Docs as Code Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Documentation as Code
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Docs as Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Docs as Code 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.10% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - £500 £375
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -30.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Docs as Code 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 1,633 1,477 1,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 82.60% 93.13% 87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 864 1,150
10th Percentile £284 £257 £220
25th Percentile £384 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £463 £464
Median % change year-on-year - -0.38% -2.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 50 91
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.05 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.45 £17.30 £15.05
Median hourly rate £19.33 £19.97 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +2.41% +34.48%
75th Percentile £50.00 £25.15 £44.47
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.50 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +1.39%

Docs as Code
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 Docs as Code within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 June 2026. 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 - -
Docs as Code
UK

Docs as Code
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Anthropic Claude
1 2 (100.00%) ChatGPT
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Db2
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (50.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Trading
2 1 (50.00%) Data Flow Diagram
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Sybase