Story Points Contracts in Scotland

Story Points
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Story Points skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Story Points over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 - 179
Rank change year-on-year - - -17
Contract jobs citing Story Points 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.14% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.30%
75th Percentile - - £423
90th Percentile - - £432
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +8.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Story Points is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,846 2,476 3,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.57% 92.46% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 1,740 2,242
10th Percentile £219 £253 £250
25th Percentile £363 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £646 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 54 53
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.13
25th Percentile £15.84 £11.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £35.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.97
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.13 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.04% +40.67% +7.00%

Story Points
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Story Points in Scotland

Story Points
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Story Points in Scotland

Story Points
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 Story Points within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Edinburgh - 3 £500 -
Story Points
UK

Story Points
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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Data Integration Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Project Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) CRM
1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 3 (100.00%) ETL
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Stories
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Alteryx
1 3 (100.00%) Cognizant