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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 16 11
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 +36
Contract jobs citing Degree 46 64 87
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 6.92% 10.22% 10.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.38% 51.61% 55.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 37 56
10th Percentile £188 £250 £154
25th Percentile £416 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -16.67% +23.53%
75th Percentile £613 £497 £600
90th Percentile £686 £550 £642
Scotland median daily rate £500 £443 £475
% change year-on-year +12.99% -6.84% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 6
10th Percentile £17.06 - -
25th Percentile £25.74 £26.32 £16.50
Median hourly rate £59.50 £27.35 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +117.55% +60.88% -
75th Percentile £64.75 £49.19 £21.53
90th Percentile £69.60 £61.68 £24.44
Scotland median hourly rate £52.50 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year +150.72% +7.38% +21.88%

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 130 124 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.55% 19.81% 19.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 76 89
10th Percentile £193 £213 £155
25th Percentile £405 £397 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% -11.25% +10.50%
75th Percentile £561 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £594 £639
Scotland median daily rate £451 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 12 17
10th Percentile £40.17 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.92 £16.50
Median hourly rate £64.00 £23.59 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +171.30% +31.06% -65.55%
75th Percentile £75.00 £25.59 £45.00
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.38 £60.60
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £22.94 £40.94
% change year-on-year +117.98% -43.97% +90.73%

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 April 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 April 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
1 7 (15.22%) Confluence
2 6 (13.04%) Apache Spark
3 4 (8.70%) Apache
4 1 (2.17%) CMS
4 1 (2.17%) Drupal
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.35%) Simulink
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.09%) Azure
2 7 (15.22%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (10.87%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.52%) AWS
4 3 (6.52%) Figma
4 3 (6.52%) GCP
4 3 (6.52%) GitHub
4 3 (6.52%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.17%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.70%) Firewall
1 4 (8.70%) Network Security
2 2 (4.35%) Ethernet
2 2 (4.35%) Intranet
2 2 (4.35%) WAN
3 1 (2.17%) IPsec
3 1 (2.17%) SSH
3 1 (2.17%) SSL
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%) SQL Server
5 3 (6.52%) Apache Hive
5 3 (6.52%) Hadoop
5 3 (6.52%) NoSQL
6 2 (4.35%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (2.17%) GIS
7 1 (2.17%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 11 (23.91%) JIRA
2 3 (6.52%) GitLab
2 3 (6.52%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.52%) Snyk
3 2 (4.35%) Git
4 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (45.65%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.78%) Finance
3 6 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.87%) Games
5 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Electronics
6 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 6 (13.04%) Architect
2 5 (10.87%) Analyst
2 5 (10.87%) Design Engineer
2 5 (10.87%) Project Manager
2 5 (10.87%) Security Engineer
3 4 (8.70%) Administrator
3 4 (8.70%) Business Systems Administrator
3 4 (8.70%) Data Architect
3 4 (8.70%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
3 4 (8.70%) Systems Administrator
4 3 (6.52%) Data Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Designer
4 3 (6.52%) Developer
4 3 (6.52%) UX Designer
5 2 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Firmware Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Information Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Senior
5 2 (4.35%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Software Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 5 (10.87%) Unreal Engine
2 3 (6.52%) Kafka
2 3 (6.52%) SLSA
3 2 (4.35%) .NET
3 2 (4.35%) CSS
3 2 (4.35%) HTML
4 1 (2.17%) FastAPI
4 1 (2.17%) Google Maps API
4 1 (2.17%) JSON
4 1 (2.17%) React
4 1 (2.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Animation
2 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.52%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.52%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.35%) FPGA
4 2 (4.35%) PCIe
4 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.35%) VHDL
5 1 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.17%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (30.43%) Computer Science
2 9 (19.57%) Technical Leadership
2 9 (19.57%) UML
3 8 (17.39%) CI/CD
3 8 (17.39%) Data Pipeline
3 8 (17.39%) ETL
3 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (17.39%) Prototyping
3 8 (17.39%) User Experience
3 8 (17.39%) UX Design
4 7 (15.22%) AI
4 7 (15.22%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (15.22%) Data Engineering
4 7 (15.22%) Data Governance
4 7 (15.22%) Data Modelling
4 7 (15.22%) Data Science
4 7 (15.22%) Software Engineering
4 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (13.04%) Containerisation
5 6 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.91%) Python
2 10 (21.74%) SQL
3 6 (13.04%) C++
4 5 (10.87%) Lua
5 3 (6.52%) Java
6 2 (4.35%) C#
6 2 (4.35%) MATLAB
6 2 (4.35%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 14 (30.43%) Master's Degree
3 8 (17.39%) SC Cleared
4 7 (15.22%) CISSP
5 6 (13.04%) CISM
5 6 (13.04%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (6.52%) IBM Certification
6 3 (6.52%) PMP
7 2 (4.35%) PhD
7 2 (4.35%) PMI Certification
8 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (2.17%) CBAP
8 1 (2.17%) CEH
8 1 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.17%) ISEB
8 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (2.17%) Postgraduate
8 1 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.57%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.70%) Accessibility
3 3 (6.52%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (6.52%) NIST
3 3 (6.52%) QA
3 3 (6.52%) WCAG
4 2 (4.35%) DO-254
4 2 (4.35%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Firmware
2 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) BiZZdesign
3 4 (8.70%) Google
3 4 (8.70%) Informatica
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%) CheckPoint
4 3 (6.52%) Fortinet
4 3 (6.52%) IBM
4 3 (6.52%) Tenable
5 2 (4.35%) Altera
5 2 (4.35%) Microsemi
5 2 (4.35%) Xilinx
6 1 (2.17%) Actel
6 1 (2.17%) Intel