Cloud Native Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh
Cloud Native
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Native in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Native over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | 38 | 69 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | +31 | +9 |
| Contract jobs citing Cloud Native | 58 | 26 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh | 8.47% | 4.25% | 1.13% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 20.71% | 11.21% | 3.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 28 | 17 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £408 | £412 | £419 |
| 25th Percentile | £430 | £463 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £458 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +9.29% | -7.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £598 | £545 | £559 |
| 90th Percentile | £641 | £648 | £663 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | +5.56% | -14.29% |
All Generic Skills
Edinburgh
Cloud Native falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Edinburgh.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 280 | 232 | 278 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 40.88% | 37.91% | 35.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 134 | 111 | 132 |
| 10th Percentile | £205 | £170 | £186 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £313 | £321 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £450 | £432 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.56% | +4.17% | -9.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £511 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £581 | £611 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.68 | £15.95 | £12.73 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £16.78 | £15.22 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.33 | £17.30 | £18.38 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.73% | -5.85% | +3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.75 | £24.38 | £23.89 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.30 | £48.00 | £24.18 |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £43.96 | £21.86 | £19.94 |
| % change year-on-year | +101.10% | +9.64% | +8.06% |
Cloud Native Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Native relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Cloud Native Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cloud Native.
Cloud Native Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Native in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.
Cloud Native Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hybrid Cloud | 10.3% | 6 |
| 2 | AI Agents | 6.9% | 4 |
| 2 | Data Protection Act | 6.9% | 4 |
| 4 | Enterprise Software | 5.2% | 3 |
| 4 | Legacy Applications | 5.2% | 3 |
| 4 | Product Ownership | 5.2% | 3 |
| 7 | Distributed Systems | 3.4% | 2 |
| 7 | Enterprise Cloud | 3.4% | 2 |
| 7 | Legacy Systems | 3.4% | 2 |
| 10 | Blockchain | 1.7% | 1 |
| 10 | Data Fabric | 1.7% | 1 |
| 10 | IVR | 1.7% | 1 |
| 10 | Low-Code | 1.7% | 1 |