Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)
UK > Scotland
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for POSIX skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited POSIX over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 121 | 138 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing POSIX | 7 | 25 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.32% | 0.87% | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.49% | 3.62% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £447 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £609 | £456 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £655 | £571 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.75% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £722 | £618 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £639 | - |
| UK median daily rate | £655 | £592 | £505 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.68% | +17.23% | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland
POSIX is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks 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 technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 469 | 691 | 720 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 21.13% | 24.14% | 20.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 303 | 527 | 486 |
| 10th Percentile | £330 | £406 | £360 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £438 | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £488 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.56% | +2.63% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £549 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £638 |
| UK median daily rate | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.58 | £49.99 | £37.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £44.94 | £53.38 | £41.89 |
| Median hourly rate | £53.75 | £59.03 | £47.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.94% | +24.93% | +15.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £64.52 | £49.34 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £67.81 | £56.75 |
| UK median hourly rate | £46.18 | £65.00 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.95% | +32.65% | +8.89% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing POSIX as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing POSIX 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 POSIX within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | -15 | 7 | £655 | +14.75% | |
| POSIX 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: