Prototyping Contracts in Edinburgh

Prototyping
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Prototyping skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Prototyping 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 62 60 83
Rank change year-on-year -2 +23 -4
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 5 12 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.80% 1.47% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.67% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 22
10th Percentile £198 £463 £401
25th Percentile £344 £500 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +35.29% -15.00%
75th Percentile £541 £660 £480
90th Percentile £547 £676 £664
Scotland median daily rate £438 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -7.89% -1.04% -5.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Prototyping falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Prototyping as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in Edinburgh

Prototyping
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Prototyping in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Prototyping in Edinburgh

Prototyping
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Prototyping in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Prototyping in Edinburgh

Prototyping
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Prototyping in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Prototyping in Edinburgh

Prototyping
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Designer
1 3 (60.00%) Service Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) RF Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Journey Map
1 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Service Design
1 3 (60.00%) User Research
1 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP