Retrieval-Augmented Generation Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Retrieval-Augmented Generation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 112 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.31% 0.059% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.065% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £413 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -
75th Percentile - £550 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -17.86% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Retrieval-Augmented Generation 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 1,346 1,550 2,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 84.55% 92.15% 88.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 746 917 1,288
10th Percentile £224 £237 £282
25th Percentile £374 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £588
90th Percentile £663 £625 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 42 84
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.93 £12.36
25th Percentile £16.15 £20.46 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.30 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% +19.46% +10.05%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.18 £58.13
90th Percentile £64.67 £33.70 £72.03
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £32.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.46% -6.26% -

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Retrieval-Augmented Generation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation job vacancy trend in Scotland

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
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 Retrieval-Augmented Generation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 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
Glasgow +12 5 £425 -15.00% 5
Retrieval-Augmented Generation
UK

Retrieval-Augmented Generation
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Amazon SageMaker
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Model Context Protocol
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) AI
1 5 (100.00%) Data Science
1 5 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) BDD
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Databricks
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) TOWER Software