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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 17 14
Rank change year-on-year -11 -3 +19
Contract jobs citing Degree 44 63 80
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.10% 10.13% 9.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.14% 47.37% 47.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 36 49
10th Percentile £228 £288 £156
25th Percentile £419 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £625 £502 £575
90th Percentile £686 £575 £647
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +12.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 5
10th Percentile £17.06 £29.90 -
25th Percentile £25.74 £35.28 £16.50
Median hourly rate £59.50 £45.02 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.18% +164.79% -
75th Percentile £64.75 £57.90 £17.50
90th Percentile £69.60 £65.16 £22.60
Scotland median hourly rate £40.30 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year +92.43% +7.38% +21.91%

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 151 133 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 20.94% 21.38% 20.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 80 101
10th Percentile £241 £239 £162
25th Percentile £405 £400 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - -
75th Percentile £561 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £613
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £488
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 10 17
10th Percentile - £21.00 £13.40
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.31 £16.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £23.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +182.61% +31.43% -52.49%
75th Percentile £75.00 £27.45 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.24 £48.22 £57.00
Scotland median hourly rate £53.75 £22.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +144.32% -15.38% +22.30%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 (15.91%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (15.91%) Confluence
2 6 (13.64%) Apache Spark
3 4 (9.09%) Apache
4 1 (2.27%) CMS
4 1 (2.27%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.55%) Simulink
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) Azure
2 7 (15.91%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.82%) AWS
4 3 (6.82%) Figma
4 3 (6.82%) GCP
4 3 (6.82%) GitHub
4 3 (6.82%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.27%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.09%) Firewall
1 4 (9.09%) Network Security
2 2 (4.55%) Ethernet
2 2 (4.55%) Intranet
2 2 (4.55%) WAN
3 1 (2.27%) IPsec
3 1 (2.27%) SSH
3 1 (2.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (13.64%) Big Data
2 6 (13.64%) Data Lake
3 5 (11.36%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (9.09%) Metadata
4 4 (9.09%) MySQL
4 4 (9.09%) SQL Server
5 3 (6.82%) Apache Hive
5 3 (6.82%) Hadoop
5 3 (6.82%) NoSQL
6 2 (4.55%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (2.27%) GIS
7 1 (2.27%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 11 (25.00%) JIRA
2 3 (6.82%) GitLab
2 3 (6.82%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.82%) Snyk
3 2 (4.55%) Git
4 1 (2.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.09%) Finance
3 6 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.36%) Games
5 2 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Electronics
6 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Marketing
6 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (13.64%) Architect
2 5 (11.36%) Administrator
2 5 (11.36%) Analyst
2 5 (11.36%) Business Systems Administrator
2 5 (11.36%) Design Engineer
2 5 (11.36%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
2 5 (11.36%) Project Manager
2 5 (11.36%) Security Engineer
2 5 (11.36%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (9.09%) Data Architect
4 3 (6.82%) Data Engineer
4 3 (6.82%) Designer
4 3 (6.82%) Developer
4 3 (6.82%) UX Designer
5 2 (4.55%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) ETL Architect
5 2 (4.55%) Firmware Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Information Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 5 (11.36%) Unreal Engine
2 3 (6.82%) Kafka
2 3 (6.82%) SLSA
3 2 (4.55%) .NET
3 2 (4.55%) CSS
3 2 (4.55%) HTML
4 1 (2.27%) FastAPI
4 1 (2.27%) Google Maps API
4 1 (2.27%) JSON
4 1 (2.27%) React
4 1 (2.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Animation
2 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.82%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.82%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.55%) FPGA
4 2 (4.55%) PCIe
4 2 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.55%) VHDL
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.27%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Computer Science
2 9 (20.45%) Technical Leadership
2 9 (20.45%) UML
3 8 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 8 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
3 8 (18.18%) ETL
3 8 (18.18%) Prototyping
3 8 (18.18%) User Experience
3 8 (18.18%) UX Design
4 7 (15.91%) AI
4 7 (15.91%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (15.91%) Data Engineering
4 7 (15.91%) Data Governance
4 7 (15.91%) Data Science
4 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (15.91%) Software Engineering
5 6 (13.64%) Analytics
5 6 (13.64%) Microservices
5 6 (13.64%) SABSA
5 6 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.00%) Python
2 10 (22.73%) SQL
3 6 (13.64%) C++
4 5 (11.36%) Lua
5 3 (6.82%) Java
6 2 (4.55%) C#
6 2 (4.55%) MATLAB
6 2 (4.55%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 13 (29.55%) Master's Degree
3 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 7 (15.91%) CISSP
5 6 (13.64%) CISM
5 6 (13.64%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (6.82%) IBM Certification
6 3 (6.82%) PMP
7 2 (4.55%) PMI Certification
8 1 (2.27%) CBAP
8 1 (2.27%) CEH
8 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.27%) ISEB
8 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (2.27%) PhD
8 1 (2.27%) Postgraduate
8 1 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.82%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.82%) NIST
2 3 (6.82%) WCAG
3 2 (4.55%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (4.55%) DO-254
3 2 (4.55%) PMO
3 2 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Firmware
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.64%) BiZZdesign
3 4 (9.09%) Google
3 4 (9.09%) Informatica
3 4 (9.09%) Oracle
3 4 (9.09%) Talend
4 3 (6.82%) Black Duck
4 3 (6.82%) Checkmarx
4 3 (6.82%) CheckPoint
4 3 (6.82%) Fortinet
4 3 (6.82%) IBM
4 3 (6.82%) Tenable
5 2 (4.55%) Altera
5 2 (4.55%) Microsemi
5 2 (4.55%) Xilinx
6 1 (2.27%) Actel
6 1 (2.27%) Intel