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 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 26 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -11 +38
Contract jobs citing Degree 37 46 100
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.29% 7.27% 10.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.36% 44.66% 51.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 60
10th Percentile £169 £256 £155
25th Percentile £359 £367 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% -5.26% +20.25%
75th Percentile £606 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £676 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £439 £467
% change year-on-year +2.56% -6.10% +16.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £30.69 £25.95
25th Percentile - £37.24 £30.58
Median hourly rate £75.00 £48.68 £38.29
Median % change year-on-year +54.08% +27.14% +80.02%
75th Percentile - £59.60 £45.99
90th Percentile - £65.84 £50.62
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £20.94 £38.57
% change year-on-year +258.17% -45.71% +141.06%

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 94 103 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 15.99% 16.27% 21.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 56 111
10th Percentile £66 £281 £155
25th Percentile £413 £377 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £460
Median % change year-on-year - -2.17% +2.22%
75th Percentile £538 £539 £575
90th Percentile £600 £685 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 9
10th Percentile £39.00 £15.00 £15.66
25th Percentile £52.50 £20.34 £22.87
Median hourly rate £75.00 £23.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +226.09% -61.67% +23.71%
75th Percentile - £26.28 £61.50
90th Percentile - £70.00 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £22.27 £23.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.20% -61.67% +141.50%

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 20 December 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 (5.41%) Apache
1 2 (5.41%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.70%) CMS
2 1 (2.70%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Simulink
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.70%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (32.43%) AWS
2 9 (24.32%) Azure
3 5 (13.51%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (10.81%) GCP
5 3 (8.11%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (8.11%) Amazon S3
5 3 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
5 3 (8.11%) Serverless
6 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.70%) GitHub
6 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) Ethernet
1 5 (13.51%) Firewall
2 3 (8.11%) Network Security
2 3 (8.11%) VPN
3 1 (2.70%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) NoSQL
2 2 (5.41%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (5.41%) Power BI
3 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Git
1 3 (8.11%) GitLab
1 3 (8.11%) Jenkins
1 3 (8.11%) Liquibase
2 1 (2.70%) ClearCase
2 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 26 (70.27%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Finance
3 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
5 5 (13.51%) Banking
5 5 (13.51%) Electronics
6 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Senior
2 5 (13.51%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (13.51%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Analyst
3 4 (10.81%) Architect
3 4 (10.81%) Software Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Business Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Lead
5 2 (5.41%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Data Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Informatica Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Data Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Business Consultant
6 1 (2.70%) Python Software Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (8.11%) REST
1 3 (8.11%) RESTful
2 2 (5.41%) Spring
3 1 (2.70%) .NET
3 1 (2.70%) Node.js
3 1 (2.70%) React
3 1 (2.70%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (13.51%) FPGA
1 5 (13.51%) PCIe
1 5 (13.51%) VHDL
2 4 (10.81%) Cloud Native
3 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.11%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.41%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (5.41%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.41%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (5.41%) Verilog
5 1 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.70%) Digital Signage
5 1 (2.70%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.70%) Graphic Design
5 1 (2.70%) PKI
5 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (29.73%) Linux
2 7 (18.92%) Windows
3 6 (16.22%) Unix
4 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Agile
2 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (24.32%) CI/CD
3 9 (24.32%) Computer Science
4 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (16.22%) DevOps
5 6 (16.22%) Project Management
6 5 (13.51%) Data Protection
6 5 (13.51%) FPGA Design
6 5 (13.51%) Migration
6 5 (13.51%) Software Engineering
6 5 (13.51%) UVM
7 4 (10.81%) AI
7 4 (10.81%) Business Analysis
7 4 (10.81%) Change Management
7 4 (10.81%) PRINCE2
7 4 (10.81%) Risk Management
7 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
7 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (8.11%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) Java
2 5 (13.51%) MATLAB
2 5 (13.51%) Python
2 5 (13.51%) SystemVerilog
3 3 (8.11%) Go
4 2 (5.41%) Perl
4 2 (5.41%) SQL
5 1 (2.70%) C
5 1 (2.70%) C#
5 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (16.22%) AWS Certification
2 6 (16.22%) Master's Degree
3 5 (13.51%) CISSP
3 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (8.11%) Azure Certification
5 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.41%) HND
6 2 (5.41%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (5.41%) PhD
7 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.70%) CEH
7 1 (2.70%) CISA
7 1 (2.70%) CISM
7 1 (2.70%) ISEB
7 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) DO-254
2 3 (8.11%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (8.11%) QA
3 2 (5.41%) GDPR
4 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.70%) COBIT
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (2.70%) NIST
4 1 (2.70%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.70%) P3O
4 1 (2.70%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Firmware
2 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.70%) Docker
3 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Ansible
1 3 (8.11%) Grafana
1 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
1 3 (8.11%) Prometheus
1 3 (8.11%) Terraform
2 1 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) Altera
2 5 (13.51%) Xilinx
3 4 (10.81%) Microsemi
4 3 (8.11%) Splunk
4 3 (8.11%) VMware
5 2 (5.41%) Actel
5 2 (5.41%) Google
5 2 (5.41%) Informatica
5 2 (5.41%) Intel
6 1 (2.70%) Citrix
6 1 (2.70%) NetApp
6 1 (2.70%) Oracle
6 1 (2.70%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.70%) SAP
6 1 (2.70%) Siemens