Senior Contracts in Scotland

Senior
UK > Scotland

The median Senior daily rate in Scotland is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 22 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 176 234 289
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 8.22% 8.67% 8.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.72% 9.09% 8.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 188 209
10th Percentile £383 £404 £400
25th Percentile £420 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £575
90th Percentile £624 £688 £630
UK median daily rate £557 £595 £575
% change year-on-year -6.39% +3.48% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £24.08 - -
25th Percentile £37.55 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £17.72 -
Median % change year-on-year +238.60% - -
75th Percentile - £22.04 -
90th Percentile - £29.82 -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £43.36
% change year-on-year -4.76% +21.09% +31.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,018 2,574 3,263
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 95.40% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,244 1,816 2,311
10th Percentile £200 £231 £218
25th Percentile £356 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £649 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 45 51
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.90 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.25 £17.61
Median hourly rate £24.29 £21.67 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% -34.33% -12.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.03 £47.98
90th Percentile £66.00 £68.25 £55.84
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Scotland

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Scotland

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Scotland

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Scotland

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in Scotland

Senior
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 Senior 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
Edinburgh +11 87 £500 +4.71% 76
Glasgow -2 50 £463 -20.43% 67
South Lanarkshire +3 21 £595 +19.00%
West Lothian - 6 - - 1
Lanarkshire -1 1 - - 21
Highlands - 1 - - 1
Senior
UK

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 74 (42.05%) Public Sector
2 53 (30.11%) Agile
3 48 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 34 (19.32%) JIRA
5 33 (18.75%) SQL
6 30 (17.05%) Security Cleared
7 26 (14.77%) Azure
7 26 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
8 25 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (13.07%) Scrum
9 23 (13.07%) Microsoft
9 23 (13.07%) SC Cleared
10 22 (12.50%) Java
10 22 (12.50%) Finance
11 21 (11.93%) Oracle
11 21 (11.93%) Confluence
12 19 (10.80%) Project Management
12 19 (10.80%) Degree
13 17 (9.66%) Spring
13 17 (9.66%) AWS
13 17 (9.66%) Roadmaps
14 16 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
14 16 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
14 16 (9.09%) Atlassian
15 15 (8.52%) Oracle Database
15 15 (8.52%) React
15 15 (8.52%) Spring Boot
15 15 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (7.95%) PowerShell
17 13 (7.39%) Disaster Recovery

Senior Skill Set
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 21 (11.93%) Confluence
2 6 (3.41%) CMS
3 5 (2.84%) IBM HTTP Server
3 5 (2.84%) WebSphere
3 5 (2.84%) WebSphere Application Server
3 5 (2.84%) WebSphere Portal
4 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.14%) Apache
5 2 (1.14%) Cloud Foundry
5 2 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.57%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 26 (14.77%) Azure
2 17 (9.66%) AWS
3 11 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (5.11%) PowerApps
5 8 (4.55%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.84%) OpenShift
8 4 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.27%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.27%) IaaS
8 4 (2.27%) PaaS
8 4 (2.27%) SaaS
9 3 (1.70%) Serverless
10 2 (1.14%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 2 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.14%) iPaaS
10 2 (1.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.98%) Firewall
2 6 (3.41%) HTTP
3 4 (2.27%) Network Security
4 3 (1.70%) SCCP
4 3 (1.70%) WAN
5 2 (1.14%) LAN
6 1 (0.57%) BGP
6 1 (0.57%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.57%) IPsec
6 1 (0.57%) MPLS
6 1 (0.57%) NAS
6 1 (0.57%) OSPF
6 1 (0.57%) SAN
6 1 (0.57%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.52%) Oracle Database
2 11 (6.25%) Power BI
2 11 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.68%) Metadata
4 8 (4.55%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.70%) Oracle Database 10g
6 3 (1.70%) Oracle Database 11g
6 3 (1.70%) Oracle Discoverer
7 2 (1.14%) Informix
8 1 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.57%) Big Data
8 1 (0.57%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 34 (19.32%) JIRA
2 9 (5.11%) Git
2 9 (5.11%) Oracle APEX
3 7 (3.98%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.41%) JUnit
5 5 (2.84%) Cucumber
5 5 (2.84%) IBM UrbanCode
6 4 (2.27%) Maven
6 4 (2.27%) Postman
6 4 (2.27%) Selenium
6 4 (2.27%) Subversion
7 3 (1.70%) IntelliJ
8 2 (1.14%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.14%) TeamCity
8 2 (1.14%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.57%) Appium
9 1 (0.57%) JMeter
9 1 (0.57%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.57%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.57%) SonarQube
General
1 74 (42.05%) Public Sector
2 48 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 26 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (12.50%) Finance
5 12 (6.82%) Banking
6 6 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.14%) Marketing
9 2 (1.14%) Publishing
10 1 (0.57%) Humanities
10 1 (0.57%) Military
10 1 (0.57%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.57%) Social Science
10 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.66%) Spring
2 15 (8.52%) React
2 15 (8.52%) Spring Boot
3 13 (7.39%) .NET
4 10 (5.68%) J2EE
5 9 (5.11%) REST
5 9 (5.11%) RESTful
6 7 (3.98%) Middleware
7 5 (2.84%) Kafka
7 5 (2.84%) Web Services
8 4 (2.27%) AWS CDK
9 3 (1.70%) Apache Camel
9 3 (1.70%) Spring Batch
10 2 (1.14%) ASP.NET
10 2 (1.14%) ASP.NET Core
10 2 (1.14%) CSS
10 2 (1.14%) JSON
10 2 (1.14%) NumPy
10 2 (1.14%) Pandas
10 2 (1.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.68%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.11%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (3.98%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.98%) Legacy Applications
4 7 (3.98%) Wiki
5 5 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.27%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.27%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.70%) Replication
8 2 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.14%) N-Tier
8 2 (1.14%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.14%) Social Media
9 1 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.57%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.57%) PKI
9 1 (0.57%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.11%) Windows
2 8 (4.55%) Linux
3 4 (2.27%) Unix
4 2 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.57%) Android
5 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (30.11%) Agile
2 25 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (13.07%) Scrum
4 19 (10.80%) Project Management
5 17 (9.66%) Roadmaps
6 16 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (7.39%) DevOps
8 13 (7.39%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (7.39%) High Availability
9 12 (6.82%) Data Protection
9 12 (6.82%) Information Security
9 12 (6.82%) PRINCE2
9 12 (6.82%) Software Delivery
9 12 (6.82%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (6.82%) User Experience
10 11 (6.25%) Analytics
10 11 (6.25%) Problem Management
11 10 (5.68%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (5.68%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 33 (18.75%) SQL
2 22 (12.50%) Java
3 14 (7.95%) PowerShell
4 10 (5.68%) PL/SQL
5 8 (4.55%) T-SQL
6 7 (3.98%) Python
7 6 (3.41%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.27%) C#
8 4 (2.27%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.14%) C++
9 2 (1.14%) Perl
9 2 (1.14%) Rust
9 2 (1.14%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.14%) VBA
9 2 (1.14%) VBScript
10 1 (0.57%) Groovy
10 1 (0.57%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (17.05%) Security Cleared
2 23 (13.07%) SC Cleared
3 19 (10.80%) Degree
4 10 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.84%) CISSP
5 5 (2.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 5 (2.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 3 (1.70%) CLAS
7 2 (1.14%) ISEB
7 2 (1.14%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.57%) CCNA
8 1 (0.57%) CCNP
8 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.57%) MCSE
8 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.57%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
2 10 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (5.11%) Accessibility
4 8 (4.55%) PMO
5 5 (2.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.57%) P3O
7 1 (0.57%) QA
7 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.84%) Docker
2 4 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.70%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.70%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.84%) Ansible
1 5 (2.84%) Grafana
2 3 (1.70%) Data Guard
2 3 (1.70%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
2 3 (1.70%) Kibana
2 3 (1.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (1.70%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.14%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.14%) SCCM
4 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (13.07%) Microsoft
2 21 (11.93%) Oracle
3 16 (9.09%) Atlassian
4 7 (3.98%) IBM
5 3 (1.70%) Cisco
5 3 (1.70%) VMware
6 2 (1.14%) Ariba
6 2 (1.14%) SAP
6 2 (1.14%) Splunk
7 1 (0.57%) Citrix
7 1 (0.57%) Commvault
7 1 (0.57%) Facebook
7 1 (0.57%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.57%) Google
7 1 (0.57%) Instagram
7 1 (0.57%) Meraki
7 1 (0.57%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.57%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.57%) Reuters
7 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow