Impact Assessments Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Impact Assessments
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Impact Assessments skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 95 115
Rank change year-on-year 0 +20 +10
Contract jobs citing Impact Assessments 18 18 26
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 1.17% 1.07% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.20% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 18
10th Percentile £228 £336 £409
25th Percentile £275 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -19.05% +3.45%
75th Percentile £438 £497 £581
90th Percentile £488 £507 £650
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £560
% change year-on-year +2.86% -6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £16.00 £27.35 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.50% - -
UK median hourly rate £30.41 £29.93 £54.60
% change year-on-year +1.60% -45.19% -22.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Impact Assessments 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 1,344 1,495 2,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.44% 89.25% 91.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 771 885 1,345
10th Percentile £238 £230 £250
25th Percentile £384 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £693
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 44 52
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.90 £19.59 £15.86
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +23.72% +2.65%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.35
90th Percentile £48.98 £32.66 £72.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

Impact Assessments
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Impact Assessments job vacancy trend in Scotland

Impact Assessments
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Impact Assessments.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Impact Assessments

Impact Assessments
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Impact Assessments in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Impact Assessments in Scotland

Impact Assessments
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Impact Assessments.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Impact Assessments

Impact Assessments
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 Impact Assessments within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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
Edinburgh +12 11 £310 -13.65% 3
Glasgow -3 9 £425 -5.56%
Impact Assessments
UK

Impact Assessments
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 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.11%) Lucidchart
2 2 (11.11%) Viva Engage
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.56%) Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Change Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Information Officer
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Information Governance Officer
4 2 (11.11%) Business Change Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Change Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Officer
5 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Information Assurance Officer
5 1 (5.56%) PMO Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior PMO
5 1 (5.56%) Senior PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
2 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Data Protection
2 6 (33.33%) Project Management
3 5 (27.78%) Data Sharing
3 5 (27.78%) Risk Management
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (22.22%) Agile
4 4 (22.22%) Information Governance
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Change Management
5 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 3 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 3 (16.67%) Records Management
5 3 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 2 (11.11%) Compliance Audit
6 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
6 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.11%) Due Diligence
6 2 (11.11%) Impact Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) GDPR
2 4 (22.22%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft