Degree Contracts 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 19 36
Rank change year-on-year +6 +17 +18
Contract jobs citing Degree 74 66 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.35% 7.68% 6.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.25% 36.07% 40.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 45 37
10th Percentile £278 £156 £160
25th Percentile £400 £179 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £497 £575 £488
90th Percentile £581 £646 £604
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £28.11 - -
25th Percentile £30.80 £16.50 -
Median hourly rate £36.18 £17.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +112.84% - -
75th Percentile £41.44 £17.50 -
90th Percentile £44.06 £22.60 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.25 £16.25
% change year-on-year +9.59% +12.34% -70.99%

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 160 183 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 24.54% 21.30% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 114 114
10th Percentile £186 £156 £177
25th Percentile £384 £224 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £340 £450
Median % change year-on-year +31.62% -24.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £517
90th Percentile £588 £595 £588
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £455
% change year-on-year -5.56% -1.10% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 4
10th Percentile - £12.73 £21.38
25th Percentile £21.00 £13.50 £21.57
Median hourly rate £24.66 £17.00 £32.09
Median % change year-on-year +45.06% -47.02% -12.69%
75th Percentile £37.09 £18.75 £48.44
90th Percentile £53.48 £33.60 £56.88
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £21.67
% change year-on-year +2.56% -10.01% -56.99%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Degree in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.76%) Confluence
1 5 (6.76%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.05%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (2.70%) Apache
4 1 (1.35%) JBoss
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.35%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 6 (8.11%) MS Visio
2 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.70%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (2.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (32.43%) AWS
2 15 (20.27%) Amazon S3
3 11 (14.86%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (13.51%) Azure
5 9 (12.16%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (12.16%) Serverless
6 8 (10.81%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (8.11%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.70%) Boomi
8 2 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.70%) GCP
8 2 (2.70%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.35%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.35%) SaaS
9 1 (1.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.41%) Firewall
2 1 (1.35%) Internet
2 1 (1.35%) LAN
2 1 (1.35%) SSL
2 1 (1.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.22%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (14.86%) Oracle Database
3 8 (10.81%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (8.11%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (5.41%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (4.05%) Power BI
6 3 (4.05%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (1.35%) DB2
7 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.35%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) JIRA
2 3 (4.05%) Git
3 1 (1.35%) GitLab
3 1 (1.35%) TestRail
3 1 (1.35%) Toad
General
1 36 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 33 (44.59%) Public Sector
3 19 (25.68%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.11%) Finance
5 3 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Mandarin Language
6 2 (2.70%) Banking
6 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.35%) Law
7 1 (1.35%) Marketing
7 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (31.08%) Analyst
2 10 (13.51%) Business Analyst
3 6 (8.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Architect
4 5 (6.76%) Data Engineer
4 5 (6.76%) Project Manager
4 5 (6.76%) Senior
5 4 (5.41%) Cloud Architect
5 4 (5.41%) Data Analyst
5 4 (5.41%) Developer
6 3 (4.05%) DBA
7 2 (2.70%) Consultant
7 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (2.70%) IT Manager
7 2 (2.70%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (2.70%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (2.70%) Security Analyst
7 2 (2.70%) Security Specialist
7 2 (2.70%) Technical Manager
7 2 (2.70%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) REST
2 2 (2.70%) React
2 2 (2.70%) SOAP
2 2 (2.70%) Spring
2 2 (2.70%) Web Services
3 1 (1.35%) .NET
3 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.35%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.35%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.35%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.35%) ASP.NET MVC 5
3 1 (1.35%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.35%) Blazor
3 1 (1.35%) Java SE
3 1 (1.35%) Node.js
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.76%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (6.76%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.05%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.05%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.05%) PKI
4 2 (2.70%) Oracle Licensing
4 2 (2.70%) Replication
5 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.35%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.35%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.35%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.35%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.81%) Linux
2 6 (8.11%) Unix
3 5 (6.76%) Windows
4 3 (4.05%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.70%) Solaris
6 1 (1.35%) Android
6 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.73%) Computer Science
2 18 (24.32%) Project Management
3 17 (22.97%) Migration
4 16 (21.62%) ETL
5 14 (18.92%) Agile
5 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (14.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (12.16%) Analytics
8 8 (10.81%) Business Analysis
8 8 (10.81%) Data Engineering
9 7 (9.46%) Data Analysis
9 7 (9.46%) Data Cleansing
9 7 (9.46%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (9.46%) ITIL
9 7 (9.46%) Mentoring
9 7 (9.46%) Security Operations
9 7 (9.46%) Service Delivery
9 7 (9.46%) Translating Business Requirements
10 6 (8.11%) Cost Optimisation
10 6 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) SQL
2 7 (9.46%) Python
3 2 (2.70%) Java
4 1 (1.35%) C#
4 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.35%) Perl
4 1 (1.35%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (9.46%) AWS Certification
3 6 (8.11%) Master's Degree
4 5 (6.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (5.41%) Postgraduate
6 2 (2.70%) HND
6 2 (2.70%) MCSE
6 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.35%) CISA
7 1 (1.35%) CISM
7 1 (1.35%) CISSP
7 1 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.35%) PhD
7 1 (1.35%) PMP
7 1 (1.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.51%) Data Quality
1 10 (13.51%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (6.76%) QA
3 4 (5.41%) GDPR
4 2 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.70%) P3O
4 2 (2.70%) PMO
5 1 (1.35%) COBIT
5 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (1.35%) NIST
5 1 (1.35%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (6.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.70%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.35%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.70%) Oracle RMAN
1 2 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (21.62%) Oracle
2 13 (17.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.05%) Informatica
4 2 (2.70%) Citrix
4 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.70%) VMware
4 2 (2.70%) Workday
5 1 (1.35%) Avaya
5 1 (1.35%) Equitrac
5 1 (1.35%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (1.35%) Google
5 1 (1.35%) IBM
5 1 (1.35%) Mitel
5 1 (1.35%) Pega
5 1 (1.35%) Progress
5 1 (1.35%) Qualys
5 1 (1.35%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.35%) Splunk
5 1 (1.35%) Teradata
5 1 (1.35%) TSYS