Open Source Contracts in Edinburgh

Open Source
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Open Source skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Open Source over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 94 98
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Open Source 1 10 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.12% 0.77% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.81% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 21
10th Percentile - £413 £263
25th Percentile £570 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £575 £545
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +5.50% +17.20%
75th Percentile £610 £647 £581
90th Percentile - £650 £588
Scotland median daily rate £570 £600 £538
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.63% +4.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Open Source is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 714 1,230 1,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.04% 95.20% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 880 1,260
10th Percentile £233 £260 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £557
90th Percentile £674 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 13 19
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.07 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.13
Median hourly rate £21.02 £21.26 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -35.58% -39.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £51.25
90th Percentile - £64.90 £53.86
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £31.50
% change year-on-year +9.11% -43.75% -27.59%

Open Source
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Open Source as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Open Source in Edinburgh

Open Source
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Open Source in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Open Source in Edinburgh

Open Source
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) TDD