Internet Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Internet
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Internet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 57 71
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 +35
Contract jobs citing Internet 3 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.50% 1.15% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.35% 9.86% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £344 - -
25th Percentile £353 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £685 £130
Median % change year-on-year -43.43% +426.92% -74.00%
75th Percentile £409 - £378
90th Percentile £411 - £526
Scotland median daily rate £400 £675 £155
% change year-on-year -40.74% +335.48% +1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.25
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - +23.97% -
75th Percentile - - £60.75
90th Percentile - - £61.20
Scotland median hourly rate - £75.00 £60.50
% change year-on-year - +23.97% +278.13%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

Internet falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 69 71 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.48% 11.70% 8.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 33 34
10th Percentile £193 £150 £171
25th Percentile £413 £250 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £520 £471
Median % change year-on-year -12.26% +10.34% -0.79%
75th Percentile £547 £606 £646
90th Percentile £686 £650 £760
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £553
% change year-on-year -2.86% -20.81% +22.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £23.77 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year +215.56% -60.71% +184.57%
75th Percentile - £43.22 £60.75
90th Percentile - £71.50 £60.90
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £23.77 £60.00
% change year-on-year +215.56% -60.39% +355.93%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Internet relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Internet job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Internet
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Internet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Internet

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Internet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Internet

Internet
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) IPsec
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Angular Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Product Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Zscaler