Degree Contracts in Scotland

Academic Degree
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 32 24
Rank change year-on-year +16 -8 0
Contract jobs citing Degree 196 182 244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 9.11% 6.73% 7.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.03% 31.60% 42.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 119 140
10th Percentile £156 £131 £158
25th Percentile £325 £172 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £418 £425
Median % change year-on-year +13.77% -1.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £488
90th Percentile £626 £613 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 3
10th Percentile £13.98 £13.34 £54.10
25th Percentile £16.50 £14.89 £55.38
Median hourly rate £19.50 £16.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.91% -72.18% +27.78%
75th Percentile £23.41 £16.31 -
90th Percentile £28.85 £16.88 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £36.16
% change year-on-year -11.11% +24.45% -0.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 576 576 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 26.78% 21.31% 16.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 385 354
10th Percentile £179 £163 £200
25th Percentile £313 £380 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £613 £634
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 11 18
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.75 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.87 £25.28
Median hourly rate £22.95 £21.26 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.94% -56.39% +32.65%
75th Percentile £41.96 £56.77 £55.96
90th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Scotland

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Scotland

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Scotland

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Scotland

Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Scotland

Degree
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 Degree within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Edinburgh +17 79 £500 +17.65% 83
Glasgow +11 59 £450 +20.00% 89
South Lanarkshire +16 14 £438 +98.86% 6
West Lothian 0 9 £178 +36.73% 5
Aberdeen +5 5 £600 +9.09% 41
Renfrewshire -1 5 £375 -16.67% 3
Fife +1 4 £310 +79.71% 10
Highlands - 4 - - 8
Perthshire +7 2 £500 -
Dundee +1 1 £450 -10.00% 9
Lanarkshire - 1 £500 - 43
Stirling - 1 £525 - 7
Aberdeenshire - 1 - - 19
Inverclyde - 1 £375 - 1
Degree
UK

Degree
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 13 (6.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.10%) Confluence
3 9 (4.59%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.04%) CMS
5 2 (1.02%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.51%) Apache
6 1 (0.51%) Drupal
6 1 (0.51%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.51%) IIS
6 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.51%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (17.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (10.20%) Chatbot
3 16 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (4.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.02%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (1.02%) Camtasia
6 2 (1.02%) Lectora
7 1 (0.51%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.51%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.51%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (2.04%) Dynamics GP
1 4 (2.04%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 3 (1.53%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.22%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (7.65%) Azure
2 15 (7.65%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.57%) AWS
4 4 (2.04%) OCI
4 4 (2.04%) Power Automate
4 4 (2.04%) PowerApps
4 4 (2.04%) SaaS
5 3 (1.53%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.02%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.02%) GCP
7 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.51%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.51%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (0.51%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.14%) Firewall
2 7 (3.57%) Internet
3 5 (2.55%) SSL
4 4 (2.04%) LAN
5 3 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.02%) FabricPath
6 2 (1.02%) Intranet
6 2 (1.02%) NX-OS
6 2 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.02%) VPN
6 2 (1.02%) VSAN
6 2 (1.02%) WLAN
7 1 (0.51%) 2G
7 1 (0.51%) 5G
7 1 (0.51%) DNS
7 1 (0.51%) GPRS
7 1 (0.51%) SAN
7 1 (0.51%) SDH
7 1 (0.51%) SNMP
7 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.61%) Metadata
2 9 (4.59%) Oracle Database
3 5 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.53%) Power BI
5 2 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.02%) Big Data
5 2 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.02%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.02%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.02%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.51%) Looker
6 1 (0.51%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 19 (9.69%) JIRA
2 9 (4.59%) Oracle APEX
3 5 (2.55%) Git
4 4 (2.04%) JUnit
5 2 (1.02%) Gradle
5 2 (1.02%) JMeter
5 2 (1.02%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.02%) Selenium
5 2 (1.02%) Subversion
6 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.51%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.51%) Zephyr
General
1 79 (40.31%) Social Skills
2 59 (30.10%) Public Sector
3 39 (19.90%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (15.82%) Finance
5 18 (9.18%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.59%) Banking
8 7 (3.57%) Legal
9 6 (3.06%) Mandarin Language
10 5 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.04%) Back Office
11 4 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.53%) Billing
12 3 (1.53%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.53%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.02%) Marketing
14 1 (0.51%) Humanities
14 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.51%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 30 (15.31%) Developer
2 21 (10.71%) Software Developer
3 19 (9.69%) Analyst
3 19 (9.69%) Senior
4 14 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 12 (6.12%) Exchange Engineer
6 11 (5.61%) Coordinator
7 10 (5.10%) Architect
8 9 (4.59%) Consultant
8 9 (4.59%) IT Support
8 9 (4.59%) Lead
9 8 (4.08%) Administrator
10 7 (3.57%) Support Officer
11 6 (3.06%) Data Analyst
11 6 (3.06%) IT Manager
12 5 (2.55%) Category Manager
12 5 (2.55%) Cybersecurity Specialist
12 5 (2.55%) Security Specialist
12 5 (2.55%) Support Engineer
13 4 (2.04%) Commercial Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.12%) HTML
2 4 (2.04%) Spring
3 3 (1.53%) .NET
3 3 (1.53%) Kafka
3 3 (1.53%) OpenID
3 3 (1.53%) SAML
4 2 (1.02%) Android Jetpack
4 2 (1.02%) Dagger
4 2 (1.02%) Flash
4 2 (1.02%) Jetpack Compose
4 2 (1.02%) JSON
4 2 (1.02%) REST
4 2 (1.02%) Retrofit
4 2 (1.02%) Spring Boot
4 2 (1.02%) Web Services
4 2 (1.02%) XML
5 1 (0.51%) CSS
5 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.51%) Guice
5 1 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.16%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.08%) PKI
3 7 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.06%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.55%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.04%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.53%) FMCG
7 3 (1.53%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.53%) iPhone
8 2 (1.02%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.02%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.02%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.02%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.02%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.20%) Windows
2 9 (4.59%) Linux
3 7 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.55%) Unix
5 3 (1.53%) Android
5 3 (1.53%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.02%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.51%) Solaris
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (28.06%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (24.49%) Agile
3 33 (16.84%) Computer Science
4 32 (16.33%) Project Management
5 21 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
6 20 (10.20%) Code Quality
6 20 (10.20%) Conversational UI
7 19 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (8.67%) Decision-Making
9 16 (8.16%) Migration
10 15 (7.65%) ITIL
10 15 (7.65%) Roadmaps
11 14 (7.14%) Project Delivery
11 14 (7.14%) Software Engineering
11 14 (7.14%) Time Management
12 13 (6.63%) Analytics
12 13 (6.63%) Data Protection
12 13 (6.63%) Risk Assessment
13 12 (6.12%) Capacity Management
13 12 (6.12%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.31%) SQL
2 15 (7.65%) Python
3 13 (6.63%) C#
3 13 (6.63%) JavaScript
3 13 (6.63%) PowerShell
4 11 (5.61%) PL/SQL
5 6 (3.06%) Perl
6 5 (2.55%) Java
7 2 (1.02%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.02%) Rust
8 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.51%) R
8 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 20 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.67%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.10%) Master's Degree
5 8 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (3.57%) MCSE
6 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.53%) ISEB
8 2 (1.02%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.02%) HNC
8 2 (1.02%) HND
8 2 (1.02%) ISEB Practitioner
8 2 (1.02%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.02%) Postgraduate
8 2 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.51%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.16%) Disclosure Scotland
2 7 (3.57%) PMO
3 5 (2.55%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.55%) QA
4 3 (1.53%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.53%) SLA
5 2 (1.02%) COBIT
5 2 (1.02%) GDPR
5 2 (1.02%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.51%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 21 (10.71%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.55%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.55%) VMware NSX
4 4 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (4.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 6 (3.06%) SCCM
3 3 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.02%) Ansible
4 2 (1.02%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (1.02%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.02%) VxRail
5 1 (0.51%) Nagios
5 1 (0.51%) Nessus
5 1 (0.51%) OpenView
Vendors
1 27 (13.78%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.27%) Oracle
3 20 (10.20%) PayPal
4 10 (5.10%) Atlassian
5 8 (4.08%) SAP
5 8 (4.08%) VMware
6 7 (3.57%) Cisco
7 4 (2.04%) Adobe
7 4 (2.04%) Dell
7 4 (2.04%) Nintex
7 4 (2.04%) Workday
8 3 (1.53%) Apple
8 3 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.53%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.53%) Okta
8 3 (1.53%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.02%) Avaya
9 2 (1.02%) Google
9 2 (1.02%) HP
9 2 (1.02%) IBM
8,669 Degree jobs Nationwide