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 27 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 29 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 -16 +32
Contract jobs citing Degree 33 42 102
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 5.63% 6.75% 11.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.26% 42.42% 52.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 27 61
10th Percentile £157 £236 £155
25th Percentile £319 £363 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -7.89% +18.75%
75th Percentile £613 £524 £575
90th Percentile £675 £679 £625
Scotland median daily rate £469 £430 £473
% change year-on-year +9.01% -9.07% +18.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £28.78 £30.69 £25.95
25th Percentile £46.12 £37.24 £30.58
Median hourly rate £75.00 £48.68 £38.29
Median % change year-on-year +54.08% +27.14% +80.02%
75th Percentile - £59.60 £45.99
90th Percentile - £65.84 £50.62
Scotland median hourly rate £51.55 £20.94 £32.14
% change year-on-year +146.16% -34.85% +100.88%

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 91 99 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 15.53% 15.92% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 54 112
10th Percentile £66 £274 £155
25th Percentile £413 £376 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £540 £549 £575
90th Percentile £620 £685 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 10
10th Percentile £21.06 £15.00 £15.95
25th Percentile £26.81 £20.34 £28.40
Median hourly rate £52.50 £23.00 £56.85
Median % change year-on-year +128.26% -59.54% +17.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £26.28 £61.13
90th Percentile - £70.00 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £22.27 £23.00 £59.52
% change year-on-year -3.20% -61.35% +139.55%

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 27 December 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

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 1 (3.03%) CMS
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Simulink
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.03%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) AWS
2 7 (21.21%) Azure
3 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (9.09%) GCP
4 3 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 3 (9.09%) Serverless
5 1 (3.03%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (3.03%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.03%) GitHub
5 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) Ethernet
1 5 (15.15%) Firewall
2 3 (9.09%) Network Security
2 3 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (3.03%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 2 (6.06%) Power BI
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Database
3 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) GitLab
1 3 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 3 (9.09%) Liquibase
2 2 (6.06%) Git
3 1 (3.03%) ClearCase
General
1 22 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Finance
2 7 (21.21%) Public Sector
3 5 (15.15%) Banking
3 5 (15.15%) Electronics
4 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Senior
2 5 (15.15%) Firmware Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Senior Firmware Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Lead
4 3 (9.09%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Business Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Developer
6 1 (3.03%) Information Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (9.09%) REST
1 3 (9.09%) RESTful
2 1 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (3.03%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (15.15%) FPGA
1 5 (15.15%) PCIe
1 5 (15.15%) VHDL
2 4 (12.12%) Cloud Native
3 3 (9.09%) Public Cloud
4 2 (6.06%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
4 2 (6.06%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.06%) Verilog
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.03%) Digital Signage
5 1 (3.03%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (3.03%) Graphic Design
5 1 (3.03%) PKI
5 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Linux
2 7 (21.21%) Windows
3 4 (12.12%) Unix
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Agile
2 8 (24.24%) Computer Science
3 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (15.15%) Data Protection
5 5 (15.15%) FPGA Design
5 5 (15.15%) Migration
5 5 (15.15%) Project Management
5 5 (15.15%) UVM
6 4 (12.12%) DevOps
6 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
6 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
6 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
6 4 (12.12%) Software Engineering
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (9.09%) Change Management
7 3 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (9.09%) Identity Management
7 3 (9.09%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) Java
1 5 (15.15%) MATLAB
1 5 (15.15%) Python
1 5 (15.15%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (9.09%) Go
3 2 (6.06%) Perl
3 2 (6.06%) SQL
4 1 (3.03%) C
4 1 (3.03%) C#
4 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.03%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) AWS Certification
1 6 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (15.15%) Master's Degree
2 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (12.12%) CISSP
4 3 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.06%) HND
5 2 (6.06%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (6.06%) PhD
6 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (3.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.03%) CEH
6 1 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (3.03%) ISEB
6 1 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (3.03%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) DO-254
2 3 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (6.06%) GDPR
3 2 (6.06%) QA
4 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.03%) P3O
4 1 (3.03%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Firmware
2 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.03%) Docker
3 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Ansible
1 3 (9.09%) Grafana
1 3 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 3 (9.09%) Prometheus
1 3 (9.09%) Terraform
2 1 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Altera
2 5 (15.15%) Xilinx
3 4 (12.12%) Microsemi
4 3 (9.09%) Splunk
5 2 (6.06%) Actel
5 2 (6.06%) Google
5 2 (6.06%) Intel
5 2 (6.06%) VMware
6 1 (3.03%) Citrix
6 1 (3.03%) NetApp
6 1 (3.03%) Oracle
6 1 (3.03%) SAP
6 1 (3.03%) Siemens