Disclosure Scotland Contracts

Disclosure Scotland
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Disclosure Scotland skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Disclosure Scotland over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 439 450
Rank change year-on-year -22 +11 +172
Contract jobs citing Disclosure Scotland 87 147 244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.34% 0.43%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.68% 2.48% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 80 190
10th Percentile £234 £156 £155
25th Percentile £372 £213 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £421 £465
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -9.41% +1.97%
75th Percentile £538 £496 £530
90th Percentile £569 £600 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £421 £458
% change year-on-year +10.39% -7.92% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 26 1
Median hourly rate - £10.95 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - -52.39% +9.52%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £10.95 £23.00
% change year-on-year - -52.39% +9.52%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,193 5,937 7,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.30% 13.71% 13.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,326 3,673 5,290
10th Percentile £280 £281 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £612 £623 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% +6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 431 258
10th Percentile £14.78 £11.07 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.52 £19.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -36.42% +39.81%
75th Percentile £62.25 £50.54 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.96 £70.00 £79.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.91 £23.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +21.35% -35.21% +61.36%

Disclosure Scotland
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Disclosure Scotland as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Disclosure Scotland in the UK

Disclosure Scotland
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Disclosure Scotland in the UK

Disclosure Scotland
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disclosure Scotland over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Disclosure Scotland in the UK

Disclosure Scotland
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Disclosure Scotland in the UK

Disclosure Scotland
Top 5 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 July 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 -9 85 £465 +10.39% 8
UK excluding London -13 85 £465 +10.39% 11
Work from Home +11 40 £465 +16.13% 4
England +30 2 £287 - 4
London - 2 £287 - 1

Disclosure Scotland
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.15%) JBoss
2 1 (1.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (4.60%) iTrent
2 3 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.30%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.39%) Azure
2 13 (14.94%) Power Platform
3 9 (10.34%) AWS
4 7 (8.05%) Amazon S3
5 6 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (5.75%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (5.75%) Serverless
7 4 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (4.60%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.45%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.45%) SaaS
9 2 (2.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (2.30%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.30%) IaaS
9 2 (2.30%) OCI
9 2 (2.30%) OpenShift
9 2 (2.30%) PaaS
10 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.75%) Firewall
2 4 (4.60%) Internet
3 2 (2.30%) Network Security
4 1 (1.15%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (1.15%) Intranet
4 1 (1.15%) IPsec
4 1 (1.15%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.15%) LAN
4 1 (1.15%) MQTT
4 1 (1.15%) NAS
4 1 (1.15%) SAN
4 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.15%) SSL
4 1 (1.15%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.15%) VPN
4 1 (1.15%) WAN
4 1 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.34%) Power BI
2 8 (9.20%) MongoDB
2 8 (9.20%) Oracle Database
2 8 (9.20%) Relational Database
3 5 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (5.75%) DB2
3 5 (5.75%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (5.75%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (4.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (4.60%) SQL Server
4 4 (4.60%) Tableau
5 3 (3.45%) MySQL
6 2 (2.30%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (2.30%) MariaDB
6 2 (2.30%) Metadata
6 2 (2.30%) Power Query
6 2 (2.30%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 5 (5.75%) JUnit
2 4 (4.60%) Git
3 3 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.30%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.15%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.15%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (1.15%) Selenium
5 1 (1.15%) WebDriver
5 1 (1.15%) webpack
General
1 43 (49.43%) Social Skills
2 23 (26.44%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (21.84%) Public Sector
4 16 (18.39%) Finance
5 5 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.45%) Back Office
7 3 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Digital Health
8 2 (2.30%) Marketing
8 2 (2.30%) Publishing
9 1 (1.15%) Banking
9 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.15%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.15%) Legal
9 1 (1.15%) Local Government
9 1 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (16.09%) Analyst
1 14 (16.09%) Developer
2 10 (11.49%) Senior
3 5 (5.75%) Administrator
3 5 (5.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (5.75%) Java Developer
3 5 (5.75%) Lead
3 5 (5.75%) Security Analyst
4 4 (4.60%) Data Engineer
4 4 (4.60%) Designer
5 3 (3.45%) Architect
5 3 (3.45%) Data Analyst
5 3 (3.45%) IT Engineer
5 3 (3.45%) Report Analyst
5 3 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (2.30%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) Data Analytics Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) Project Manager
6 2 (2.30%) ServiceNow Developer
6 2 (2.30%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.05%) Spring
2 4 (4.60%) Node.js
2 4 (4.60%) React
2 4 (4.60%) REST
3 3 (3.45%) CSS
3 3 (3.45%) HTML
3 3 (3.45%) JMS
3 3 (3.45%) JSON
3 3 (3.45%) Kafka
4 2 (2.30%) AWS CDK
4 2 (2.30%) Middleware
4 2 (2.30%) RESTful
4 2 (2.30%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.30%) XML
5 1 (1.15%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.15%) Express.js
5 1 (1.15%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.15%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.15%) Loki
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.49%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.75%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.60%) CMDB
3 4 (4.60%) PKI
3 4 (4.60%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.45%) Equities
4 3 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (2.30%) NHS
6 1 (1.15%) Clustering
6 1 (1.15%) Photography
6 1 (1.15%) Replication
6 1 (1.15%) Video Editing
6 1 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (1.15%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 18 (20.69%) Linux
2 11 (12.64%) Windows
3 7 (8.05%) Unix
4 6 (6.90%) Windows Server
5 5 (5.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (4.60%) Solaris
7 1 (1.15%) AIX
7 1 (1.15%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.18%) Agile
2 19 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (14.94%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (12.64%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (12.64%) ITIL
5 10 (11.49%) Analytics
5 10 (11.49%) Mentoring
6 9 (10.34%) CI/CD
6 9 (10.34%) Decision-Making
7 8 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (9.20%) Customer Service
7 8 (9.20%) Data Analysis
7 8 (9.20%) DevOps
7 8 (9.20%) Project Management
7 8 (9.20%) SDLC
7 8 (9.20%) Service Management
7 8 (9.20%) Time Management
8 7 (8.05%) Data Modelling
8 7 (8.05%) User Experience
8 7 (8.05%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 21 (24.14%) SQL
2 20 (22.99%) Python
3 11 (12.64%) JavaScript
4 10 (11.49%) Java
5 7 (8.05%) Shell Script
6 5 (5.75%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.60%) Bash
7 4 (4.60%) PowerShell
8 3 (3.45%) C#
9 2 (2.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (2.30%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.15%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (1.15%) Bicep
10 1 (1.15%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (14.94%) Degree
2 3 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.30%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.15%) CCNA
4 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.15%) CISM
4 1 (1.15%) CISSP
4 1 (1.15%) HND
4 1 (1.15%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.20%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.75%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.45%) GDPR
4 2 (2.30%) PMO
4 2 (2.30%) QA
4 2 (2.30%) WCAG
5 1 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.15%) NIST
5 1 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.30%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (1.15%) Docker
3 1 (1.15%) KVM
3 1 (1.15%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (5.75%) Terraform
2 4 (4.60%) Ansible
2 4 (4.60%) Grafana
3 3 (3.45%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.30%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.30%) SCCM
5 1 (1.15%) Data Guard
5 1 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.15%) HAProxy
5 1 (1.15%) Kibana
5 1 (1.15%) logstash
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.15%) Nagios
5 1 (1.15%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (1.15%) Oracle Flashback
5 1 (1.15%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (1.15%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.15%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 16 (18.39%) Oracle
2 13 (14.94%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.75%) Sybase
5 3 (3.45%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.30%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.30%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.30%) Veritas
6 2 (2.30%) VMware
7 1 (1.15%) Cisco
7 1 (1.15%) Commvault
7 1 (1.15%) Databricks
7 1 (1.15%) Dell
7 1 (1.15%) Facebook
7 1 (1.15%) IBM
7 1 (1.15%) Instagram
7 1 (1.15%) NetApp
7 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.15%) Snow
7 1 (1.15%) Twitter