RIP Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring RIP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 128
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing RIP 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland - - 0.044%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - £725
% change year-on-year - - +45.00%

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 211 200 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 12.92% 11.95% 12.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 118 165
10th Percentile £200 £150 £186
25th Percentile £273 £313 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -19.05% +13.51%
75th Percentile £575 £524 £634
90th Percentile £675 £568 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £498 £475
% change year-on-year -2.01% +4.74% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 17
10th Percentile - - £16.25
25th Percentile - £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £22.88 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +227.87% -61.88% +464.44%
75th Percentile - £29.48 £60.75
90th Percentile - £48.57 -
UK median hourly rate £40.02 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +14.34% +7.69% +71.05%

RIP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

RIP job vacancy trend in Scotland

RIP
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing RIP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing RIP

RIP
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing RIP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing RIP