PaperCut Contract Job Trends in Scotland

PaperCut
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring PaperCut skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PaperCut 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.12% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.87% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
UK median daily rate £350 £260 £323
% change year-on-year +34.62% -19.38% +40.22%

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

PaperCut falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 231 283 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 14.21% 16.96% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 180 179
10th Percentile £245 £188 £273
25th Percentile £358 £359 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £468 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -6.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £618
90th Percentile £675 £575 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £39.50 £21.18 £23.36
25th Percentile £46.25 £22.50 £35.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 £23.00 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year +128.26% -59.22% +47.12%
75th Percentile £56.40 £24.00 £58.20
90th Percentile £58.91 £24.11 £59.28
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £25.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +115.69% -21.54% -37.66%

PaperCut
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

PaperCut job vacancy trend in Scotland

PaperCut
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 PaperCut within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
Aberdeen - 1 £250 -
West Lothian - 1 £250 -
PaperCut
UK

PaperCut
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 2 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune