Chip and PIN Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Chip and PIN
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Chip and PIN in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Chip and PIN over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Chip and PIN 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.091% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £129 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 - -
75th Percentile £136 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £133 £171 -
% change year-on-year -22.51% - -

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Chip and PIN 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 802 673 628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 36.62% 40.37% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 345 382
10th Percentile £251 £201 £200
25th Percentile £375 £361 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -9.55%
75th Percentile £546 £538 £588
90th Percentile £650 £588 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 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% +2.31%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.33 £19.55
90th Percentile £64.88 £57.50 £24.18
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £29.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +47.46% -34.44% +11.23%

Chip and PIN
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Chip and PIN job vacancy trend in Scotland

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Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Chip and PIN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Chip and PIN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Chip and PIN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Chip and PIN

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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 Chip and PIN within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 August 2026. 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
Aberdeen - 2 £133 -
Chip and PIN
UK

Chip and PIN
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS Field Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS Field Service Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service