Contextual Inquiry Contracts in Scotland

Contextual Inquiry
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Contextual Inquiry skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Contextual Inquiry over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 119 161
Rank change year-on-year +4 +42 +6
Contract jobs citing Contextual Inquiry 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.19% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.21% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £461 - £533
25th Percentile £463 £525 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -15.36% -4.35% +5.99%
75th Percentile £468 £575 £588
90th Percentile £470 - -
UK median daily rate £466 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -15.36% -4.35% +10.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Contextual Inquiry 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 1,525 1,884 2,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.73% 88.04% 92.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 1,158 1,766
10th Percentile £263 £219 £260
25th Percentile £375 £369 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +1.06%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 92 55
10th Percentile £15.90 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.07 £15.92 £11.25
Median hourly rate £19.83 £19.50 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +21.95% -57.28%
75th Percentile £24.66 £42.71 £50.74
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £67.13
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

Contextual Inquiry
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Contextual Inquiry as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Contextual Inquiry in Scotland

Contextual Inquiry
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Contextual Inquiry in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Contextual Inquiry in Scotland

Contextual Inquiry
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 Contextual Inquiry within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Edinburgh +4 2 £466 -15.36%
Contextual Inquiry
UK

Contextual Inquiry
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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior User Researcher
1 2 (100.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Design Sprint
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft