Decision-Making Contracts in Scotland

Decision-Making
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Decision-Making skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Decision-Making over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 39 38
Rank change year-on-year -18 -1 +36
Contract jobs citing Decision-Making 78 178 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 3.50% 6.23% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 6.72% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 142 164
10th Percentile £179 £380 £338
25th Percentile £357 £463 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +1.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £565 £560 £541
90th Percentile £655 £625 £599
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.10% +12.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £21.76 £59.18 £25.28
25th Percentile £21.95 £59.41 £25.39
Median hourly rate £22.26 £59.79 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.78% +25.87% +66.67%
75th Percentile £22.56 £60.17 £52.25
90th Percentile £22.75 £60.40 £55.79
UK median hourly rate £19.38 £47.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -59.21% +11.76% +31.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Decision-Making is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,976 2,647 3,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.57% 92.62% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,908 2,318
10th Percentile £233 £260 £243
25th Percentile £400 £406 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 56 49
10th Percentile £12.38 £10.63 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.04 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £17.72 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.05% -46.30% -21.43%
75th Percentile £44.47 £53.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.03 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Decision-Making
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Decision-Making as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Decision-Making in Scotland

Decision-Making
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Decision-Making in Scotland

Decision-Making
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Decision-Making in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Decision-Making in Scotland

Decision-Making
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Decision-Making in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Decision-Making in Scotland

Decision-Making
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 Decision-Making within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +7 39 £425 -10.15% 21
Edinburgh -15 31 £482 -6.14% 11
South Lanarkshire -13 3 £550 +9.34%
Perthshire +7 1 £575 +4.55% 1
Fife 0 1 - - 1
Decision-Making
UK

Decision-Making
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 7 (8.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (5.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.67%) AWS
2 11 (14.10%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.69%) Snowflake
4 3 (3.85%) Power Automate
4 3 (3.85%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.56%) Azure
5 2 (2.56%) npm
5 2 (2.56%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.28%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.56%) FabricPath
1 2 (2.56%) Firewall
1 2 (2.56%) LAN
1 2 (2.56%) NAS
1 2 (2.56%) NX-OS
1 2 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (2.56%) SAN
1 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.56%) VPN
1 2 (2.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.10%) Power BI
2 6 (7.69%) Tableau
3 4 (5.13%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.56%) Big Data
5 1 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.28%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
2 2 (2.56%) Cypress.io
2 2 (2.56%) Git
2 2 (2.56%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (37.18%) Finance
2 27 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 22 (28.21%) Public Sector
4 21 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (14.10%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (11.54%) Banking
7 9 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (7.69%) Legal
9 5 (6.41%) Billing
10 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.28%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.28%) Tech for Good
10 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (30.77%) Lead
2 18 (23.08%) Analyst
3 11 (14.10%) Data Analyst
4 8 (10.26%) Full Stack Engineer
5 6 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
5 6 (7.69%) Java Engineer
5 6 (7.69%) Lead Data Analyst
5 6 (7.69%) Senior
6 4 (5.13%) Architect
6 4 (5.13%) Cisco Consultant
6 4 (5.13%) Consultant
6 4 (5.13%) Developer
6 4 (5.13%) PMO Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) User Researcher
6 4 (5.13%) VMware Consultant
7 3 (3.85%) Commercial Manager
7 3 (3.85%) Contracts Manager
7 3 (3.85%) Java Developer
7 3 (3.85%) Quality Analyst
7 3 (3.85%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.10%) AngularJS
1 11 (14.10%) REST
1 11 (14.10%) Spring
2 9 (11.54%) CSS
2 9 (11.54%) HTML
2 9 (11.54%) JPA
2 9 (11.54%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.56%) React
4 1 (1.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 12 (15.38%) Public Cloud
3 6 (7.69%) Credit Risk
4 4 (5.13%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.85%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.56%) Equities
6 2 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (2.56%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.28%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.97%) Windows
2 3 (3.85%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.56%) Mac OS X
3 2 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (34.62%) Agile
2 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (19.23%) CI/CD
4 14 (17.95%) SDLC
5 12 (15.38%) Analytics
5 12 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 11 (14.10%) Actionable Insight
6 11 (14.10%) Artificial Intelligence
6 11 (14.10%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (14.10%) Full Stack Development
6 11 (14.10%) Machine Learning
6 11 (14.10%) Operational Stability
6 11 (14.10%) Software Engineering
7 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (11.54%) Data Protection
7 9 (11.54%) Information Security
7 9 (11.54%) Process Improvement
8 8 (10.26%) Microservices
8 8 (10.26%) Time Management
9 7 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.79%) SQL
2 11 (14.10%) Java
3 9 (11.54%) TypeScript
4 4 (5.13%) Python
5 3 (3.85%) Perl
6 2 (2.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (20.51%) Degree
2 3 (3.85%) CGEIT
2 3 (3.85%) CISA
2 3 (3.85%) CISM
2 3 (3.85%) CISSP
2 3 (3.85%) CRISC
2 3 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (3.85%) PMP
2 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.56%) ISEB
3 2 (2.56%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (2.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.28%) APMG
4 1 (1.28%) IIBA
4 1 (1.28%) MCSE
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) PMO
2 7 (8.97%) Disclosure Scotland
2 7 (8.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.41%) SLA
4 4 (5.13%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.85%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (3.85%) NIST
5 3 (3.85%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.56%) GDPR
6 2 (2.56%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 6 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.13%) VMware NSX
2 4 (5.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (3.85%) Terraform
2 2 (2.56%) Ansible
2 2 (2.56%) Grafana
2 2 (2.56%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.56%) NetBackup
2 2 (2.56%) Prometheus
2 2 (2.56%) vCenter Server
2 2 (2.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) Alteryx
2 6 (7.69%) VMware
3 4 (5.13%) Cisco
3 4 (5.13%) Dell
3 4 (5.13%) Oracle
4 2 (2.56%) Apple
4 2 (2.56%) Cadence
4 2 (2.56%) Google
4 2 (2.56%) SAP
4 2 (2.56%) Veritas
4 2 (2.56%) Workday
5 1 (1.28%) Databricks