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 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 30 17
Rank change year-on-year +7 -13 +52
Contract jobs citing Degree 46 45 95
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 7.46% 6.28% 9.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.66% 34.09% 48.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 29 56
10th Percentile £157 £192 £154
25th Percentile £406 £363 £192
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -2.78% +8.43%
75th Percentile £599 £538 £575
90th Percentile £665 £677 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £25.95
25th Percentile - £26.32 £30.58
Median hourly rate £75.00 £27.35 £38.29
Median % change year-on-year +174.22% -28.56% +92.87%
75th Percentile - £28.38 £45.99
90th Percentile - - £50.62
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £26.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -24.53% -37.65% +143.55%

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 119 132 194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.29% 18.44% 19.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 73 110
10th Percentile £160 £183 £153
25th Percentile £375 £340 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £405 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.70%
75th Percentile £533 £530 £550
90th Percentile £599 £659 £626
Scotland median daily rate £450 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 10
10th Percentile £40.50 £13.39 £21.91
25th Percentile £56.25 £15.17 £44.36
Median hourly rate £70.00 £21.19 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +230.38% -64.69% +164.49%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £62.25
90th Percentile - £27.96 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.09 £59.03
% change year-on-year -9.46% -62.58% +137.59%

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 16 November 2025.

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 (4.35%) Apache
1 2 (4.35%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.17%) CMS
2 1 (2.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (10.87%) Simulink
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.17%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (2.17%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.09%) AWS
2 9 (19.57%) Azure
3 7 (15.22%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (8.70%) GCP
5 3 (6.52%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (6.52%) Amazon S3
5 3 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.52%) Serverless
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.35%) Boomi
7 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.17%) GitHub
7 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.04%) Firewall
2 5 (10.87%) Ethernet
3 3 (6.52%) Network Security
3 3 (6.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (4.35%) Power BI
2 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) DB2
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Git
1 3 (6.52%) GitLab
1 3 (6.52%) Jenkins
1 3 (6.52%) Liquibase
2 1 (2.17%) ClearCase
2 1 (2.17%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) Toad
General
1 32 (69.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Finance
2 10 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 8 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.87%) Banking
4 5 (10.87%) Electronics
5 2 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.35%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Law
6 1 (2.17%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 11 (23.91%) Senior
2 5 (10.87%) Analyst
2 5 (10.87%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (10.87%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) Lead
3 4 (8.70%) Software Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Architect
4 3 (6.52%) Business Analyst
4 3 (6.52%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Data Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Developer
5 2 (4.35%) Informatica Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Integration Developer
5 2 (4.35%) Senior Data Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (2.17%) Cutover Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (6.52%) REST
1 3 (6.52%) RESTful
2 2 (4.35%) Spring
3 1 (2.17%) Node.js
3 1 (2.17%) React
3 1 (2.17%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (10.87%) FPGA
1 5 (10.87%) PCIe
1 5 (10.87%) VHDL
2 4 (8.70%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.52%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.52%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (6.52%) PKI
3 3 (6.52%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.35%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.35%) Verilog
5 1 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.17%) Digital Signage
5 1 (2.17%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.17%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.17%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.17%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.09%) Linux
2 7 (15.22%) Windows
3 6 (13.04%) Unix
4 5 (10.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (30.43%) Agile
2 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (23.91%) Computer Science
4 8 (17.39%) CI/CD
4 8 (17.39%) Project Management
5 6 (13.04%) Data Protection
5 6 (13.04%) DevOps
5 6 (13.04%) Migration
5 6 (13.04%) Service Delivery
5 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.87%) FPGA Design
6 5 (10.87%) Mentoring
6 5 (10.87%) Software Engineering
6 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (10.87%) UVM
7 4 (8.70%) AI
7 4 (8.70%) Business Case
7 4 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) Java
2 5 (10.87%) MATLAB
2 5 (10.87%) Python
2 5 (10.87%) SystemVerilog
3 3 (6.52%) Go
4 2 (4.35%) Perl
4 2 (4.35%) SQL
5 1 (2.17%) C
5 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (13.04%) AWS Certification
2 6 (13.04%) Master's Degree
3 5 (10.87%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (8.70%) CISSP
4 4 (8.70%) HND
5 3 (6.52%) Azure Certification
5 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (4.35%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (4.35%) PhD
7 1 (2.17%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (2.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) CISA
7 1 (2.17%) CISM
7 1 (2.17%) ISEB
7 1 (2.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (2.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) DO-254
2 4 (8.70%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (8.70%) GDPR
3 3 (6.52%) QA
4 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.17%) COBIT
5 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.17%) NIST
5 1 (2.17%) NIST 800
5 1 (2.17%) P3O
5 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Firmware
2 3 (6.52%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.17%) Docker
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Ansible
1 3 (6.52%) Grafana
1 3 (6.52%) Kubernetes
1 3 (6.52%) Prometheus
1 3 (6.52%) Terraform
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Altera
2 5 (10.87%) Xilinx
3 4 (8.70%) Microsemi
4 3 (6.52%) Splunk
4 3 (6.52%) VMware
5 2 (4.35%) Actel
5 2 (4.35%) Google
5 2 (4.35%) Informatica
5 2 (4.35%) Intel
6 1 (2.17%) BMC
6 1 (2.17%) Citrix
6 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.17%) IBM
6 1 (2.17%) NetApp
6 1 (2.17%) Oracle
6 1 (2.17%) Qualys
6 1 (2.17%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.17%) SAP
6 1 (2.17%) Siemens