Statistics Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Statistics
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Statistics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 99 122
Rank change year-on-year -10 +23 +38
Contract jobs citing Statistics 2 18 15
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.12% 1.02% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 1.18% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 9
10th Percentile £180 £271 £152
25th Percentile £225 £400 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +20.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £375 £475 £580
90th Percentile £420 - £610
UK median daily rate £508 £427 £450
% change year-on-year +18.97% -5.11% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £15.00 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year - -34.41% -
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £21.50 £22.87
% change year-on-year +18.47% -5.99% -8.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Statistics 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 1,448 1,529 2,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 89.22% 86.38% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 822 890 1,409
10th Percentile £241 £212 £232
25th Percentile £391 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £542 £538 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.43% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 45 56
10th Percentile £15.09 £13.40 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +15.82% +5.33%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £57.06
90th Percentile £46.61 £33.00 £75.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.17
% change year-on-year -28.14% -18.92% +23.33%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Statistics job vacancy trend in Scotland

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Statistics

Statistics
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Statistics in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Statistics in Scotland

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Statistics

Statistics
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 Statistics within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 November 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 -12 1 £450 - 3
Midlothian - 1 £150 -
Statistics
UK

Statistics
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) GIS Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Aerial Photography
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy