RIP Contracts in Scotland

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring RIP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RIP over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 122 158
Rank change year-on-year - +36 +20
Contract jobs citing RIP 0 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland - 0.048% 0.037%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.46% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - £563 £400
% change year-on-year - +40.63% -15.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

RIP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 192 218 356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.23% 10.51% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 130 220
10th Percentile £181 £178 £160
25th Percentile £313 £230 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £420 £465
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -9.68% +1.36%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £544
90th Percentile £538 £634 £589
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £503
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.50% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 24
10th Percentile - £12.75 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.75 £10.63
Median hourly rate £19.65 £18.27 £14.83
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% +23.20% -70.89%
75th Percentile £23.42 £30.75 £33.13
90th Percentile £33.33 £60.75 £58.95
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% +100.00% -22.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for RIP in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for RIP in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for RIP in Scotland