QGIS Contracts in Scotland

QGIS (formerly Quantum GIS)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for QGIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QGIS over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 161 173
Rank change year-on-year +44 +12 -15
Contract jobs citing QGIS 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.24% 0.037% 0.029%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.31% 0.18% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £135 - £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £500 £250
Median % change year-on-year -71.00% +100.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £224 - £275
90th Percentile £266 - -
UK median daily rate £483 £510 £650
% change year-on-year -5.39% -21.54% +62.50%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

QGIS is in the Databases and Business Intelligence 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 database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 381 557 587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.19% 20.88% 17.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 435 423
10th Percentile £324 £400 £363
25th Percentile £400 £438 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £499 £490
Median % change year-on-year -5.27% +1.73% +15.29%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £639 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £548
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.52% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 4
10th Percentile £24.60 £19.83 £19.90
25th Percentile £29.04 £27.94 £23.50
Median hourly rate £37.07 £35.00 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.91% +18.64% -26.25%
75th Percentile £45.72 £67.66 £39.38
90th Percentile £50.54 £69.25 £44.55
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £58.59 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.73% +30.20% +68.35%

QGIS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for QGIS in Scotland

QGIS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for QGIS in Scotland

QGIS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QGIS in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QGIS in Scotland

QGIS
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 QGIS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 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 +32 4 £145 -71.00% 1
Glasgow - 1 £288 - 1
QGIS
UK

QGIS
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 4 (80.00%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) GIS Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Report Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) ESRI
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft