ePrescribing Contracts in Scotland

Electronic Prescribing (e-Prescribing)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for ePrescribing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ePrescribing over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ePrescribing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.045% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
UK median daily rate £400 £150 £350
% change year-on-year +166.67% -57.14% -15.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

ePrescribing 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 1,967 2,642 3,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.76% 92.64% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,900 2,313
10th Percentile £225 £263 £241
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £557 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 56 46
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.92 £12.04 £18.35
Median hourly rate £18.79 £17.47 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.59% -56.33% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £49.34
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.78 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -

ePrescribing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for ePrescribing in Scotland

ePrescribing
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 ePrescribing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 1 £400 -
ePrescribing
UK

ePrescribing
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland