Public Sector Contracts in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 335 500 701
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.33% 42.30% 36.91%
As % of the General category 54.03% 57.14% 50.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 389 573
10th Percentile £156 £210 £225
25th Percentile £281 £400 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £465
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -0.54% +9.41%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £545
90th Percentile £663 £588 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £463
% change year-on-year -2.70% - +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £12.00 - £17.58
25th Percentile £13.25 - £17.70
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £18.90
75th Percentile £18.75 - £23.20
90th Percentile £18.83 - £25.18
Scotland median hourly rate £17.50 £15.36 £26.00
% change year-on-year +13.97% -40.94% -64.63%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 620 875 1,398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 70.94% 74.03% 73.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 611 1,020
10th Percentile £158 £225 £235
25th Percentile £340 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £556 £545 £564
90th Percentile £663 £600 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 5 11
10th Percentile £13.38 £13.39 -
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.09 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.02% -18.23% -49.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.67 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.38 £33.27 £52.50
Scotland median hourly rate £18.00 £19.18 £37.43
% change year-on-year -6.15% -48.76% +113.15%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.18%) CMS
2 8 (2.39%) Confluence
3 4 (1.19%) ArcGIS
3 4 (1.19%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.90%) WordPress
5 2 (0.60%) Apache
5 2 (0.60%) JBoss
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.60%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.60%) WildFly
6 1 (0.30%) Drupal
6 1 (0.30%) GeoServer
Applications
1 26 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.90%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (12.84%) Azure
2 42 (12.54%) AWS
3 29 (8.66%) Amazon S3
3 29 (8.66%) Serverless
4 26 (7.76%) AWS CloudFormation
4 26 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (6.57%) AWS Lambda
7 21 (6.27%) OCI
7 21 (6.27%) Power Platform
8 16 (4.78%) OpenShift
9 15 (4.48%) SaaS
10 10 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (2.99%) Entra ID
10 10 (2.99%) PaaS
10 10 (2.99%) Power Automate
11 9 (2.69%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (2.69%) AWS CodePipeline
11 9 (2.69%) IaaS
12 8 (2.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.09%) Intranet
1 7 (2.09%) SAN
2 6 (1.79%) VPN
3 5 (1.49%) Firewall
3 5 (1.49%) LAN
4 4 (1.19%) IPsec
4 4 (1.19%) SSL
4 4 (1.19%) WAN
5 3 (0.90%) Internet
5 3 (0.90%) SCCP
6 2 (0.60%) DHCP
6 2 (0.60%) DNS
6 2 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.30%) Network Security
7 1 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.30%) Wireless
7 1 (0.30%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.18%) MongoDB
2 14 (4.18%) Power BI
3 13 (3.88%) Oracle Database
4 11 (3.28%) Amazon Aurora
4 11 (3.28%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (2.69%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.09%) GIS
8 6 (1.79%) Tableau
9 5 (1.49%) SQL Server
10 4 (1.19%) Informix
10 4 (1.19%) Metadata
10 4 (1.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (1.19%) QGIS
11 3 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.60%) Big Data
12 2 (0.60%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 22 (6.57%) JIRA
2 8 (2.39%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.49%) Git
3 5 (1.49%) GitLab
4 4 (1.19%) Subversion
5 3 (0.90%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.60%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.60%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.60%) JUnit
6 2 (0.60%) Maven
6 2 (0.60%) Selenium
6 2 (0.60%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.60%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 110 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (9.85%) Finance
4 20 (5.97%) Influencing Skills
5 17 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (2.39%) Back Office
6 8 (2.39%) Marketing
6 8 (2.39%) Publishing
7 6 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (0.90%) Social Science
9 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.60%) Electronics
9 2 (0.60%) Law
9 2 (0.60%) Legal
9 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.30%) Humanities
10 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.30%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 45 (13.43%) Developer
2 44 (13.13%) Senior
3 39 (11.64%) Analyst
4 32 (9.55%) Lead
5 26 (7.76%) Architect
6 22 (6.57%) Project Manager
6 22 (6.57%) Support Officer
7 18 (5.37%) Designer
8 17 (5.07%) IT Support
9 15 (4.48%) Business Analyst
9 15 (4.48%) Consultant
10 12 (3.58%) Field Engineer
11 11 (3.28%) .NET Developer
11 11 (3.28%) Field Service Engineer
11 11 (3.28%) IT Engineer
12 10 (2.99%) Content Designer
12 10 (2.99%) IT Manager
13 9 (2.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 9 (2.69%) Security Analyst
14 8 (2.39%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.36%) AWS CDK
2 23 (6.87%) .NET
3 21 (6.27%) React
4 17 (5.07%) CSS
4 17 (5.07%) HTML
5 16 (4.78%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (4.18%) REST
7 10 (2.99%) SOAP
8 9 (2.69%) OpenID
9 8 (2.39%) Node.js
9 8 (2.39%) SpaCy
9 8 (2.39%) Web Services
10 7 (2.09%) SAML
11 6 (1.79%) RESTful
11 6 (1.79%) XML
12 5 (1.49%) OAuth
12 5 (1.49%) OAuth2
12 5 (1.49%) PostGIS
12 5 (1.49%) Spring
13 4 (1.19%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.87%) Management Information System
1 23 (6.87%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.18%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.69%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.69%) Legacy Applications
3 9 (2.69%) Wiki
4 8 (2.39%) Social Media
5 7 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.49%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.49%) PKI
6 5 (1.49%) Replication
7 3 (0.90%) N-Tier
7 3 (0.90%) Security Posture
7 3 (0.90%) Video Editing
8 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.60%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.37%) Windows
2 6 (1.79%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.19%) Linux
5 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.60%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.60%) Unix
5 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.30%) AIX
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (25.97%) Agile
2 40 (11.94%) DevOps
3 36 (10.75%) Coaching
4 35 (10.45%) User Research
5 34 (10.15%) Migration
5 34 (10.15%) Roadmaps
5 34 (10.15%) Scrum
6 33 (9.85%) User Experience
7 31 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (8.36%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (7.76%) CI/CD
10 25 (7.46%) Project Management
11 24 (7.16%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (6.87%) Analytics
12 23 (6.87%) ERP
12 23 (6.87%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (6.87%) Project Delivery
13 21 (6.27%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (6.27%) Information Security
14 20 (5.97%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.06%) SQL
1 27 (8.06%) TypeScript
2 23 (6.87%) Java
2 23 (6.87%) JavaScript
3 19 (5.67%) Python
4 9 (2.69%) Shell Script
5 8 (2.39%) Bash
6 4 (1.19%) C#
7 2 (0.60%) C++
7 2 (0.60%) Groovy
7 2 (0.60%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.60%) VBA
7 2 (0.60%) VBScript
8 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 30 (8.96%) Degree
2 17 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (4.18%) MCSE
3 14 (4.18%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.39%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (2.39%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.09%) A+ Certification
5 7 (2.09%) CCNA
5 7 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.09%) CISSP
5 7 (2.09%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 6 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 5 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.90%) CLAS
9 3 (0.90%) ISEB
9 3 (0.90%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.60%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (14.63%) Disclosure Scotland
2 32 (9.55%) Accessibility
3 20 (5.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.99%) WCAG
5 9 (2.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 6 (1.79%) QA
7 4 (1.19%) PMO
8 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.90%) GDPR
8 3 (0.90%) NCSC
8 3 (0.90%) SLA
9 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.30%) GRC
10 1 (0.30%) IFRS
10 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (5.97%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.39%) Docker
3 6 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 18 (5.37%) Grafana
2 10 (2.99%) Ansible
3 8 (2.39%) SCCM
4 6 (1.79%) Terraform
5 5 (1.49%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.19%) Kibana
6 4 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.30%) logstash
7 1 (0.30%) Puppet
7 1 (0.30%) SCOM
7 1 (0.30%) WSUS
7 1 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 53 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 51 (15.22%) Oracle
3 10 (2.99%) Okta
4 7 (2.09%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (2.09%) Dell
4 7 (2.09%) Zscaler
5 6 (1.79%) Cadence
6 5 (1.49%) Facebook
6 5 (1.49%) Google
6 5 (1.49%) Instagram
6 5 (1.49%) VMware
7 4 (1.19%) ESRI
7 4 (1.19%) Twitter
7 4 (1.19%) YouTube
8 3 (0.90%) Adobe
8 3 (0.90%) Cisco
9 2 (0.60%) Brandwatch
9 2 (0.60%) HP
9 2 (0.60%) Samsung
9 2 (0.60%) SAP