The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Biometrics skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Biometrics over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Biometrics 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 |
731 |
1,231 |
1,830 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
88.93% |
94.84% |
93.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
426 |
875 |
1,257 |
| 10th Percentile |
£230 |
£250 |
£256 |
| 25th Percentile |
£410 |
£406 |
£400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£480 |
£475 |
£475 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+1.05% |
- |
+11.76% |
| 75th Percentile |
£575 |
£549 |
£569 |
| 90th Percentile |
£669 |
£625 |
£638 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£475 |
£475 |
£465 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+2.15% |
+9.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
32 |
11 |
16 |
| 10th Percentile |
£13.66 |
£13.16 |
£16.27 |
| 25th Percentile |
£16.25 |
£17.72 |
£19.94 |
| Median hourly rate |
£21.02 |
£21.26 |
£40.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-1.13% |
-47.18% |
-26.11% |
| 75th Percentile |
£60.75 |
£53.75 |
£53.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£54.50 |
£54.03 |
| Scotland median hourly rate |
£18.79 |
£17.21 |
£40.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+9.18% |
-56.98% |
- |
