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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 14 41
Rank change year-on-year -2 +27 +4
Contract jobs citing Degree 63 80 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.08% 9.82% 6.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.61% 50.31% 41.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 49 45
10th Percentile £288 £161 £158
25th Percentile £400 £425 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.48% +23.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £502 £575 £479
90th Percentile £575 £647 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.32 £16.50 -
Median hourly rate £36.18 £17.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +112.84% - -
75th Percentile £51.85 £21.53 -
90th Percentile £62.74 £24.44 -
Scotland median hourly rate £23.72 £19.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +21.64% +21.88% -70.64%

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 127 159 200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 20.32% 19.51% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 89 126
10th Percentile £237 £179 £166
25th Percentile £400 £370 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £513
90th Percentile £600 £646 £606
Scotland median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 5
10th Percentile £21.00 £15.43 £21.42
25th Percentile £21.61 £16.31 £21.67
Median hourly rate £23.00 £17.75 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.58% -65.87% +9.47%
75th Percentile £28.38 £45.00 £54.50
90th Percentile £45.80 £60.00 £62.30
Scotland median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
% change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%

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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Edinburgh

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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 1 May 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 (7.94%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.35%) Confluence
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.59%) JBoss
4 1 (1.59%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 5 (7.94%) MS Visio
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.59%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (3.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (31.75%) AWS
2 13 (20.63%) Amazon S3
3 12 (19.05%) Azure
3 12 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
4 9 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 9 (14.29%) Serverless
5 6 (9.52%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.17%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.17%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.59%) Amazon EMR
7 1 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.59%) GCP
7 1 (1.59%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.59%) SaaS
7 1 (1.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.94%) Firewall
2 1 (1.59%) DHCP
2 1 (1.59%) DNS
2 1 (1.59%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.59%) Internet
2 1 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.59%) LAN
2 1 (1.59%) Network Security
2 1 (1.59%) SSL
2 1 (1.59%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (17.46%) Oracle Database
3 6 (9.52%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (9.52%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (7.94%) Power BI
5 4 (6.35%) SQL Server
6 3 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (3.17%) OLAP
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (1.59%) PowerCenter
8 1 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (7.94%) JIRA
2 2 (3.17%) Git
3 1 (1.59%) GitLab
3 1 (1.59%) TestRail
General
1 29 (46.03%) Public Sector
2 23 (36.51%) Social Skills
3 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Finance
5 3 (4.76%) Banking
5 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Electronics
6 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.59%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.59%) Marketing
7 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (33.33%) Analyst
2 10 (15.87%) Business Analyst
3 6 (9.52%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (7.94%) Architect
4 5 (7.94%) Data Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) Cloud Architect
5 4 (6.35%) Data Analyst
5 4 (6.35%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.35%) Security Specialist
6 3 (4.76%) Consultant
6 3 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 3 (4.76%) Developer
6 3 (4.76%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.17%) DBA
7 2 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (3.17%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (3.17%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (3.17%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) REST
2 2 (3.17%) SOAP
2 2 (3.17%) Web Services
3 1 (1.59%) .NET
3 1 (1.59%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.59%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET MVC 5
3 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (1.59%) Blazor
3 1 (1.59%) Java SE
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.59%) React
3 1 (1.59%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 4 (6.35%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.35%) PKI
3 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.17%) FPGA
4 2 (3.17%) Oracle Licensing
4 2 (3.17%) Replication
4 2 (3.17%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.17%) Verilog
4 2 (3.17%) VHDL
5 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.59%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.59%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.59%) PCIe
5 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Windows
2 5 (7.94%) Linux
2 5 (7.94%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.76%) Unix
4 1 (1.59%) Android
4 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.59%) Solaris
4 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.40%) Computer Science
2 15 (23.81%) Agile
2 15 (23.81%) Project Management
3 14 (22.22%) ETL
3 14 (22.22%) Migration
4 9 (14.29%) Analytics
5 8 (12.70%) Business Analysis
5 8 (12.70%) Data Cleansing
5 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
6 7 (11.11%) Security Operations
6 7 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (9.52%) Cost Optimisation
7 6 (9.52%) Data Analysis
7 6 (9.52%) Data Engineering
7 6 (9.52%) Risk Management
8 5 (7.94%) Data Science
8 5 (7.94%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 15 (23.81%) SQL
2 7 (11.11%) Python
3 2 (3.17%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (1.59%) C#
4 1 (1.59%) Java
4 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.59%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.59%) Perl
4 1 (1.59%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.59%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (11.11%) AWS Certification
3 5 (7.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.17%) MCSE
5 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) PhD
6 1 (1.59%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.87%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 4 (6.35%) QA
4 3 (4.76%) GDPR
5 2 (3.17%) Accessibility
5 2 (3.17%) P3O
5 2 (3.17%) PMO
6 1 (1.59%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.76%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.17%) Firmware
3 2 (3.17%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.59%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.59%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (4.76%) SCCM
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 13 (20.63%) Oracle
2 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.76%) Citrix
4 2 (3.17%) Microsemi
4 2 (3.17%) VMware
4 2 (3.17%) Workday
4 2 (3.17%) Xilinx
5 1 (1.59%) Altera
5 1 (1.59%) Avaya
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco
5 1 (1.59%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (1.59%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.59%) Google
5 1 (1.59%) HP
5 1 (1.59%) Informatica
5 1 (1.59%) Intel
5 1 (1.59%) Mitel
5 1 (1.59%) Pega
5 1 (1.59%) Progress
5 1 (1.59%) Teradata