Degree Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Academic Degree
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 24 17
Rank change year-on-year 0 -7 +19
Contract jobs citing Degree 111 126 246
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 7.25% 7.53% 10.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.00% 32.64% 34.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 78 138
10th Percentile £205 £161 £164
25th Percentile £358 £357 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £439 £467
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -6.10% +16.81%
75th Percentile £555 £496 £571
90th Percentile £636 £566 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £525
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 6
10th Percentile £36.62 £16.75 £22.56
25th Percentile £51.01 £18.50 £25.19
Median hourly rate £75.00 £20.94 £38.57
Median % change year-on-year +258.17% -45.71% +141.06%
75th Percentile - £28.38 £51.53
90th Percentile - £48.00 £66.85
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -17.65% -15.00% +13.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 370 386 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 24.17% 23.06% 30.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 232 412
10th Percentile £181 £200 £182
25th Percentile £358 £359 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £600
90th Percentile £651 £649 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 19 30
10th Percentile £19.23 £16.40 £22.81
25th Percentile £19.38 £19.07 £51.86
Median hourly rate £22.27 £23.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -61.67% +141.50%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.07 £62.25
90th Percentile £28.76 £48.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Scotland

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Scotland

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Degree

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Scotland

Degree
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 Degree within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 December 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 +2 53 £450 - 20
Edinburgh -1 37 £456 +1.39% 27
Fife +1 5 £475 +313.04%
West Lothian +3 3 £319 +145.19% 3
South Lanarkshire - 3 £632 - 1
Aberdeen -3 2 £350 - 3
Dundee +3 1 £325 -
Dumfries and Galloway -3 1 £538 -
Moray - 1 - -
Degree
UK

Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.70%) Confluence
3 2 (1.80%) Apache
3 2 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.90%) CMS
4 1 (0.90%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.90%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (14.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (4.50%) Simulink
4 5 (4.50%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (2.70%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.90%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.90%) InDesign
6 1 (0.90%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.90%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.90%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.90%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (22.52%) AWS
2 24 (21.62%) Azure
3 8 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.41%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.50%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.50%) Serverless
6 4 (3.60%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (3.60%) Amazon S3
6 4 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.60%) GCP
6 4 (3.60%) GitHub
7 3 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.80%) Amazon Bedrock
8 2 (1.80%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (1.80%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.80%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.31%) Firewall
1 7 (6.31%) VPN
2 5 (4.50%) DNS
2 5 (4.50%) Ethernet
2 5 (4.50%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.60%) Network Security
3 4 (3.60%) WAN
4 1 (0.90%) Internet
4 1 (0.90%) Intranet
4 1 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.90%) LAN
4 1 (0.90%) SSL
4 1 (0.90%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.50%) NoSQL
1 5 (4.50%) Power BI
2 4 (3.60%) Redis
3 3 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.70%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.70%) Tableau
4 2 (1.80%) Big Data
4 2 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.80%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.80%) Power Query
4 2 (1.80%) QlikView
5 1 (0.90%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.90%) Metadata
5 1 (0.90%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.90%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (5.41%) GitLab
1 6 (5.41%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.50%) JIRA
3 3 (2.70%) Git
3 3 (2.70%) Liquibase
4 2 (1.80%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.90%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.90%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.90%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.90%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.90%) Tricentis qTest
5 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 62 (55.86%) Social Skills
2 32 (28.83%) Finance
3 22 (19.82%) Public Sector
4 21 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (16.22%) Banking
6 5 (4.50%) Electronics
7 4 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.70%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.70%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.80%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.80%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.80%) Front Office
9 2 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.80%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.90%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.90%) Marketing
10 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 20 (18.02%) Analyst
2 13 (11.71%) Senior
3 11 (9.91%) Architect
4 10 (9.01%) Lead
5 7 (6.31%) Business Analyst
6 6 (5.41%) Developer
7 5 (4.50%) Designer
7 5 (4.50%) Firmware Engineer
7 5 (4.50%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.50%) Senior Firmware Engineer
7 5 (4.50%) SOC Analyst
8 4 (3.60%) Accountant
8 4 (3.60%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (3.60%) Cutover Manager
8 4 (3.60%) Data Engineer
8 4 (3.60%) Financial Accountant
8 4 (3.60%) Python Engineer
8 4 (3.60%) Software Engineer
8 4 (3.60%) Systems Accountant
9 3 (2.70%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.21%) RESTful
2 6 (5.41%) HTML
3 5 (4.50%) CSS
3 5 (4.50%) Kafka
3 5 (4.50%) Spring
4 4 (3.60%) LangGraph
4 4 (3.60%) REST
5 3 (2.70%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (2.70%) OAuth
5 3 (2.70%) OAuth2
5 3 (2.70%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.80%) .NET
6 2 (1.80%) FastAPI
6 2 (1.80%) Hugging Face
6 2 (1.80%) JSON
6 2 (1.80%) LangChain
6 2 (1.80%) Middleware
6 2 (1.80%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (1.80%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.21%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.31%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.50%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.50%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (4.50%) Cyberattack
3 5 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (4.50%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (4.50%) FPGA
3 5 (4.50%) PCIe
3 5 (4.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (4.50%) VHDL
4 4 (3.60%) AI Agents
4 4 (3.60%) Digital Media
4 4 (3.60%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.70%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.92%) Linux
2 18 (16.22%) Windows
3 8 (7.21%) Unix
4 5 (4.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (32.43%) Agile
2 35 (31.53%) Computer Science
2 35 (31.53%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (20.72%) CI/CD
4 19 (17.12%) DevOps
5 17 (15.32%) Project Management
5 17 (15.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (13.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (12.61%) ITIL
8 13 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (10.81%) Change Management
9 12 (10.81%) Data Protection
9 12 (10.81%) ERP
9 12 (10.81%) Project Delivery
10 11 (9.91%) Migration
11 9 (8.11%) AI
11 9 (8.11%) Microservices
11 9 (8.11%) Process Improvement
11 9 (8.11%) SDLC
12 8 (7.21%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.61%) Python
2 11 (9.91%) Java
2 11 (9.91%) SQL
3 5 (4.50%) MATLAB
3 5 (4.50%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (2.70%) Bicep
4 3 (2.70%) Go
4 3 (2.70%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.80%) Bash
5 2 (1.80%) C#
5 2 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.80%) Perl
6 1 (0.90%) C
6 1 (0.90%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.90%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.90%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.90%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (27.93%) Computer Science Degree
2 15 (13.51%) Master's Degree
3 10 (9.01%) AWS Certification
3 10 (9.01%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 8 (7.21%) Azure Certification
5 7 (6.31%) CISSP
5 7 (6.31%) CompTIA CySA+
5 7 (6.31%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (5.41%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (3.60%) ACCA
8 4 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (3.60%) CIMA
8 4 (3.60%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.70%) HND
9 3 (2.70%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.80%) MCSE
10 2 (1.80%) PhD
10 2 (1.80%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.21%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.41%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (5.41%) QA
3 5 (4.50%) DO-254
4 3 (2.70%) GDPR
5 2 (1.80%) COBIT
5 2 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.80%) MiFID
6 1 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.90%) GRC
6 1 (0.90%) NIST
6 1 (0.90%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.90%) P3O
6 1 (0.90%) PMO
6 1 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.50%) Docker
2 5 (4.50%) Firmware
3 4 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (9.91%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.31%) Terraform
3 6 (5.41%) Ansible
3 6 (5.41%) Prometheus
4 5 (4.50%) Grafana
5 2 (1.80%) Kustomize
5 2 (1.80%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.80%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (22.52%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.01%) Splunk
3 5 (4.50%) Altera
3 5 (4.50%) SAP
3 5 (4.50%) Xilinx
4 4 (3.60%) Microsemi
4 4 (3.60%) VMware
5 3 (2.70%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.80%) Actel
6 2 (1.80%) Adobe
6 2 (1.80%) Avaloq
6 2 (1.80%) Cisco
6 2 (1.80%) Citrix
6 2 (1.80%) Google
6 2 (1.80%) Informatica
6 2 (1.80%) Intel
6 2 (1.80%) Pega
7 1 (0.90%) Avaya
7 1 (0.90%) Dell
7 1 (0.90%) Oracle
67 Degree jobs in Scotland