Degree Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Academic Degree
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 21 30
Rank change year-on-year -38 +9 -8
Contract jobs citing Degree 13 50 48
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.92% 8.14% 5.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.70% 40.00% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 34
10th Percentile £432 £365 £159
25th Percentile £450 £419 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +12.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £538
90th Percentile £555 £665 £682
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +2.78% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £60.01 -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.99 £20.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year -20.05% +12.68% -60.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 134 125 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.82% 20.36% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 66 109
10th Percentile £209 £168 £165
25th Percentile £388 £400 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £340
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +33.09% -24.44%
75th Percentile £533 £525 £500
90th Percentile £590 £600 £588
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 11
10th Percentile £58.00 £34.27 £12.00
25th Percentile £66.25 £40.67 £13.36
Median hourly rate £67.50 £55.01 £16.19
Median % change year-on-year +22.71% +239.76% -66.34%
75th Percentile £68.75 £67.50 £22.03
90th Percentile - £72.00 £55.00
Scotland median hourly rate £43.96 £19.69 £17.25
% change year-on-year +123.26% +14.14% -69.41%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Degree job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Degree

Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Confluence
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (23.08%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (23.08%) IaaS
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) OCI
2 3 (23.08%) PaaS
2 3 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 3 (23.08%) SaaS
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
3 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
4 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) MPLS
2 1 (7.69%) SDH
2 1 (7.69%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) Power Query
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.69%) Retail
5 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Administrator
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Business Systems Administrator
2 2 (15.38%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Data Scientist
3 1 (7.69%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Design Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) OpenJDK
1 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (7.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) AIX
2 1 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (30.77%) DevOps
2 4 (30.77%) Knowledge Transfer
2 4 (30.77%) Security Operations
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) ERP
3 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
3 3 (23.08%) Information Security
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (23.08%) ITIL
3 3 (23.08%) Open Source
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Test Scripting
3 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CBAP
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) CCNA
2 1 (7.69%) CCNP
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.69%) MCSE
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (23.08%) QA
3 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) SCCM
1 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Nokia