Junior Contracts in Scotland

Junior
UK > Scotland

The median Junior daily rate in Scotland is £176 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 147 149
Rank change year-on-year +33 +2 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 14 21 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.63% 0.73% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.77% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 20
10th Percentile £138 £115 £111
25th Percentile £144 £117 £114
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £176 £136 £118
Median % change year-on-year +29.23% +15.50% -36.35%
75th Percentile £297 £269 £266
90th Percentile £312 £358 £336
UK median daily rate £325 £273 £300
% change year-on-year +19.27% -9.17% +26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Median hourly rate £12.30 £14.15 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -
UK median hourly rate £10.42 £12.95 £21.00
% change year-on-year -19.54% -38.33% +13.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,119 2,729 3,441
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 95.15% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,300 1,963 2,447
10th Percentile £200 £250 £208
25th Percentile £378 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £451
Median % change year-on-year - +5.44% +6.00%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £541
90th Percentile £663 £650 £615
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 43 56
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.83 £12.46
25th Percentile £16.31 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £23.86 £25.55
Median % change year-on-year +46.69% -6.60% -36.14%
75th Percentile £60.56 £61.78 £47.97
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.03
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Scotland

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Junior in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Junior in Scotland

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in Scotland

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Junior in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Junior in Scotland

Junior
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 Junior within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Edinburgh +33 4 £291 -22.33% 3
Glasgow +2 4 £144 -26.54% 1
Renfrewshire -1 4 - -
South Ayrshire -1 1 £144 +5.79%
Dundee - 1 £300 -
Junior
UK

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Junior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (42.86%) Data Analysis
3 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Degree
4 4 (28.57%) Driving Licence
4 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 4 (28.57%) Back Office
4 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (21.43%) MCP
5 3 (21.43%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (14.29%) Trend Analysis
6 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
6 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 2 (14.29%) Migration
6 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
7 1 (7.14%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (7.14%) Windows
7 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (7.14%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (7.14%) ITIL
7 1 (7.14%) NHS
7 1 (7.14%) Project Management

Junior Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
General
1 7 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Back Office
3 4 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.14%) NHS
2 1 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Data Analysis
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Migration
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (14.29%) Trend Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) CRM
5 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) ITSM
5 1 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (7.14%) Project Management
5 1 (7.14%) Service Management
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.14%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) MCP
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (7.14%) Workday