Claude Code Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Anthropic Claude Code
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Claude Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Claude Code 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.13% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.93% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £405 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - -
75th Percentile £455 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £390 - -

All Development Application Skills
Edinburgh

Claude Code falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 108 116 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.23% 18.44% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 69 90
10th Percentile £366 £396 £356
25th Percentile £419 £415 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £497
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% -4.43% +4.63%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £575
90th Percentile £686 £570 £634
Scotland median daily rate £475 £465 £487
% change year-on-year +2.15% -4.52% +2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £26.90
25th Percentile - - £28.25
Median hourly rate £68.00 £60.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +96.72% -
75th Percentile - - £32.75
90th Percentile - - £34.10
Scotland median hourly rate £60.91 £17.45 £40.94
% change year-on-year +249.15% -57.39% -34.46%

Claude Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Streamlit
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker