Reference Data Contracts in Scotland

Reference Data
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Reference Data in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Reference Data over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 162 168
Rank change year-on-year +37 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Reference Data 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.047% 0.037% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.10% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £520
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Reference Data is in the General and Transferable 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 684 976 1,208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 31.92% 36.46% 35.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 657 838
10th Percentile £200 £206 £284
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £488 £485
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +0.52% +14.12%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £557
90th Percentile £651 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 27 25
10th Percentile £12.68 - £16.38
25th Percentile £15.74 £10.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £18.13 £13.16 £41.95
Median % change year-on-year +37.77% -68.63% +86.44%
75th Percentile £29.59 £22.15 £52.50
90th Percentile £59.45 £50.14 £56.80
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
% change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%

Reference Data
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Reference Data in Scotland

Reference Data
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Reference Data in Scotland

Reference Data
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 Reference Data within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +16 1 £500 - 1
Reference Data
UK

Reference Data
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 1 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Base SAS
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) pSOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR