Software Distribution Contracts in Scotland

Software Distribution
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Software Distribution skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Distribution over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 127 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Distribution 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.43% 0.090% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - £406 -
25th Percentile £425 £407 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £418 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.98% - -
75th Percentile £500 £432 -
90th Percentile £545 £435 -
UK median daily rate £500 £338 £340
% change year-on-year +48.15% -0.74% -24.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Software Distribution 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 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Software Distribution
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Distribution in Scotland

Software Distribution
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Software Distribution in Scotland

Software Distribution
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Distribution in Scotland

Software Distribution
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 Software Distribution within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +7 6 £459 +9.88%
Renfrewshire - 1 £500 -
Software Distribution
UK

Software Distribution
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 2 (28.57%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) AWS
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) GitHub
3 3 (42.86%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) HTTP
1 2 (28.57%) HTTPS
1 2 (28.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Bitbucket
1 4 (57.14%) Jenkins
2 3 (42.86%) JIRA
3 1 (14.29%) Artifactory
3 1 (14.29%) IntelliJ
3 1 (14.29%) PyCharm
3 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
3 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Python Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Automation Developer
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Python Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Build Automation
2 4 (57.14%) Issue Tracking
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (42.86%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (42.86%) SDLC
3 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
4 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
4 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Prototyping
4 2 (28.57%) Service Design
4 2 (28.57%) Virtual Environments
4 2 (28.57%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) TypeScript
3 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (57.14%) Ansible
2 4 (57.14%) Terraform
3 2 (28.57%) SCCM
3 2 (28.57%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Workday