Lua Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Lua
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Lua skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Lua 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.065% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 - -
UK median daily rate £54 £469 £475
% change year-on-year -88.48% -1.32% -20.83%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

Lua falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 545 626 718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 35.64% 38.74% 30.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 339 457
10th Percentile £325 £350 £400
25th Percentile £407 £409 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -8.04% +4.45%
75th Percentile £575 £537 £600
90th Percentile £625 £580 £700
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.29% -2.42% -4.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 13
10th Percentile £51.50 £19.59 £31.30
25th Percentile £54.69 £21.00 £53.70
Median hourly rate £59.36 £22.44 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +164.57% -62.91% +7.86%
75th Percentile £65.50 £31.88 £61.50
90th Percentile £74.40 £70.50 £77.15
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

Lua
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Lua job vacancy trend in Scotland

Lua
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 Lua within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 January 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
Edinburgh - 1 £54 - 1
Lua
UK

Lua
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 1 (100.00%) Human-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared