Poppulo Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Poppulo
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring knowledge or experience of Poppulo products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Poppulo over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Poppulo.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 107 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Poppulo 2 8 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.43% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.27% 1.07% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile - £335 -
25th Percentile £313 £350 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -
75th Percentile £338 £388 -
90th Percentile - £448 -
UK median daily rate £325 £375 £526
% change year-on-year -13.33% -28.74% +18.26%

All Vendors
Scotland

Poppulo falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 731 750 969
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 45.35% 39.94% 40.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 458 614
10th Percentile £223 £161 £200
25th Percentile £373 £308 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £561 £553
90th Percentile £625 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 37 28
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.46 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.10 £12.50
Median hourly rate £19.23 £19.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +10.55% -
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.35
90th Percentile £44.00 £48.42 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.87% +83.35%

Poppulo
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Poppulo as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Poppulo in Scotland

Poppulo
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Poppulo.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Poppulo

Poppulo
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 Poppulo within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. 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 -16 1 £325 -7.14%
Poppulo
UK

Poppulo
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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Viva Engage
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Change Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Infographics
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft