Product Requirements Contracts in Scotland

Product Requirements
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Product Requirements skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Product Requirements over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 165 163
Rank change year-on-year +41 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing Product Requirements 2 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.092% 0.071% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.077% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £411 £471 £415
25th Percentile £415 £484 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £513 £507
Median % change year-on-year -16.83% +1.08% +12.67%
75th Percentile £433 £534 £550
90th Percentile £434 £544 -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Product Requirements is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,924 2,599 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.58% 92.52% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,869 2,319
10th Percentile £225 £260 £250
25th Percentile £389 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £587 £558 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 56 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.75 £12.04 £19.45
Median hourly rate £18.79 £16.86 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -57.86% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £49.24 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.78 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Product Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Requirements in Scotland

Product Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Requirements in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Product Requirements in Scotland

Product Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Requirements in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Product Requirements in Scotland

Product Requirements
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 Product Requirements within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 May 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 0 1 £418 -18.54%
Edinburgh - 1 £435 - 1
Product Requirements
UK

Product Requirements
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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Epics
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Value Proposition
2 1 (50.00%) Wardley Maps
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) IIBA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google