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The median contractor rate for a Technical Specialist was £425 per day in advertised job vacancies in Scotland during the 6 months to 15 December 2018. The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Technical Specialist |
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6 months to
15 Dec 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
189 |
164 |
153 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-25 |
-11 |
+19 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Technical Specialist |
9 |
32 |
32 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland |
0.17% |
0.64% |
0.77% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.18% |
0.67% |
0.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
5 |
8 |
12 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£425 |
£375 |
£408 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+13.33% |
-7.98% |
+19.85% |
| 10th Percentile |
£239 |
£272 |
£281 |
| 90th Percentile |
£551 |
£464 |
£456 |
| UK median daily rate |
£425 |
£425 |
£425 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Scotland median hourly rate |
£32.50 |
£16.50 |
- |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+96.97% |
- |
- |
| UK median hourly rate |
£19.17 |
£26.78 |
£23.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-28.40% |
+13.94% |
-3.09% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| All Contract IT Job Vacancies Scotland |
| Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title |
4,937 |
4,778 |
3,939 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.11% |
95.71% |
94.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2,716 |
2,761 |
2,289 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£400 |
£388 |
£363 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+3.23% |
+6.90% |
-0.68% |
| 10th Percentile |
£225 |
£225 |
£225 |
| 90th Percentile |
£550 |
£538 |
£500 |
| UK median daily rate |
£450 |
£450 |
£425 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
+4.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
113 |
131 |
116 |
| Scotland median hourly rate |
£19.00 |
£20.00 |
£17.25 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-5.00% |
+15.94% |
-16.87% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.17 |
£11.15 |
£10.50 |
| 90th Percentile |
£44.45 |
£43.25 |
£44.75 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£18.50 |
£18.70 |
£18.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-1.07% |
+3.89% |
- |
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Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings that featured Technical Specialist in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Technical Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Technical Specialist in Scotland.
Technical Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Technical Specialist in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 December 2018.
Technical Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Specialist in Scotland.
Technical Specialist
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 Technical Specialist within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 December 2018. 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
Job
Vacancies |
| Edinburgh |
-8 |
5 |
£521 |
+43.79% |
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| Glasgow |
-27 |
3 |
£319 |
-24.94% |
2 |
| West Lothian |
+5 |
1 |
- |
- |
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Technical Specialist
UK |
Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland
For the 6 months to 15 December 2018, Technical Specialist contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.
Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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