Rapid Prototyping Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Rapid Prototyping
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Rapid Prototyping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Rapid Prototyping 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 - -
UK median daily rate £505 £600 £528
% change year-on-year -15.83% +13.74% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £25.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +154.90% -59.20% -3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Rapid 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 1,324 1,526 2,104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 84.71% 91.76% 89.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 738 899 1,293
10th Percentile £215 £223 £288
25th Percentile £371 £363 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £570 £547 £588
90th Percentile £656 £626 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 42 82
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.17 £12.03
25th Percentile £16.17 £20.46 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.30 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% +19.46% +15.15%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.18 £59.38
90th Percentile £64.40 £41.68 £73.18
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £33.53
% change year-on-year -22.62% -3.06% +3.15%

Rapid Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Rapid Prototyping relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Rapid Prototyping job vacancy trend in Scotland

Rapid Prototyping
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Rapid Prototyping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Rapid Prototyping

Rapid Prototyping
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Rapid Prototyping.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Rapid Prototyping

Rapid 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 Rapid Prototyping within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. 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
Edinburgh - 2 £54 - 2
Rapid Prototyping
UK

Rapid Prototyping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 2 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Human-in-the-Loop
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Lua
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared