Disclosure Scotland Contracts

Disclosure Scotland
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 426 469 614
Rank change year-on-year +43 +145 -143
Contract jobs citing Disclosure Scotland 155 228 249
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.40% 0.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.57% 2.98% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 192 200
10th Percentile £150 £139 £230
25th Percentile £212 £350 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £458 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% +7.65% -
75th Percentile £500 £538 £550
90th Percentile £600 £600 £626
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £453 £420
% change year-on-year -6.08% +7.74% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate £10.95 £23.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -52.39% +9.39% -0.12%
75th Percentile - - £21.66
90th Percentile £11.32 - £22.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £10.95 £23.00 £21.03
% change year-on-year -52.39% +9.39% -0.12%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,035 7,662 11,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.19% 13.38% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,843 5,232 8,045
10th Percentile £280 £281 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £743 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +0.10% +6.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 242 315
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.33 £12.03
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.71 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +16.67% +42.86%
75th Percentile £45.00 £61.50 £50.39
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.35 £68.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 £31.89 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.70% +41.71% +7.14%

Disclosure Scotland
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Disclosure Scotland in the UK

Disclosure Scotland
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Disclosure Scotland in the UK

Disclosure Scotland
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Disclosure Scotland over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Disclosure Scotland in the UK

Disclosure Scotland
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Disclosure Scotland in the UK

Disclosure Scotland
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Disclosure Scotland within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
UK excluding London -2 155 £425 -6.08% 10
Scotland -1 126 £418 -7.22% 4
Work from Home +44 64 £400 -16.49% 4
England +121 29 £600 +3.63% 8
North of England +56 29 £600 +9.09%
North West +41 28 £610 +10.91%
North East - 2 £660 -
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 6
Yorkshire - 1 £720 -
Midlands - 1 £500 - 6

Disclosure Scotland
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (3.87%) Confluence
1 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.94%) ArcGIS
2 3 (1.94%) CMS
3 1 (0.65%) Apache
3 1 (0.65%) GeoServer
3 1 (0.65%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.65%) JBoss
3 1 (0.65%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.65%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.65%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (0.65%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (0.65%) WildFly
Applications
1 30 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (14.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (7.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.65%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.65%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.65%) Lectora
5 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Dynamics GP
1 2 (1.29%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.65%) iTrent
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.97%) AWS
2 15 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (9.03%) Azure
4 9 (5.81%) OCI
5 7 (4.52%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.87%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.87%) SaaS
7 5 (3.23%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (3.23%) Serverless
8 4 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.58%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.94%) AWS CodePipeline
9 3 (1.94%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.94%) IaaS
9 3 (1.94%) PaaS
10 2 (1.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.29%) AWS CodeBuild
10 2 (1.29%) AWS CodeDeploy
10 2 (1.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.52%) Firewall
2 3 (1.94%) HTTP
2 3 (1.94%) Internet
2 3 (1.94%) LAN
3 2 (1.29%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (1.29%) Intranet
3 2 (1.29%) SSL
3 2 (1.29%) VPN
3 2 (1.29%) WLAN
4 1 (0.65%) ATM
4 1 (0.65%) Broadband
4 1 (0.65%) DHCP
4 1 (0.65%) DNS
4 1 (0.65%) IPsec
4 1 (0.65%) SCCP
4 1 (0.65%) SMTP
4 1 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.16%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.23%) GIS
4 4 (2.58%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.94%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.94%) Power BI
5 3 (1.94%) QGIS
5 3 (1.94%) Tableau
6 2 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.29%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.29%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.29%) MySQL
6 2 (1.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.65%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.65%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 13 (8.39%) JIRA
2 9 (5.81%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.94%) Cucumber
3 3 (1.94%) Selenium
4 2 (1.29%) Subversion
4 2 (1.29%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.65%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.65%) Git
5 1 (0.65%) GitLab
5 1 (0.65%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.65%) JUnit
5 1 (0.65%) Maven
5 1 (0.65%) TeamCity
General
1 83 (53.55%) Public Sector
2 41 (26.45%) Social Skills
3 16 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.74%) Finance
5 6 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.94%) Back Office
9 2 (1.29%) Banking
9 2 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.65%) Law
10 1 (0.65%) Marketing
10 1 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (23.87%) Analyst
2 17 (10.97%) Senior
3 15 (9.68%) Lead
3 15 (9.68%) Service Analyst
3 15 (9.68%) Service Desk Analyst
4 14 (9.03%) IT Support
5 11 (7.10%) Developer
5 11 (7.10%) IT Analyst
6 9 (5.81%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
6 9 (5.81%) Project Manager
7 8 (5.16%) Architect
8 6 (3.87%) Designer
9 5 (3.23%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (3.23%) Support Analyst
9 5 (3.23%) Support Officer
10 4 (2.58%) Administrator
10 4 (2.58%) Business Analyst
10 4 (2.58%) Help Desk Analyst
10 4 (2.58%) Security Specialist
10 4 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.52%) REST
2 6 (3.87%) React
3 5 (3.23%) .NET
3 5 (3.23%) AWS CDK
3 5 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (2.58%) OAuth
4 4 (2.58%) OpenID
4 4 (2.58%) SAML
4 4 (2.58%) SOAP
4 4 (2.58%) Spring
5 3 (1.94%) PostGIS
5 3 (1.94%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.29%) J2EE
6 2 (1.29%) Java EE
6 2 (1.29%) Middleware
6 2 (1.29%) Node.js
6 2 (1.29%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.29%) Spring Security
6 2 (1.29%) Web Services
6 2 (1.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.74%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.81%) PKI
2 9 (5.81%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.94%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (1.94%) Social Media
4 3 (1.94%) Wiki
5 2 (1.29%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.29%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.29%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.29%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.29%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.29%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.29%) Video Editing
6 1 (0.65%) NHS
6 1 (0.65%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.65%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.65%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 37 (23.87%) Windows
2 28 (18.06%) Windows 10
3 7 (4.52%) Linux
3 7 (4.52%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.94%) Unix
5 2 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.65%) AIX
6 1 (0.65%) Android
6 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.65%) Solaris
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (22.58%) Agile
3 34 (21.94%) Decision-Making
4 32 (20.65%) Customer Service
5 28 (18.06%) Time Management
6 19 (12.26%) Roadmaps
7 16 (10.32%) Project Delivery
7 16 (10.32%) Project Management
8 15 (9.68%) DevOps
9 14 (9.03%) Infrastructure as Code
10 13 (8.39%) CI/CD
10 13 (8.39%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (8.39%) ITIL
11 11 (7.10%) Analytics
11 11 (7.10%) PRINCE2
11 11 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (5.81%) Scrum
12 9 (5.81%) Service Management
12 9 (5.81%) User Experience
13 8 (5.16%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.39%) Java
2 11 (7.10%) Python
3 7 (4.52%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.23%) SQL
5 4 (2.58%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.94%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.29%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.65%) Bash
8 1 (0.65%) C#
8 1 (0.65%) C++
8 1 (0.65%) VBA
8 1 (0.65%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (19.35%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.42%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.97%) Degree
4 6 (3.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.29%) CISSP
7 2 (1.29%) ISEB
7 2 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.29%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.29%) MCP
7 2 (1.29%) MCSE
7 2 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.65%) APMP
8 1 (0.65%) CLAS
8 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.10%) SLA
2 10 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.23%) QA
5 3 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.94%) GDPR
6 2 (1.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (1.29%) NCSC
6 2 (1.29%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.65%) COBIT
7 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.65%) ISO17020
7 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (7.74%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.87%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.94%) Docker
4 2 (1.29%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.65%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (5.16%) Ansible
2 7 (4.52%) Terraform
3 6 (3.87%) SCCM
4 5 (3.23%) Grafana
5 3 (1.94%) Packer
6 2 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.65%) QRadar
7 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.65%) vMotion
Vendors
1 49 (31.61%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.26%) Oracle
3 4 (2.58%) Fortinet
3 4 (2.58%) VMware
4 3 (1.94%) ESRI
4 3 (1.94%) Facebook
4 3 (1.94%) Instagram
4 3 (1.94%) Okta
4 3 (1.94%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.29%) Adobe
5 2 (1.29%) Avaya
5 2 (1.29%) Cisco
5 2 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.29%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (1.29%) Google
5 2 (1.29%) HP
5 2 (1.29%) SolarWinds
5 2 (1.29%) Twitter
5 2 (1.29%) Zscaler
6 1 (0.65%) Cadence