CircleCI Contract Job Trends in Scotland

CircleCI
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring CircleCI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 112 136
Rank change year-on-year +7 +24 +33
Contract jobs citing CircleCI 9 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.57% 0.41% 0.29%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.93% 2.67% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile - £386 -
25th Percentile £711 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £723 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year +80.63% -8.57% -36.36%
75th Percentile £740 £412 £513
90th Percentile £743 £419 £558
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -14.81%

All Development Application Skills
Scotland

CircleCI falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 307 262 426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.54% 15.23% 17.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 167 275
10th Percentile £358 £350 £382
25th Percentile £410 £381 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -10.00% +6.72%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £588
90th Percentile £609 £550 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £24.22 - £44.00
25th Percentile £35.29 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 - £59.03
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.44%
75th Percentile £66.88 - £62.50
90th Percentile £70.25 - £69.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +5.69%

CircleCI
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

CircleCI job vacancy trend in Scotland

CircleCI
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CircleCI

CircleCI
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 CircleCI within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 December 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 +3 9 £723 +80.63%
CircleCI
UK

CircleCI
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (100.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) AWS
1 9 (100.00%) GitHub
1 9 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (77.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Architect
1 9 (100.00%) Technical Architect
2 7 (77.78%) Lead
2 7 (77.78%) Lead Architect
2 7 (77.78%) Technical Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 8 (88.89%) Domain-Driven Design
2 8 (88.89%) Roadmaps
2 8 (88.89%) Strategic Roadmap
2 8 (88.89%) TDD
3 7 (77.78%) Continuous Delivery
3 7 (77.78%) Continuous Integration
3 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
5 5 (55.56%) Case Management
5 5 (55.56%) IT Strategy
5 5 (55.56%) Line Management
6 1 (11.11%) Agile
6 1 (11.11%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (11.11%) Coaching
6 1 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) Grafana
1 9 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 9 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 9 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Oracle