%) C# Developer
4 1 (6.67%) DevOps Developer
4 1 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Django Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Java Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Python Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Python/Django Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) SwiftUI
1 3 (20.00%) UIKit
2 2 (13.33%) AngularJS
2 2 (13.33%) Django
2 2 (13.33%) React
2 2 (13.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 3 (20.00%) Credit Risk
2 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (20.00%) iPad
2 3 (20.00%) iPhone
2 3 (20.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Android
2 3 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Agile
2 8 (53.33%) Test Automation
3 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (33.33%) DevOps
4 5 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
4 5 (33.33%) TDD
5 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
5 4 (26.67%) Deployment Automation
5 4 (26.67%) SDLC
5 4 (26.67%) Software Distribution
6 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (20.00%) Design Patterns
6 3 (20.00%) Prototyping
6 3 (20.00%) Push Notifications
6 3 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
6 3 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 3 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) Python
2 5 (33.33%) C#
2 5 (33.33%) Java
2 5 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 3 (20.00%) Objective-C
3 3 (20.00%) Swift
4 2 (13.33%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
1 1 (6.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 5 (33.33%) Ansible
2 5 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle