Disclosure Scotland Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Disclosure Scotland
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Disclosure Scotland skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 253 218
Rank change year-on-year -54 -35 +75
Contract jobs citing Disclosure Scotland 61 118 216
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.66% 1.01%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.35% 4.88% 6.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 73 160
10th Percentile £200 £156 £149
25th Percentile £372 £213 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £500 £520 £523
90th Percentile £551 £600 £590
UK median daily rate £450 £440 £450
% change year-on-year +2.27% -2.22% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 0
Median hourly rate - £10.95 -
UK median hourly rate - £10.95 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Disclosure Scotland falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,600 2,417 3,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.18% 13.62% 14.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,646 1,380 2,020
10th Percentile £241 £232 £263
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 222 189
10th Percentile £13.50 £11.88 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.49 £13.52 £18.00
Median hourly rate £27.59 £25.00 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.36% -27.54% +63.43%
75th Percentile £66.88 £62.66 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.90 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £26.56 £34.75
% change year-on-year +12.95% -23.57% +40.63%

Disclosure Scotland
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Disclosure Scotland as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Disclosure Scotland in the UK excluding London

Disclosure Scotland
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Disclosure Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Disclosure Scotland

Disclosure Scotland
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disclosure Scotland in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Disclosure Scotland in the UK excluding London

Disclosure Scotland
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Disclosure Scotland.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Disclosure Scotland

Disclosure Scotland
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disclosure Scotland within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Scotland -31 61 £450 +2.27% 4
Disclosure Scotland
UK

Disclosure Scotland
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.28%) CMS
3 1 (1.64%) JBoss
3 1 (1.64%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.64%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.28%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.64%) iTrent
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.03%) Power Platform
2 10 (16.39%) Azure
3 5 (8.20%) AWS
4 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (4.92%) Amazon S3
5 3 (4.92%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (4.92%) OpenShift
5 3 (4.92%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (3.28%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.64%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (1.64%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 1 (1.64%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (1.64%) Cohesity
7 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.64%) OCI
7 1 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.20%) Firewall
2 4 (6.56%) Internet
3 2 (3.28%) DNS
3 2 (3.28%) HTTP
3 2 (3.28%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.64%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.64%) Intranet
4 1 (1.64%) IPsec
4 1 (1.64%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.64%) LAN
4 1 (1.64%) MQTT
4 1 (1.64%) NAS
4 1 (1.64%) Network Security
4 1 (1.64%) SAN
4 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.64%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.64%) VPN
4 1 (1.64%) WAN
4 1 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.11%) Power BI
2 4 (6.56%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (6.56%) MongoDB
2 4 (6.56%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (4.92%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.28%) MariaDB
4 2 (3.28%) Metadata
4 2 (3.28%) MySQL
4 2 (3.28%) Oracle Database
4 2 (3.28%) Power Query
4 2 (3.28%) Redis
4 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.64%) CockroachDB
5 1 (1.64%) DB2
5 1 (1.64%) OLTP
5 1 (1.64%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.56%) Git
3 2 (3.28%) webpack
4 1 (1.64%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.64%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.64%) JUnit
4 1 (1.64%) Selenium
4 1 (1.64%) WebDriver
General
1 28 (45.90%) Social Skills
2 17 (27.87%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (24.59%) Public Sector
4 8 (13.11%) Finance
5 4 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Back Office
6 2 (3.28%) Digital Health
6 2 (3.28%) Publishing
7 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.64%) Legal
7 1 (1.64%) Local Government
7 1 (1.64%) Marketing
7 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (14.75%) Developer
2 8 (13.11%) Analyst
3 7 (11.48%) Senior
4 3 (4.92%) Architect
4 3 (4.92%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 3 (4.92%) IT Engineer
4 3 (4.92%) Lead
5 2 (3.28%) Administrator
5 2 (3.28%) Business Analyst
5 2 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (3.28%) Data Analyst
5 2 (3.28%) Data Architect
5 2 (3.28%) Data Engineer
5 2 (3.28%) Designer
5 2 (3.28%) Project Manager
5 2 (3.28%) Security Analyst
5 2 (3.28%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (3.28%) Software Developer
5 2 (3.28%) Unix Engineer
6 1 (1.64%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) REST
2 4 (6.56%) React
2 4 (6.56%) RESTful
3 3 (4.92%) CSS
3 3 (4.92%) HTML
3 3 (4.92%) Node.js
4 2 (3.28%) CSS3
4 2 (3.28%) HTML5
4 2 (3.28%) Kafka
4 2 (3.28%) OAuth
4 2 (3.28%) Redux
4 2 (3.28%) SOAP
4 2 (3.28%) Spring
5 1 (1.64%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.64%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.64%) Flask
5 1 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.64%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.64%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.56%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.28%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.28%) CMDB
4 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.28%) NHS
4 2 (3.28%) PKI
4 2 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.64%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.64%) Equities
5 1 (1.64%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.64%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.64%) Photography
5 1 (1.64%) Social Media
5 1 (1.64%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 13 (21.31%) Linux
2 9 (14.75%) Windows
3 8 (13.11%) Unix
4 4 (6.56%) Windows Server
5 3 (4.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (4.92%) Solaris
6 1 (1.64%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.79%) Agile
2 11 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (14.75%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (14.75%) CI/CD
3 9 (14.75%) Decision-Making
4 8 (13.11%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (13.11%) DevOps
4 8 (13.11%) ITIL
4 8 (13.11%) Service Management
5 7 (11.48%) Analytics
5 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (11.48%) Data Modelling
5 7 (11.48%) Project Management
5 7 (11.48%) Time Management
6 6 (9.84%) ITSM
6 6 (9.84%) Mentoring
6 6 (9.84%) User Experience
7 5 (8.20%) Customer Service
7 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
8 4 (6.56%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.31%) Python
2 10 (16.39%) SQL
3 7 (11.48%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.56%) Java
4 4 (6.56%) Shell Script
4 4 (6.56%) TypeScript
5 3 (4.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.28%) Bash
6 2 (3.28%) C#
6 2 (3.28%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (1.64%) ANSI SQL
7 1 (1.64%) Bicep
7 1 (1.64%) Perl
7 1 (1.64%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.64%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (16.39%) Degree
2 2 (3.28%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.64%) CCNA
3 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.64%) CISM
3 1 (1.64%) CISSP
3 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.64%) HND
3 1 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.92%) GDPR
3 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.28%) QA
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.64%) PMO
4 1 (1.64%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.64%) Docker
1 1 (1.64%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.64%) KVM
1 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (6.56%) Grafana
1 4 (6.56%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.92%) Terraform
3 2 (3.28%) Ansible
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.28%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.64%) HAProxy
4 1 (1.64%) Kibana
4 1 (1.64%) Kustomize
4 1 (1.64%) logstash
4 1 (1.64%) Nagios
4 1 (1.64%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.64%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (1.64%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.64%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (1.64%) SCCM
4 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (19.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.75%) Oracle
3 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.28%) ArcSight
4 2 (3.28%) F5
4 2 (3.28%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.28%) Splunk
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco
5 1 (1.64%) Commvault
5 1 (1.64%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.64%) Facebook
5 1 (1.64%) IBM
5 1 (1.64%) NetApp
5 1 (1.64%) Qualys
5 1 (1.64%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.64%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.64%) Snow
5 1 (1.64%) Sybase
5 1 (1.64%) Twitter
5 1 (1.64%) Veritas