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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 26 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 +49
Contract jobs citing Degree 46 46 96
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 7.47% 6.21% 9.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.10% 30.87% 49.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 33 56
10th Percentile £212 £158 £154
25th Percentile £414 £307 £192
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.83% -5.56% +8.43%
75th Percentile £584 £538 £575
90th Percentile £666 £658 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £53.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year +5.26% -56.57% +131.48%

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 124 149 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 20.13% 20.11% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 91 111
10th Percentile £169 £156 £154
25th Percentile £388 £240 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -1.75%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £531
90th Percentile £593 £586 £610
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £484
% change year-on-year +5.88% -12.10% +3.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 7
10th Percentile £37.00 £13.09 £30.06
25th Percentile £47.50 £15.06 £47.48
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.14 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +239.56% -68.10% +164.49%
75th Percentile £70.00 £23.92 £62.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £29.26 -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.38 £19.64 £57.72
% change year-on-year -1.34% -65.97% +94.20%

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 2 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
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.52%) Simulink
4 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
5 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%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.52%) Serverless
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.35%) Boomi
6 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
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 3 (6.52%) Ethernet
2 3 (6.52%) Network Security
2 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 12 (26.09%) Public Sector
3 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (19.57%) Finance
5 5 (10.87%) Banking
6 3 (6.52%) Electronics
7 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.17%) Law
8 1 (2.17%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 10 (21.74%) Senior
2 5 (10.87%) Analyst
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
4 3 (6.52%) Firmware Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Senior Firmware Engineer
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
2 4 (8.70%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.52%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.52%) FPGA
3 3 (6.52%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (6.52%) PCIe
3 3 (6.52%) PKI
3 3 (6.52%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.52%) VHDL
4 2 (4.35%) Algorithms
4 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
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%) Verilog
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 15 (32.61%) Agile
2 12 (26.09%) Computer Science
2 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (19.57%) Project Management
4 8 (17.39%) CI/CD
5 6 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (13.04%) Data Protection
5 6 (13.04%) DevOps
5 6 (13.04%) Mentoring
5 6 (13.04%) Migration
5 6 (13.04%) Service Delivery
5 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.87%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.87%) PRINCE2
6 5 (10.87%) Software Engineering
6 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (8.70%) AI
7 4 (8.70%) Change Management
7 4 (8.70%) Coaching
7 4 (8.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.04%) Java
2 5 (10.87%) Python
3 3 (6.52%) Go
3 3 (6.52%) MATLAB
3 3 (6.52%) SystemVerilog
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 8 (17.39%) Master's Degree
3 6 (13.04%) AWS Certification
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%) Security Cleared
6 2 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (4.35%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (4.35%) PhD
6 2 (4.35%) Postgraduate
6 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.17%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (2.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (2.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (2.17%) MCSE
7 1 (2.17%) PMP
7 1 (2.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) Disclosure Scotland
1 4 (8.70%) GDPR
2 3 (6.52%) DO-254
3 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.35%) QA
4 1 (2.17%) COBIT
4 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (2.17%) NIST
4 1 (2.17%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.17%) P3O
4 1 (2.17%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.52%) Firmware
2 2 (4.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.17%) Docker
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Servers
3 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 3 (6.52%) Altera
2 3 (6.52%) Splunk
2 3 (6.52%) VMware
2 3 (6.52%) Xilinx
3 2 (4.35%) Google
3 2 (4.35%) Informatica
3 2 (4.35%) Microsemi
3 2 (4.35%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) Actel
4 1 (2.17%) BMC
4 1 (2.17%) Citrix
4 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.17%) IBM
4 1 (2.17%) Intel
4 1 (2.17%) NetApp
4 1 (2.17%) Qualys
4 1 (2.17%) Rapid7
4 1 (2.17%) SAP
4 1 (2.17%) Siemens