Collaborative Working Contracts in Scotland

Collaborative Working
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Collaborative Working skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Collaborative Working 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 59 72 105
Rank change year-on-year +13 +33 -51
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 59 58 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.63% 2.62% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 2.95% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 39 50
10th Percentile £289 £308 £356
25th Percentile £313 £380 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £444
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +7.04% -1.39%
75th Percentile £475 £606 £538
90th Percentile £519 £663 £576
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.23 - -
Median hourly rate £45.02 - £35.00
75th Percentile £45.80 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £26.08 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.84% -9.09% +173.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Collaborative Working 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%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Collaborative Working as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in Scotland

Collaborative Working
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Collaborative Working in Scotland

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Working in Scotland

Collaborative Working
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Collaborative Working in Scotland

Collaborative Working
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 Collaborative Working 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 +5 27 £375 -21.05% 29
Edinburgh +14 21 £428 -25.65% 25
Aberdeen +4 4 £375 - 3
Dundee - 1 - - 2
Collaborative Working
UK

Collaborative Working
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (18.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (3.39%) CMS
3 1 (1.69%) Apache
3 1 (1.69%) GeoServer
3 1 (1.69%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (13.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.69%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.34%) AWS
2 10 (16.95%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (13.56%) Yammer
4 7 (11.86%) Amazon S3
5 5 (8.47%) Azure
6 4 (6.78%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (6.78%) IaaS
7 2 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (3.39%) Serverless
8 1 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.69%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.69%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) Oracle Database
2 3 (5.08%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.69%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.69%) Essbase
4 1 (1.69%) GIS
4 1 (1.69%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.78%) Git
3 2 (3.39%) GitLab
4 1 (1.69%) JIRA
4 1 (1.69%) Selenium
4 1 (1.69%) Zephyr
General
1 32 (54.24%) Social Skills
2 18 (30.51%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (28.81%) Public Sector
4 12 (20.34%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (6.78%) Finance
5 4 (6.78%) Publishing
6 3 (5.08%) Banking
7 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Legal
8 1 (1.69%) Marketing
8 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (25.42%) Analyst
2 8 (13.56%) Change Analyst
3 6 (10.17%) Developer
4 5 (8.47%) Business Analyst
4 5 (8.47%) Senior
5 4 (6.78%) Business Change Analyst
5 4 (6.78%) Linux Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Platform Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.78%) Python Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Service Manager
5 4 (6.78%) VMware Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) DBA
6 3 (5.08%) IT Manager
6 3 (5.08%) IT Services Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Java Engineer
6 3 (5.08%) Oracle DBA
6 3 (5.08%) Oracle Developer
6 3 (5.08%) Release Manager
7 2 (3.39%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) Spring
1 4 (6.78%) Spring Boot
2 2 (3.39%) HTML
2 2 (3.39%) Node.js
2 2 (3.39%) React
2 2 (3.39%) REST
3 1 (1.69%) AWS CDK
3 1 (1.69%) CSS
3 1 (1.69%) CSS3
3 1 (1.69%) HTML5
3 1 (1.69%) Middleware
3 1 (1.69%) PostGIS
3 1 (1.69%) RESTful
3 1 (1.69%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.47%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (6.78%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (6.78%) Virtual Team
4 3 (5.08%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.08%) Oracle Licensing
4 3 (5.08%) Replication
5 2 (3.39%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.39%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.39%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.69%) Clustering
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.69%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.69%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.69%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.47%) Linux
2 4 (6.78%) Unix
2 4 (6.78%) Windows
3 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.69%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.98%) Project Management
2 21 (35.59%) Agile
3 15 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (16.95%) Change Management
5 9 (15.25%) Waterfall
6 8 (13.56%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (13.56%) Infographics
7 6 (10.17%) CI/CD
7 6 (10.17%) Migration
7 6 (10.17%) SDLC
8 5 (8.47%) High Availability
8 5 (8.47%) ITIL
8 5 (8.47%) Scrum
8 5 (8.47%) SIAM
8 5 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (6.78%) Data Protection
9 4 (6.78%) Incident Management
9 4 (6.78%) Mentoring
9 4 (6.78%) Service Delivery
9 4 (6.78%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) SQL
2 8 (13.56%) Python
3 6 (10.17%) Java
4 4 (6.78%) Erlang
4 4 (6.78%) Perl
4 4 (6.78%) Prolog
5 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.39%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.39%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.69%) C#
6 1 (1.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) Degree
2 4 (6.78%) PMP
3 3 (5.08%) AWS Certification
3 3 (5.08%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.69%) CISM
5 1 (1.69%) CISSP
5 1 (1.69%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.69%) HNC
5 1 (1.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.69%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.86%) QA
2 2 (3.39%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.69%) Docker
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (3.39%) Grafana
3 1 (1.69%) Ansible
3 1 (1.69%) CASB
Vendors
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.86%) Oracle
3 5 (8.47%) VMware
4 2 (3.39%) IBM
5 1 (1.69%) Dell
5 1 (1.69%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.69%) Google
5 1 (1.69%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.69%) Informatica
5 1 (1.69%) Pega
5 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.69%) StreamSets
5 1 (1.69%) Workday