Data Collection Contracts in Scotland

Data Collection
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Collection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Collection 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 108 127 158
Rank change year-on-year +19 +31 +7
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 8 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.49% 0.090% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.10% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £248 - -
25th Percentile £305 £131 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £138 £338
Median % change year-on-year +190.91% -59.26% +21.62%
75th Percentile £444 £144 £381
90th Percentile £470 - £438
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Collection 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%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Collection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Collection in Scotland

Data Collection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Collection in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Data Collection in Scotland

Data Collection
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Collection in Scotland

Data Collection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Collection in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Data Collection in Scotland

Data Collection
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 Data Collection 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
Edinburgh +11 7 £343 +149.09% 4
Stirling - 1 £400 -
Data Collection
UK

Data Collection
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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) iTrent
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Product Owner
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) CRM Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) CRM Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Implementation Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Business Case
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Backlog Management
3 3 (37.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
3 3 (37.50%) Digital Customer Experience
3 3 (37.50%) Objectives and Key Results
3 3 (37.50%) Product Vision
3 3 (37.50%) User Experience
3 3 (37.50%) UX Design
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow
4 2 (25.00%) Workflow Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland