MS Access Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Access
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring MS Access skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 116 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs citing MS Access 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% 0.18% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.65% 0.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £825 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +78.95% - -
75th Percentile £875 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -13.64% +29.41% -19.05%

All Database & BI Skills
Scotland

MS Access falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 307 326 423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.21% 20.00% 17.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 209 300
10th Percentile £325 £355 £381
25th Percentile £400 £408 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £469 £498
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% -5.73% +0.66%
75th Percentile £550 £533 £575
90th Percentile £684 £632 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 2
10th Percentile £30.63 - £18.59
25th Percentile £50.31 £19.59 £19.10
Median hourly rate £53.75 £23.05 £20.57
Median % change year-on-year +133.24% +12.03% -2.05%
75th Percentile £61.75 £27.91 £21.42
90th Percentile £66.50 £28.19 £21.55
UK median hourly rate £49.36 £35.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year +41.03% -17.35% -25.53%

MS Access
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

MS Access job vacancy trend in Scotland

MS Access
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing MS Access.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing MS Access

MS Access
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing MS Access.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing MS Access

MS Access
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 MS Access within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 February 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 - 2 £850 -
MS Access
UK

MS Access
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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Report Writer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft