IT Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

IT Support Specialist
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Support Specialist daily rate in Edinburgh is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 69 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.32% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £175 £175 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £200 -
75th Percentile £225 £225 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £200 £200 -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 566 748 1,048
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 94.56% 94.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 399 663
10th Percentile £289 £177 £226
25th Percentile £413 £325 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -7.37% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £597 £620 £600
Scotland median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 13
10th Percentile - £13.55 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 £17.70
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +120.63% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £61.25 £20.05 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.50 £53.00 £53.74
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +17.65% -4.06% -8.54%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured IT Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Specialist in Edinburgh

IT Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in Edinburgh

IT Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in Edinburgh

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 3 September 2025, IT Support Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding

IT Support Specialist Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Apple