Disclosure Scotland Contracts with Work from Home Options

Disclosure Scotland
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Disclosure Scotland skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Disclosure Scotland over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 331 447
Rank change year-on-year +51 +116 -72
Contract jobs citing Disclosure Scotland 65 134 181
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.55% 0.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.12% 4.47% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 111 152
10th Percentile £151 £208 £230
25th Percentile £213 £367 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £424
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +12.09% -5.83%
75th Percentile £477 £541 £550
90th Percentile £500 £600 £648
UK median daily rate £425 £458 £425
% change year-on-year -7.10% +7.65% -2.63%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

Disclosure Scotland is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,082 2,996 5,822
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.22% 12.35% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,454 2,173 4,141
10th Percentile £300 £331 £313
25th Percentile £413 £420 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £520 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £623 £627 £610
90th Percentile £750 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 68 130
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.50 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £20.97 £19.44
Median hourly rate £24.00 £39.60 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.39% -11.01% +122.50%
75th Percentile £48.75 £59.46 £54.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £70.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.69 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -38.04% +16.67% +42.86%

Disclosure Scotland
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Disclosure Scotland as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Disclosure Scotland trend for jobs with a WFH option

Disclosure Scotland
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Disclosure Scotland.

Disclosure Scotland daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Disclosure Scotland
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Disclosure Scotland over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Disclosure Scotland daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Disclosure Scotland
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (7.69%) Confluence
1 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.62%) ArcGIS
3 2 (3.08%) CMS
4 1 (1.54%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.54%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.54%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (1.54%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.54%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (1.54%) Camtasia
4 1 (1.54%) Lectora
4 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (1.54%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.85%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.23%) AWS
2 6 (9.23%) Azure
3 3 (4.62%) Amazon S3
3 3 (4.62%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (4.62%) OpenShift
3 3 (4.62%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.62%) Serverless
4 2 (3.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.08%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.54%) Canva
5 1 (1.54%) GCP
5 1 (1.54%) Google Sheets
5 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.62%) Firewall
2 2 (3.08%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (3.08%) Internet
3 1 (1.54%) ATM
3 1 (1.54%) HTTP
3 1 (1.54%) Intranet
3 1 (1.54%) LAN
3 1 (1.54%) SCCP
3 1 (1.54%) SSL
3 1 (1.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) GIS
1 3 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (4.62%) QGIS
2 2 (3.08%) Amazon Aurora
2 2 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.08%) MariaDB
2 2 (3.08%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.08%) MySQL
2 2 (3.08%) Power BI
3 1 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.54%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.54%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) JIRA
2 3 (4.62%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.08%) Cucumber
3 2 (3.08%) Selenium
4 1 (1.54%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (1.54%) WebDriver
General
1 35 (53.85%) Public Sector
2 20 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.23%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Finance
6 3 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Banking
7 2 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.54%) Marketing
8 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (20.00%) Analyst
2 8 (12.31%) Senior
3 6 (9.23%) Developer
3 6 (9.23%) IT Analyst
4 4 (6.15%) Business Analyst
4 4 (6.15%) Lead
4 4 (6.15%) Project Manager
5 3 (4.62%) Architect
5 3 (4.62%) Designer
5 3 (4.62%) Network Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) Project Leader
5 3 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (3.08%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) IT Support
6 2 (3.08%) Planning Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Project Officer
6 2 (3.08%) Service Management Consultant
6 2 (3.08%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) AWS CDK
1 3 (4.62%) CSS
1 3 (4.62%) HTML
1 3 (4.62%) React
2 2 (3.08%) Middleware
2 2 (3.08%) Node.js
2 2 (3.08%) OpenID
2 2 (3.08%) REST
2 2 (3.08%) SAML
2 2 (3.08%) Spring
2 2 (3.08%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.54%) Gherkin
3 1 (1.54%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (1.54%) OAuth
3 1 (1.54%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.54%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.54%) Spring MVC
3 1 (1.54%) Spring Security
3 1 (1.54%) Spring Web Flow
3 1 (1.54%) Thymeleaf
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.62%) PKI
2 3 (4.62%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.08%) Social Media
3 2 (3.08%) Video Editing
4 1 (1.54%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (1.54%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.54%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.54%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.54%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.54%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.54%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.54%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (1.54%) Replication
4 1 (1.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.23%) Windows
2 3 (4.62%) Linux
2 3 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.08%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.54%) Android
4 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.54%) Solaris
4 1 (1.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.54%) Agile
2 10 (15.38%) ITIL
2 10 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 9 (13.85%) Project Management
4 7 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (9.23%) PRINCE2
5 6 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (7.69%) Programme Governance
7 4 (6.15%) CI/CD
7 4 (6.15%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (6.15%) Data Protection
7 4 (6.15%) Incident Management
7 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (6.15%) Microservices
7 4 (6.15%) Roadmaps
7 4 (6.15%) Service Management
7 4 (6.15%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (6.15%) User Experience
7 4 (6.15%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.23%) Java
1 6 (9.23%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.15%) TypeScript
3 3 (4.62%) Python
4 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.54%) Bash
5 1 (1.54%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (13.85%) Degree
2 3 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.54%) CISSP
4 1 (1.54%) CLAS
4 1 (1.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (1.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.54%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (3.08%) QA
3 2 (3.08%) SLA
4 1 (1.54%) COBIT
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 9 (13.85%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.08%) Docker
2 2 (3.08%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.54%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.15%) SCCM
2 2 (3.08%) Ansible
2 2 (3.08%) Grafana
2 2 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.15%) Oracle
3 3 (4.62%) ESRI
3 3 (4.62%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.08%) Adobe
4 2 (3.08%) Cisco
4 2 (3.08%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (3.08%) Facebook
4 2 (3.08%) Instagram
4 2 (3.08%) Okta
4 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.08%) SolarWinds
4 2 (3.08%) Twitter
4 2 (3.08%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.54%) Brandwatch
5 1 (1.54%) Equitrac
5 1 (1.54%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (1.54%) Hootsuite
5 1 (1.54%) IBM
5 1 (1.54%) YouTube