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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 23 32
Rank change year-on-year -27 +9 -7
Contract jobs citing Degree 18 56 48
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 2.43% 8.92% 5.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.54% 43.08% 27.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 36
10th Percentile £402 £400 £154
25th Percentile £434 £418 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £543
90th Percentile £541 £625 £628
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £438
% change year-on-year +5.56% +2.86% -3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £45.02 -
Scotland median hourly rate £14.50 £20.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year -27.53% +12.68% -60.56%

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 156 130 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.02% 20.70% 21.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 65 110
10th Percentile £211 £249 £156
25th Percentile £388 £400 £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £340
Median % change year-on-year - +32.35% -24.44%
75th Percentile £533 £525 £531
90th Percentile £595 £600 £594
Scotland median daily rate £470 £447 £450
% change year-on-year +5.15% -0.67% -3.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 12
10th Percentile £63.50 £32.85 £12.12
25th Percentile £66.25 £37.12 £13.43
Median hourly rate £67.50 £45.02 £17.10
Median % change year-on-year +49.95% +163.32% -68.17%
75th Percentile £68.75 £55.40 £21.48
90th Percentile £75.00 £61.16 £51.81
Scotland median hourly rate £43.96 £19.69 £18.00
% change year-on-year +123.26% +9.39% -68.43%

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 9 September 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
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 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (16.67%) IaaS
3 3 (16.67%) OCI
3 3 (16.67%) PaaS
3 3 (16.67%) SaaS
4 2 (11.11%) AWS
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Functions
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
5 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (5.56%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) MPLS
2 1 (5.56%) SDH
2 1 (5.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) Power Query
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 10 (55.56%) Finance
3 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.56%) Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Retail
6 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Administrator
1 5 (27.78%) Business Systems Administrator
1 5 (27.78%) Dynamics 365 Administrator
1 5 (27.78%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Construction Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Data Scientist
4 1 (5.56%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (5.56%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Knowledge Transfer
2 6 (33.33%) Change Management
2 6 (33.33%) ERP
3 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (22.22%) Agile
4 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (22.22%) DevOps
4 4 (22.22%) Security Operations
5 3 (16.67%) AI
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (16.67%) Information Security
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) ITIL
5 3 (16.67%) Open Source
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
5 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) CBAP
2 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) CCNA
2 1 (5.56%) CCNP
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.56%) ISEB
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.56%) MCSE
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.56%) PMP
2 1 (5.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (16.67%) QA
2 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.56%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.56%) SCCM
1 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Nokia