Minimum Viable Product Contracts in Scotland

Minimum Viable Product
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Minimum Viable Product skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Minimum Viable Product over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 134 152
Rank change year-on-year +14 +18 +7
Contract jobs citing Minimum Viable Product 6 33 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 1.17% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 1.27% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 26 17
10th Percentile £413 £388 £393
25th Percentile £488 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £465
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -5.91% -3.63%
75th Percentile £600 £448 £500
90th Percentile - £450 £523
UK median daily rate £575 £450 £543
% change year-on-year +27.78% -17.05% +0.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Minimum Viable Product 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 1,924 2,599 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.58% 92.52% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,869 2,319
10th Percentile £225 £260 £250
25th Percentile £389 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £587 £558 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 56 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.75 £12.04 £19.45
Median hourly rate £18.79 £16.86 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -57.86% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £49.24 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.78 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Minimum Viable Product as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Minimum Viable Product in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Minimum Viable Product in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Minimum Viable Product in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Minimum Viable Product in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Minimum Viable Product in Scotland

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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 Minimum Viable Product within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 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
South Lanarkshire -14 3 £575 +30.68%
Glasgow 0 2 £488 +34.48%
Edinburgh +33 1 £525 +25.75%
Minimum Viable Product
UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Product Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) User Research
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (16.67%) Epics
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Product Vision
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (16.67%) PMP