Prototyping Contracts in Scotland

Prototyping
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Prototyping skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Prototyping over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 102 100
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 -10
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 14 27 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 1.22% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.38% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 52
10th Percentile £213 - £400
25th Percentile £400 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -1.04% -5.33%
75th Percentile £494 £581 £664
90th Percentile £539 £660 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +1.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Prototyping falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in Scotland

Prototyping
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Prototyping in Scotland

Prototyping
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Prototyping in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Prototyping in Scotland

Prototyping
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Prototyping in Scotland

Prototyping
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 Prototyping within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -2 7 £400 - 5
Edinburgh -2 5 £475 -17.39% 17
Renfrewshire - 1 £500 - 4
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £463 -
Prototyping
UK

Prototyping
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 (14.29%) IIS
2 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Sketch
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Figma
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) HTTP
1 2 (14.29%) HTTPS
1 2 (14.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Xcode
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
3 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Designer
2 5 (35.71%) Service Designer
3 3 (21.43%) Mobile Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) UX Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) RF Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) SwiftUI
1 3 (21.43%) UIKit
2 2 (14.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Credit Risk
1 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (21.43%) iPad
1 3 (21.43%) iPhone
1 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
1 3 (21.43%) Virtual Team
2 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Android
1 5 (35.71%) Apple iOS
2 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) User Experience
2 7 (50.00%) Service Design
2 7 (50.00%) UX Design
3 6 (42.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 5 (35.71%) Agile
5 4 (28.57%) Journey Map
5 4 (28.57%) User Research
5 4 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
6 3 (21.43%) Customer Experience
6 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
6 3 (21.43%) Design Patterns
6 3 (21.43%) iOS Development
6 3 (21.43%) Mobile Development
6 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (21.43%) Push Notifications
6 3 (21.43%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (21.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 3 (21.43%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Objective-C
1 3 (21.43%) Swift
2 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
1 2 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe
1 1 (7.14%) SAP