Tandem Contract Job Trends 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 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Tandem 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.063% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £470 £651 £495
% change year-on-year -27.82% +31.41% -13.91%

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 629 630 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 39.36% 34.31% 36.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 349 543
10th Percentile £181 £192 £233
25th Percentile £350 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £544 £580
90th Percentile £588 £678 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.30% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 23 19
10th Percentile £15.85 £13.47 £11.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.07 £15.50
Median hourly rate £24.45 £20.29 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +20.53% +14.48% -35.23%
75th Percentile £57.50 £24.17 £43.75
90th Percentile £64.54 £40.07 £60.72
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £45.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +1.12% +71.15%

Tandem
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Tandem job vacancy trend in Scotland

Tandem
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Tandem

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 24 October 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 - 1 £325 - 3
Tandem
UK

Tandem
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:

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