Public Sector Contracts in Scotland

Public Sector
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 606 831 1,229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 27.70% 29.58% 35.04%
As % of the General category 42.65% 44.53% 48.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 679 993
10th Percentile £156 £206 £213
25th Percentile £280 £400 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.09% +2.22% +8.43%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £540
90th Percentile £663 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £516 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.81% +5.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 8
10th Percentile £12.00 £13.20 £16.62
25th Percentile £13.38 £13.87 £21.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.36 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.97% -53.47% -
75th Percentile £18.96 £16.47 £53.75
90th Percentile £22.87 £16.91 -
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.11%

All General Skills
Scotland

Public Sector is in the General 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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,421 1,866 2,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.95% 66.43% 71.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 1,370 1,837
10th Percentile £181 £232 £225
25th Percentile £351 £404 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £580 £573 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 29 40
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.75 £14.33
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.99 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.20 £18.50 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% -31.10% +37.69%
75th Percentile £58.75 £58.75 £47.97
90th Percentile £68.50 £66.75 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.00
% change year-on-year -7.96% +48.16% -2.22%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 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 0 326 £475 +1.17% 28
Glasgow -3 129 £480 -0.31% 26
South Lanarkshire +1 65 £588 +30.56%
Dundee +1 12 £275 -31.25% 3
South Ayrshire 0 12 £144 +5.79%
Renfrewshire -2 10 £345 +63.12% 1
Lanarkshire +2 8 £400 -16.67% 11
West Lothian +3 5 £188 -54.55%
Midlothian 0 3 £428 -13.42% 9
Inverclyde - 2 £172 -
Argyll and Bute - 2 £198 -
Fife 0 1 £428 -31.60%
Stirling -2 1 £525 - 1
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
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 70 (11.55%) Confluence
2 15 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.31%) CMS
4 5 (0.83%) IIS
5 4 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.50%) WordPress
7 2 (0.33%) Apache
7 2 (0.33%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.33%) JBoss
7 2 (0.33%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.33%) WildFly
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 42 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.33%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.33%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.33%) Lectora
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
3 4 (0.66%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.50%) iTrent
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.17%) assyst
5 1 (0.17%) Maximo
5 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 58 (9.57%) AWS
2 48 (7.92%) Azure
3 36 (5.94%) Serverless
4 34 (5.61%) Amazon S3
5 30 (4.95%) AWS CloudFormation
6 29 (4.79%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (4.79%) OCI
6 29 (4.79%) Power Platform
7 27 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (3.63%) OpenShift
10 18 (2.97%) SaaS
11 11 (1.82%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.65%) IaaS
13 9 (1.49%) AWS CodePipeline
13 9 (1.49%) PaaS
14 8 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (1.32%) PowerApps
15 7 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.16%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.65%) LAN
2 9 (1.49%) Firewall
2 9 (1.49%) SAN
2 9 (1.49%) WAN
3 6 (0.99%) Internet
3 6 (0.99%) Intranet
3 6 (0.99%) VoIP
4 5 (0.83%) VPN
5 4 (0.66%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (0.66%) IPsec
5 4 (0.66%) Network Security
5 4 (0.66%) SCCP
6 3 (0.50%) DNS
6 3 (0.50%) SSL
6 3 (0.50%) WLAN
7 2 (0.33%) HTTP
7 2 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (3.80%) Oracle Database
3 22 (3.63%) Amazon Aurora
4 21 (3.47%) Oracle Reports
4 21 (3.47%) Power BI
5 18 (2.97%) MongoDB
6 17 (2.81%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.16%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 7 (1.16%) Tableau
10 5 (0.83%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.83%) MySQL
11 4 (0.66%) Big Data
11 4 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.66%) GIS
11 4 (0.66%) Oracle Database 11g
12 3 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.50%) InfluxDB
12 3 (0.50%) Informix
Development Applications
1 101 (16.67%) JIRA
2 17 (2.81%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.32%) Cypress.io
3 8 (1.32%) GitLab
4 6 (0.99%) Git
5 5 (0.83%) Artifactory
5 5 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.66%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.66%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (0.66%) Selenium
6 4 (0.66%) Subversion
6 4 (0.66%) WebDriver
7 3 (0.50%) Maven
7 3 (0.50%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.33%) JUnit
8 2 (0.33%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.33%) Tricentis qTest
9 1 (0.17%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.17%) Gradle
9 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 174 (28.71%) Social Skills
2 74 (12.21%) Finance
3 65 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (1.65%) Publishing
7 9 (1.49%) Back Office
8 8 (1.32%) Marketing
9 7 (1.16%) Legal
10 6 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.83%) Electronics
11 5 (0.83%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.83%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.50%) Law
12 3 (0.50%) Local Government
13 2 (0.33%) Banking
13 2 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.33%) Social Science
14 1 (0.17%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 101 (16.67%) Analyst
2 85 (14.03%) Senior
3 59 (9.74%) Developer
4 53 (8.75%) Lead
5 43 (7.10%) Project Manager
6 40 (6.60%) Architect
7 31 (5.12%) Support Officer
8 30 (4.95%) Business Analyst
9 24 (3.96%) IT Support
10 18 (2.97%) Delivery Manager
10 18 (2.97%) Designer
10 18 (2.97%) Product Manager
11 17 (2.81%) Senior Manager
12 16 (2.64%) Administrator
13 14 (2.31%) Consultant
13 14 (2.31%) IT Engineer
14 13 (2.15%) IT Analyst
14 13 (2.15%) Security Analyst
14 13 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (2.15%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (6.11%) AWS CDK
2 32 (5.28%) React
3 30 (4.95%) HTML
4 28 (4.62%) CSS
5 27 (4.46%) REST
6 20 (3.30%) .NET
7 19 (3.14%) Oracle Fusion
8 14 (2.31%) Node.js
9 11 (1.82%) SOAP
10 10 (1.65%) Spring
11 9 (1.49%) OpenID
11 9 (1.49%) SAML
11 9 (1.49%) Spring Boot
12 8 (1.32%) Web Services
13 7 (1.16%) OAuth
13 7 (1.16%) XML
14 6 (0.99%) PostGIS
14 6 (0.99%) Spring Security
15 5 (0.83%) OAuth2
15 5 (0.83%) Spring Web Flow
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.09%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.79%) Product Ownership
3 18 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (2.15%) Data Centre
5 11 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
5 11 (1.82%) Wiki
6 9 (1.49%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.99%) Freedom of Information
9 5 (0.83%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.83%) PKI
10 4 (0.66%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.66%) Replication
10 4 (0.66%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.50%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.50%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.50%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.60%) Windows
2 23 (3.80%) Linux
3 12 (1.98%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.16%) Unix
5 7 (1.16%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.83%) Android
6 5 (0.83%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.17%) AIX
9 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.17%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.17%) Solaris
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (26.90%) Agile
2 81 (13.37%) Roadmaps
3 72 (11.88%) Project Management
4 57 (9.41%) DevOps
5 51 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (8.25%) User Experience
7 49 (8.09%) Scrum
8 47 (7.76%) Project Delivery
9 46 (7.59%) User Research
10 45 (7.43%) PRINCE2
11 44 (7.26%) Coaching
12 43 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
13 42 (6.93%) Risk Management
14 38 (6.27%) Migration
15 37 (6.11%) CI/CD
15 37 (6.11%) ITIL
16 36 (5.94%) Analytics
16 36 (5.94%) Cybersecurity
16 36 (5.94%) Service Management
17 33 (5.45%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 43 (7.10%) Java
2 40 (6.60%) JavaScript
3 37 (6.11%) Python
3 37 (6.11%) SQL
4 31 (5.12%) TypeScript
5 27 (4.46%) PowerShell
6 23 (3.80%) Bash
7 12 (1.98%) Shell Script
8 11 (1.82%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.83%) Groovy
10 4 (0.66%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.50%) C#
11 3 (0.50%) PHP
12 2 (0.33%) C++
12 2 (0.33%) VBA
12 2 (0.33%) VBScript
13 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.17%) Go
13 1 (0.17%) R
13 1 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 109 (17.99%) Security Cleared
2 91 (15.02%) SC Cleared
3 59 (9.74%) Degree
4 18 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (2.31%) CISSP
6 12 (1.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 11 (1.82%) CCNA
7 11 (1.82%) MCSE
8 9 (1.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 8 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.16%) MCP
11 6 (0.99%) A+ Certification
11 6 (0.99%) CISM
11 6 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (0.83%) CCNP
12 5 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.83%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (14.69%) Disclosure Scotland
2 47 (7.76%) Accessibility
3 32 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (3.14%) PMO
5 14 (2.31%) QA
6 11 (1.82%) SLA
7 9 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (1.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 9 (1.49%) WCAG
8 8 (1.32%) NIST
9 5 (0.83%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.66%) GDPR
10 4 (0.66%) NCSC
11 3 (0.50%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.33%) COBIT
12 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.17%) IFRS
13 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 38 (6.27%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.15%) Docker
3 11 (1.82%) BitLocker
4 6 (0.99%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) KVM
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (3.63%) Grafana
2 14 (2.31%) Terraform
3 13 (2.15%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.15%) SCCM
4 11 (1.82%) Ansible
5 6 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.83%) Kibana
6 5 (0.83%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.33%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.33%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
9 2 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.33%) Puppet
10 1 (0.17%) Argo
10 1 (0.17%) Istio
10 1 (0.17%) Knative
10 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 95 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 75 (12.38%) Oracle
3 25 (4.13%) Atlassian
4 11 (1.82%) ServiceNow
5 10 (1.65%) Okta
5 10 (1.65%) VMware
6 9 (1.49%) Dell
7 7 (1.16%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (1.16%) Fortinet
7 7 (1.16%) Zscaler
8 6 (0.99%) Cisco
8 6 (0.99%) McAfee
9 5 (0.83%) Cadence
9 5 (0.83%) HP
9 5 (0.83%) Red Hat
9 5 (0.83%) SAP
10 4 (0.66%) F5
11 3 (0.50%) Adobe
11 3 (0.50%) Google
11 3 (0.50%) SolarWinds