Complexity Analysis Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Complexity Analysis (Analysis of Algorithms)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Complexity Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 114 140
Rank change year-on-year -5 +26 +38
Contract jobs citing Complexity Analysis 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.19% 0.11% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.13% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £367 - -
25th Percentile £379 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £401 - -
90th Percentile £402 - -
UK median daily rate £432 £614 £625
% change year-on-year -29.61% -1.72% -10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Complexity Analysis 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 1,446 1,594 2,139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 90.66% 86.21% 92.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 954 1,378
10th Percentile £263 £206 £250
25th Percentile £393 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £557
90th Percentile £600 £663 £652
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 46 54
10th Percentile £16.28 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £13.85 £13.19
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.59 £18.33
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +6.90% -12.74%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £56.05
90th Percentile £39.00 £43.27 £76.73
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.75
% change year-on-year -39.40% -2.92% +43.84%

Complexity Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Complexity Analysis job vacancy trend in Scotland

Complexity Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Complexity Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Complexity Analysis

Complexity Analysis
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 Complexity Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 October 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 -9 3 £400 -
Complexity Analysis
UK

Complexity Analysis
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Lead Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Data Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility