Virtual Team Contracts in Scotland

Virtual Team (including Distributed Team, Remote Team, Dispersed Team)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Virtual Team in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Virtual Team over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 153 136
Rank change year-on-year +30 -17 +5
Contract jobs citing Virtual Team 6 10 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% 0.35% 0.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% 0.96% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 20
10th Percentile - £494 £311
25th Percentile £363 £547 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £638 £450
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +41.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £388 £688 £538
90th Percentile - £738 £614
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £24.90 £44.00 £44.78
% change year-on-year -43.41% -1.73% +2.93%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Virtual Team is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 732 1,037 1,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 33.02% 36.23% 33.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 712 815
10th Percentile £203 £250 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £633
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 23 23
10th Percentile £13.75 - £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £18.90
Median hourly rate £18.14 £12.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.44% -71.40% -4.44%
75th Percentile £38.25 £28.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.38 £52.55 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.42% -18.24% +3.19%

Virtual Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Virtual Team in Scotland

Virtual Team
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Virtual Team in Scotland

Virtual Team
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Virtual Team in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Virtual Team in Scotland

Virtual Team
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 Virtual Team within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Glasgow +4 5 - - 1
Edinburgh +34 1 £375 -40.00%
Virtual Team
UK

Virtual Team
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Linux DevOps Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Linux/Unix DevOps
1 2 (33.33%) Python Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Unix Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Unix Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Unix Linux Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Windows DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Unix
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Server Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Business Case
3 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Open Source
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Perl
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Dell
1 1 (16.67%) HP
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce