Trend Analysis Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Trend Analysis
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Trend Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - 124
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing Trend Analysis 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.059% - 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.071% - 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £307
25th Percentile £313 - £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £420
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.21%
75th Percentile £338 - £541
90th Percentile - - £546
UK median daily rate £488 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +5.41% -7.50% +8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Trend Analysis 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 1,408 1,547 2,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 82.44% 93.64% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 763 940 1,223
10th Percentile £250 £251 £250
25th Percentile £375 £368 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £459 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -4.48% +1.05%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £675 £610 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 45 92
10th Percentile £12.60 £16.68 £12.58
25th Percentile £13.45 £18.51 £16.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +17.31% +18.18%
75th Percentile £50.00 £24.66 £49.13
90th Percentile £66.60 £49.72 £61.43
UK median hourly rate £36.70 £31.64 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.99% -4.31% -8.15%

Trend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Trend Analysis job vacancy trend in Scotland

Trend Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Trend Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Trend Analysis

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Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Trend Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Trend Analysis

Trend Analysis
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 Trend Analysis within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 April 2026. 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 - 1 £325 -
Trend Analysis
UK

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle