Digital & IT Contractor Job Market in Edinburgh

Contract Job Market Index in Edinburgh

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Finance	1	Up 2 places+2	£525	+5.00%	205 30.60%	232
Social Skills	2	Down 1 place-1	£450	-1.09%	160 23.88%	176
Stakeholder Management	3	Up 13 places+13	£500	+5.26%	141 21.04%	65
Agile	4	Down 2 places-2	£481	+1.15%	134 20.00%	119
Public Sector	5	Down 1 place-1	£475	+3.54%	119 17.76%	46
Microsoft	6	Up 9 places+9	£413	-13.15%	117 17.46%	84
Azure	7	Down 1 place-1	£525	+5.00%	108 16.12%	107
AWS	8	Down 3 places-3	£469	-6.71%	105 15.67%	80
AI	9	Up 18 places+18	£513	-2.38%	95 14.18%	219
Analyst	9	No change0	£425	-16.37%	95 14.18%	45
Migration	10	Down 1 place-1	£492	-6.38%	94 14.03%	57
Continuous Improvement	11	Up 2 places+2	£463	-9.75%	89 13.28%	86
Developer	12	Up 7 places+7	£450	-1.90%	86 12.84%	37
Python	13	Down 3 places-3	£482	-8.11%	83 12.39%	98
Problem-Solving	14	Down 2 places-2	£439	-6.85%	79 11.79%	127
Stakeholder Engagement	15	Up 10 places+10	£450	-5.26%	77 11.49%	33
Architect	16	Up 23 places+23	£538	-10.41%	75 11.19%	94
CI/CD	17	Down 6 places-6	£475	-5.00%	72 10.75%	85
Security Cleared	18	Up 11 places+11	£450	+1.12%	69 10.30%	118
DevOps	19	Down 11 places-11	£463	-7.50%	68 10.15%	63
SC Cleared	20	Up 30 places+30	£450	-10.00%	62 9.25%	94
Data Protection	21	Down 3 places-3	£450	+12.50%	60 8.96%	21
Analytics	22	Up 20 places+20	£450	-2.70%	58 8.66%	77
Cloud Native	22	Up 19 places+19	£475	-5.00%	58 8.66%	21
Microsoft 365	23	Up 22 places+22	£250	-45.71%	57 8.51%	21
Power Platform	24	Up 12 places+12	£450	-2.70%	56 8.36%	28
Banking	25	Down 18 places-18	£550	+4.76%	55 8.21%	41
Decision-Making	26	Up 10 places+10	£469	+1.35%	52 7.76%	78
Analytical Skills	26	Down 12 places-12	£451	-14.04%	52 7.76%	71
Business Intelligence	27	Up 10 places+10	£416	-10.00%	51 7.61%	22
Windows	28	Down 6 places-6	£244	-51.25%	50 7.46%	17
Data Protection Act	28	Down 7 places-7	£438	+2.94%	50 7.46%
SQL	29	Down 12 places-12	£450	-10.22%	49 7.31%	51
ERP	30	Up 29 places+29	£505	-8.18%	48 7.16%	50
Power BI	31	Up 16 places+16	£420	-7.94%	46 6.87%	17
Consultant	32	Up 6 places+6	£450	-18.18%	45 6.72%	38
Data Quality	33	Up 19 places+19	£450	-	42 6.27%	41
Infrastructure as Code	34	Down 14 places-14	£475	-5.23%	41 6.12%	37
Business Analyst	34	Down 3 places-3	£463	+5.71%	41 6.12%	9
ServiceNow	35	Up 14 places+14	£215	+91.96%	40 5.97%	4
Data Migration	36	Up 12 places+12	£495	-5.71%	39 5.82%	34
Roadmaps	36	Up 9 places+9	£573	+16.83%	39 5.82%	100
Solutions Architect	36	Up 28 places+28	£566	+13.25%	39 5.82%	29
Workshop Facilitation	37	Up 22 places+22	£475	+5.55%	38 5.67%	16
Senior	37	Down 14 places-14	£469	+0.47%	38 5.67%	255
ITIL	38	Up 16 places+16	£314	-37.25%	37 5.52%	11
Kubernetes	38	Down 8 places-8	£469	-6.25%	37 5.52%	28
Oracle	39	Down 18 places-18	£463	-7.50%	36 5.37%	24
Project Delivery	39	Down 11 places-11	£400	-13.51%	36 5.37%	21
Coaching	39	Up 3 places+3	£488	-0.51%	36 5.37%	76