City & Guilds Contract Job Trends in Scotland

City & Guilds
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for City & Guilds qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing City & Guilds 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.02% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £363 - -
90th Percentile £378 - -
UK median daily rate £325 £311 £450
% change year-on-year +4.57% -30.93% +55.84%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

City & Guilds falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 393 461 595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 24.53% 24.48% 23.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 292 367
10th Percentile £175 £178 £234
25th Percentile £309 £307 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.79% -6.32% +2.15%
75th Percentile £525 £586 £552
90th Percentile £591 £684 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 22 16
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.30 £27.00
25th Percentile £19.27 £13.75 £44.06
Median hourly rate £19.69 £17.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.51% -68.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £59.90
90th Percentile £26.60 £50.70 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.67% -10.91% +22.22%

City & Guilds
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing City & Guilds as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for City & Guilds in Scotland

City & Guilds
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing City & Guilds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing City & Guilds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing City & Guilds

City & Guilds
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 City & Guilds within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
Edinburgh - 4 £325 -
City & Guilds
UK

City & Guilds
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 4G
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Site Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Process Management
2 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) HNC
2 3 (75.00%) HND
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (25.00%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Nokia