Model Context Protocol Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Model Context Protocol (MCP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Model Context Protocol skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Model Context Protocol 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.46% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile £423 - -
UK median daily rate £525 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

Model Context Protocol falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 314 380 480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.55% 23.63% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 255 302
10th Percentile £358 £350 £388
25th Percentile £413 £402 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £482
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -2.39% +1.37%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £640 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £57.58 - £47.20
25th Percentile £58.65 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £61.36 - £56.40
Median % change year-on-year - - +148.62%
75th Percentile £63.15 - £73.75
90th Percentile £63.66 - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

Model Context Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Model Context Protocol job vacancy trend in Scotland

Model Context Protocol
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 Model Context Protocol within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 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
Glasgow - 4 £413 -
Edinburgh - 3 - -
Model Context Protocol
UK

Model Context Protocol
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Amazon SageMaker
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Data Lake
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Python Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) FastAPI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) AI
2 4 (57.14%) Data Science
2 4 (57.14%) Decision-Making
2 4 (57.14%) Machine Learning
2 4 (57.14%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
2 4 (57.14%) SDLC
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) BDD
3 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 3 (42.86%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) TDD
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Java
1 3 (42.86%) Python
1 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
1 3 (42.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Databricks
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) TOWER Software