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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 61 81
Rank change year-on-year +4 +20 +20
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 8 9 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.30% 1.13% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.34% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 14
10th Percentile - £481 £375
25th Percentile £406 £575 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £625 £480
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +30.21% -6.66%
75th Percentile £419 £657 £564
90th Percentile - £672 £593
Scotland median daily rate £530 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -3.64% +6.80% -16.60%

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 576 673 1,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 93.81% 84.76% 91.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 364 655
10th Percentile £307 £207 £213
25th Percentile £413 £340 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £531 £538 £538
90th Percentile £590 £638 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 20 6
10th Percentile £17.23 £13.09 £12.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.66 £20.18
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.19 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -61.71% +168.06%
75th Percentile £41.45 £24.18 £53.74
90th Percentile £61.63 £55.25 £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £18.69 £18.33
% change year-on-year +7.02% +1.98% -7.68%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Prototyping

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 8 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (87.50%) Electronics
2 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 7 (87.50%) Manufacturing
2 7 (87.50%) Marketing
2 7 (87.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) RF Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (87.50%) Digital Marketing
2 7 (87.50%) Feasibility Study
2 7 (87.50%) Programme Management
2 7 (87.50%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Business Process Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Data Sharing
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) SDLC
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
3 1 (12.50%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft