Tandem Contracts in Scotland

Tandem
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Tandem in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Tandem over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 112 151
Rank change year-on-year -12 +39 +26
Contract jobs citing Tandem 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.059% 0.11% 0.039%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.32% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 £243 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £245 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% - -
75th Percentile £338 £248 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £466 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -22.42% +33.33% -25.00%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Tandem falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 706 628 965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 41.38% 33.67% 37.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 382 649
10th Percentile £201 £200 £212
25th Percentile £362 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -9.55% +3.65%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £550
90th Percentile £589 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 23 15
10th Percentile - £12.30 £12.64
25th Percentile £17.30 £13.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £19.17 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +5.74% +2.31% -56.25%
75th Percentile £24.66 £19.55 £27.56
90th Percentile £57.50 £24.18 £51.34
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £45.00 £40.16
% change year-on-year -34.44% +12.04% +51.56%

Tandem
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Tandem in Scotland

Tandem
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Tandem in Scotland

Tandem
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 Tandem within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Edinburgh +4 1 £325 +32.65%
Tandem
UK

Tandem
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS