The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Lua skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Lua falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Edinburgh.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
242 |
206 |
231 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
39.16% |
33.94% |
25.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
119 |
118 |
169 |
| 10th Percentile |
£400 |
£383 |
£400 |
| 25th Percentile |
£431 |
£425 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£525 |
£475 |
£480 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+10.53% |
-1.04% |
+1.05% |
| 75th Percentile |
£625 |
£525 |
£550 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£551 |
£600 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£475 |
£469 |
£510 |
| % change year-on-year |
+1.28% |
-8.04% |
+4.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
7 |
8 |
7 |
| 10th Percentile |
£52.75 |
- |
£42.62 |
| 25th Percentile |
£54.38 |
£21.00 |
£56.98 |
| Median hourly rate |
£64.00 |
£23.77 |
£60.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+169.28% |
-60.71% |
+2.98% |
| 75th Percentile |
£72.00 |
£43.22 |
£60.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75.00 |
£71.50 |
£61.05 |
| Scotland median hourly rate |
£59.36 |
£22.44 |
£60.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
+164.57% |
-62.91% |
+7.86% |
