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 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 18 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 +32
Contract jobs citing Degree 46 56 88
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 7.60% 9.23% 9.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.10% 48.70% 52.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 36 54
10th Percentile £111 £322 £179
25th Percentile £250 £397 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.94% -11.25% +25.00%
75th Percentile £663 £538 £575
90th Percentile £686 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £500 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 2
10th Percentile £17.06 £30.69 £23.18
25th Percentile £25.74 £37.24 £23.65
Median hourly rate £59.50 £48.68 £24.44
Median % change year-on-year +22.24% +99.20% +7.71%
75th Percentile £67.75 £59.60 £25.22
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.84 £25.69
Scotland median hourly rate £53.75 £23.72 £21.64
% change year-on-year +126.60% +9.61% +35.25%

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 102 115 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 16.86% 18.95% 19.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 67 96
10th Percentile £65 £194 £195
25th Percentile £407 £381 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.43% -7.89% +3.83%
75th Percentile £588 £547 £575
90th Percentile £675 £685 £631
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +1.11% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 14
10th Percentile £17.23 £21.00 £14.17
25th Percentile £45.94 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £66.50 £23.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +189.13% -35.21% -4.93%
75th Percentile £81.24 £24.54 £60.00
90th Percentile - £57.51 £62.20
Scotland median hourly rate £25.77 £23.00 £55.70
% change year-on-year +12.04% -58.71% +159.49%

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 10 February 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Edinburgh

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 7 (15.22%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (13.04%) Apache Spark
2 6 (13.04%) Confluence
3 4 (8.70%) Apache
4 2 (4.35%) CMS
5 1 (2.17%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Simulink
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.17%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.26%) Azure
2 6 (13.04%) AWS
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.87%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (8.70%) GCP
5 3 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (6.52%) GitHub
5 3 (6.52%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.17%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.17%) Google Analytics
7 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.87%) Ethernet
2 4 (8.70%) Firewall
3 3 (6.52%) Network Security
4 2 (4.35%) Intranet
4 2 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.22%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (13.04%) Big Data
2 6 (13.04%) Data Lake
3 5 (10.87%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (8.70%) Metadata
4 4 (8.70%) MySQL
4 4 (8.70%) NoSQL
4 4 (8.70%) SQL Server
5 3 (6.52%) Apache Hive
5 3 (6.52%) Hadoop
6 1 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (2.17%) GIS
6 1 (2.17%) Power BI
6 1 (2.17%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.17%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) JIRA
2 4 (8.70%) Git
2 4 (8.70%) GitLab
2 4 (8.70%) Jenkins
3 3 (6.52%) Snyk
4 1 (2.17%) Liquibase
4 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 14 (30.43%) Finance
3 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.87%) Electronics
5 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Aerospace
6 2 (4.35%) Banking
6 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.17%) Games
7 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Marketing
7 1 (2.17%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 6 (13.04%) Senior
2 5 (10.87%) Architect
2 5 (10.87%) Design Engineer
2 5 (10.87%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (10.87%) Security Engineer
2 5 (10.87%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) Analyst
3 4 (8.70%) Data Architect
4 3 (6.52%) Data Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Developer
4 3 (6.52%) Lead
4 3 (6.52%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.52%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) ETL Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Information Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Software Design Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) GIS Developer
6 1 (2.17%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) Kafka
1 3 (6.52%) SLSA
2 2 (4.35%) .NET
2 2 (4.35%) REST
3 1 (2.17%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.17%) FastAPI
3 1 (2.17%) JSON
3 1 (2.17%) React
3 1 (2.17%) RESTful
3 1 (2.17%) Spring
3 1 (2.17%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (2.17%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Cloud Native
1 5 (10.87%) FPGA
1 5 (10.87%) PCIe
1 5 (10.87%) VHDL
2 4 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.52%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.35%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.35%) Verilog
5 1 (2.17%) Animation
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%) PKI
5 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.17%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Linux
1 3 (6.52%) Windows
2 1 (2.17%) Unix
2 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Computer Science
2 11 (23.91%) CI/CD
3 10 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (19.57%) AI
4 9 (19.57%) Technical Leadership
5 8 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (17.39%) Data Pipeline
5 8 (17.39%) Data Science
5 8 (17.39%) ETL
5 8 (17.39%) Software Engineering
5 8 (17.39%) UML
6 7 (15.22%) Analytics
6 7 (15.22%) Containerisation
6 7 (15.22%) Data Engineering
6 7 (15.22%) Data Governance
6 7 (15.22%) Data Modelling
6 7 (15.22%) Data Security
6 7 (15.22%) DevOps
6 7 (15.22%) Microservices
6 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.74%) Python
1 10 (21.74%) SQL
2 5 (10.87%) Java
2 5 (10.87%) MATLAB
2 5 (10.87%) SystemVerilog
3 2 (4.35%) C#
3 2 (4.35%) C++
3 2 (4.35%) Perl
4 1 (2.17%) Go
4 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.17%) Lua
4 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 11 (23.91%) Master's Degree
3 10 (21.74%) SC Cleared
4 6 (13.04%) CISSP
5 5 (10.87%) CISM
5 5 (10.87%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (6.52%) IBM Certification
6 3 (6.52%) PhD
7 2 (4.35%) PMP
8 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
8 1 (2.17%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (2.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.17%) CEH
8 1 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
8 1 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.57%) Data Quality
2 5 (10.87%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (10.87%) DO-254
3 4 (8.70%) QA
4 3 (6.52%) NIST
5 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Firmware
2 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.17%) Docker
3 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.17%) Ansible
2 1 (2.17%) Grafana
2 1 (2.17%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.17%) SCCM
2 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Altera
2 5 (10.87%) BiZZdesign
2 5 (10.87%) Xilinx
3 4 (8.70%) Informatica
3 4 (8.70%) Microsemi
3 4 (8.70%) Oracle
3 4 (8.70%) Talend
4 3 (6.52%) Black Duck
4 3 (6.52%) Checkmarx
4 3 (6.52%) Google
4 3 (6.52%) IBM
4 3 (6.52%) Tenable
5 2 (4.35%) Actel
5 2 (4.35%) CheckPoint
5 2 (4.35%) Fortinet
5 2 (4.35%) Intel
6 1 (2.17%) SAP
6 1 (2.17%) Siemens
6 1 (2.17%) VMware