Issue Tracking Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Issue Tracking
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Issue Tracking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 119 135
Rank change year-on-year +15 +16 +34
Contract jobs citing Issue Tracking 9 3 10
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.56% 0.17% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.19% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £415 £308 £230
25th Percentile £525 £311 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £319 £300
Median % change year-on-year +72.55% +6.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £323 £325
90th Percentile - £324 £475
UK median daily rate £475 £414 £438
% change year-on-year +14.73% -5.37% -13.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Issue Tracking 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 1,440 1,548 2,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 89.50% 86.48% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 912 1,405
10th Percentile £240 £213 £235
25th Percentile £388 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £687
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 43 56
10th Percentile £15.01 £13.33 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.46 £14.01
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.34
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +18.28% +3.15%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.35
90th Percentile £40.66 £40.90 £75.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.08% +25.12%

Issue Tracking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Issue Tracking job vacancy trend in Scotland

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Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Issue Tracking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Issue Tracking

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Issue Tracking in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Issue Tracking in Scotland

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Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Issue Tracking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Issue Tracking

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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 Issue Tracking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 - 7 £550 - 1
Edinburgh -1 1 £250 -21.57% 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £538 - 4
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UK

Issue Tracking
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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP PP
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
1 8 (88.89%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (77.78%) AWS
2 7 (77.78%) GitHub
3 3 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MSDE
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) JIRA
2 7 (77.78%) Bitbucket
2 7 (77.78%) IntelliJ
2 7 (77.78%) PyCharm
2 7 (77.78%) Visual Studio
2 7 (77.78%) Visual Studio Code
3 6 (66.67%) Jenkins
4 2 (22.22%) Git
5 1 (11.11%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 3 (33.33%) Investment Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Python Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Python Developer
3 2 (22.22%) AWS DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) AWS DevOps Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) AWS Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Java Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Project Officer
4 1 (11.11%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Public Cloud
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Linux
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
1 8 (88.89%) DevOps
2 7 (77.78%) SDLC
3 4 (44.44%) Code Quality
3 4 (44.44%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (33.33%) Containerisation
4 3 (33.33%) Investment Management
4 3 (33.33%) Wealth Management
5 2 (22.22%) Build Automation
5 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (22.22%) Software Distribution
5 2 (22.22%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Coaching
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Order Management
6 1 (11.11%) Production Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
1 7 (77.78%) Java
1 7 (77.78%) Python
1 7 (77.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 7 (77.78%) Ansible
1 7 (77.78%) Kubernetes
1 7 (77.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) SAP