SOLID Contracts in Scotland

SOLID Principles
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring SOLID skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOLID over the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 110 145
Rank change year-on-year 0 +35 +23
Contract jobs citing SOLID 9 3 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.52% 0.15% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.18% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 13
10th Percentile £436 £484 £420
25th Percentile £456 £490 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +3.77% +11.58%
75th Percentile £493 £603 £775
90th Percentile £497 £605 -
UK median daily rate £510 £520 £530
% change year-on-year -1.92% -1.89% +0.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

SOLID 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 1,589 1,688 2,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 92.06% 86.74% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 1,047 1,675
10th Percentile £260 £212 £250
25th Percentile £368 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £651 £626
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.12% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 60 56
10th Percentile £16.55 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.38 £13.15
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.94 £18.33
Median % change year-on-year +0.31% +8.80% -49.40%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £27.99 £53.88 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +60.38%

SOLID
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SOLID in Scotland

SOLID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for SOLID in Scotland

SOLID
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 SOLID within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 July 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 -9 9 £463 -3.65% 4
SOLID
UK

SOLID
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Amazon Aurora
1 2 (22.22%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (22.22%) CockroachDB
1 2 (22.22%) MariaDB
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
1 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Jenkins
1 7 (77.78%) webpack
General
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (77.78%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 2 (22.22%) Python Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Django Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Python/Django Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) React
2 7 (77.78%) CSS
2 7 (77.78%) CSS3
2 7 (77.78%) HTML
2 7 (77.78%) HTML5
2 7 (77.78%) Node.js
2 7 (77.78%) Redux
2 7 (77.78%) RESTful
3 4 (44.44%) AngularJS
4 2 (22.22%) Django
4 2 (22.22%) REST
4 2 (22.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 9 (100.00%) Microservices
2 7 (77.78%) CI/CD
2 7 (77.78%) Clean Code
2 7 (77.78%) Continuous Delivery
2 7 (77.78%) Design Patterns
2 7 (77.78%) Front End Development
2 7 (77.78%) Service Management
3 5 (55.56%) Service Design
3 5 (55.56%) User Experience
3 5 (55.56%) UX Design
3 5 (55.56%) Wireframes
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) API Design
4 2 (22.22%) Build Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 2 (22.22%) Pair Programming
4 2 (22.22%) TDD
4 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
1 7 (77.78%) TypeScript
2 2 (22.22%) Bash
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
1 2 (22.22%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (22.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle