Prototyping Contracts in Scotland

Prototyping
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Prototyping skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Prototyping over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 106 91
Rank change year-on-year +5 -15 +41
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 25 57 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.17% 2.13% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 2.30% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 48 65
10th Percentile - £363 £413
25th Percentile £400 £405 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £479 £528
Median % change year-on-year -11.23% -9.24% +17.22%
75th Percentile £550 £559 £650
90th Percentile £588 £676 £674
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Prototyping 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 1,869 2,473 3,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.21% 92.38% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,156 1,727 2,243
10th Percentile £219 £250 £250
25th Percentile £363 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £566 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 52
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.09
25th Percentile £15.24 £11.25 £17.67
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £35.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.98
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

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 June 2024.

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 June 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 +9 14 £400 -38.46% 3
Edinburgh +13 8 £550 +29.41% 5
Lanarkshire +3 1 £425 -19.05%
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 4 (16.00%) Confluence
2 2 (8.00%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Sketch
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (44.00%) Azure
1 11 (44.00%) Figma
2 3 (12.00%) SaaS
3 1 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (4.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (36.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (8.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) Terragrunt
General
1 7 (28.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Publishing
5 1 (4.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Designer
2 11 (44.00%) UX Designer
3 5 (20.00%) Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Senior
4 4 (16.00%) Service Designer
5 3 (12.00%) Business IT Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) IT Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) IT Business Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Senior Designer
6 2 (8.00%) Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Content Designer
6 2 (8.00%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Digital Business Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Content Designer
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Technical Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (36.00%) React
2 2 (8.00%) Middleware
3 1 (4.00%) COM+
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (44.00%) Android
1 11 (44.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) User Stories
2 13 (52.00%) Visualisation
3 11 (44.00%) User Experience
3 11 (44.00%) UX Design
4 10 (40.00%) Agile
4 10 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 6 (24.00%) Coaching
5 6 (24.00%) Service Design
6 5 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 5 (20.00%) Business Analysis
6 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (20.00%) Use Case
7 4 (16.00%) Content Management
7 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.00%) Business Process Modelling
8 3 (12.00%) Change Management
8 3 (12.00%) Storyboarding
8 3 (12.00%) UML
8 3 (12.00%) Wireframes
9 2 (8.00%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.00%) SNOMED CT
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Argo
1 1 (4.00%) Istio
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft