Low Latency Contracts in Scotland

Low Latency
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Low Latency skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Low Latency over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 143 168
Rank change year-on-year +21 +25 -14
Contract jobs citing Low Latency 1 21 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.047% 0.78% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.84% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 18 2
10th Percentile - £591 £364
25th Percentile - - £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 £750 £380
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +97.37% -
75th Percentile - - £390
90th Percentile - - £396
UK median daily rate £751 £740 £750
% change year-on-year +1.42% -1.33% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Low Latency is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,884 2,495 3,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.04% 92.48% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,766 2,240
10th Percentile £219 £260 £250
25th Percentile £369 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 55 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.25 £17.67
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £50.74 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Low Latency
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Low Latency in Scotland

Low Latency
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Low Latency in Scotland

Low Latency
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 Low Latency within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 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
Glasgow -5 1 £780 +4.00%
Low Latency
UK

Low Latency
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Unix Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) F5