Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 144 238 409
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 23.38% 32.16% 41.48%
As % of the General category 31.10% 45.77% 55.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 142 270
10th Percentile £257 £167 £164
25th Percentile £413 £375 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.73% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £526 £513 £538
90th Percentile £589 £575 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £12.61 £11.81
25th Percentile - £13.32 £12.06
Median hourly rate - £14.67 £12.60
Median % change year-on-year - +16.47% -28.92%
75th Percentile - £19.70 £13.26
90th Percentile - £22.55 £13.59
Scotland median hourly rate £16.12 £19.59 £13.54
% change year-on-year -17.71% +44.68% -23.59%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 463 520 735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 75.16% 70.27% 74.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 264 456
10th Percentile £212 £163 £170
25th Percentile £406 £340 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £550
90th Percentile £600 £598 £611
Scotland median daily rate £460 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 9
10th Percentile £15.94 £13.38 £12.95
25th Percentile - £16.50 -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% +36.46% -6.24%
75th Percentile £30.38 - £53.70
90th Percentile £60.63 £44.17 £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £19.05 £19.30 £19.50
% change year-on-year -1.27% -1.05% +7.68%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Public Sector

Public Sector
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.08%) Apache
3 2 (1.39%) Confluence
3 2 (1.39%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.69%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.69%) CMS
4 1 (0.69%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.69%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 27 (18.75%) AWS
2 25 (17.36%) Azure
3 18 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 16 (11.11%) Amazon S3
5 12 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
5 12 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (8.33%) Serverless
6 10 (6.94%) AWS CloudFormation
6 10 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (6.94%) OpenShift
7 9 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (6.25%) Power Automate
8 7 (4.86%) PowerApps
9 5 (3.47%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.78%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.78%) GitHub
10 4 (2.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (2.08%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (2.08%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.56%) Firewall
2 4 (2.78%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.39%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.39%) IPsec
3 2 (1.39%) LAN
3 2 (1.39%) Network Security
3 2 (1.39%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.39%) VoIP
3 2 (1.39%) VPN
3 2 (1.39%) WAN
3 2 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.69%) HTTP
4 1 (0.69%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (6.94%) Amazon Aurora
2 10 (6.94%) Power BI
3 5 (3.47%) MongoDB
3 5 (3.47%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.78%) Metadata
5 3 (2.08%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.39%) GIS
6 2 (1.39%) InfluxDB
6 2 (1.39%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.69%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.69%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.69%) MySQL
7 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.69%) Redis
7 1 (0.69%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 8 (5.56%) Git
2 7 (4.86%) Cypress.io
2 7 (4.86%) JIRA
3 5 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.08%) Subversion
5 2 (1.39%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.69%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.69%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.69%) ERwin
6 1 (0.69%) GitLab
6 1 (0.69%) Postman
6 1 (0.69%) Selenium
6 1 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.69%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (0.69%) WebDriver
General
1 41 (28.47%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.89%) Finance
3 10 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (4.86%) Legal
6 6 (4.17%) Marketing
6 6 (4.17%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.47%) Electronics
7 5 (3.47%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.78%) Retail
9 3 (2.08%) Law
9 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.39%) Back Office
10 2 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.69%) Local Government
11 1 (0.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 26 (18.06%) Developer
2 12 (8.33%) Senior
3 9 (6.25%) Lead
4 8 (5.56%) Analyst
4 8 (5.56%) Architect
4 8 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 7 (4.86%) Support Officer
5 7 (4.86%) User Researcher
6 5 (3.47%) .NET Developer
6 5 (3.47%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (3.47%) Power Platform Developer
6 5 (3.47%) Programme Manager
6 5 (3.47%) RF Engineer
6 5 (3.47%) Software Developer
6 5 (3.47%) Technical Leader
7 4 (2.78%) Business Analyst
7 4 (2.78%) Consultant
7 4 (2.78%) Site Engineer
7 4 (2.78%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 3 (2.08%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.72%) AWS CDK
2 12 (8.33%) .NET
3 11 (7.64%) React
4 10 (6.94%) CSS
4 10 (6.94%) HTML
5 7 (4.86%) PyTorch
6 6 (4.17%) REST
7 5 (3.47%) Spring
7 5 (3.47%) Spring Boot
8 4 (2.78%) Hugging Face
8 4 (2.78%) NumPy
8 4 (2.78%) OpenCV
8 4 (2.78%) Pandas
8 4 (2.78%) RESTful
8 4 (2.78%) Spring Web Flow
8 4 (2.78%) SQLAlchemy
8 4 (2.78%) Thymeleaf
9 3 (2.08%) AngularJS
9 3 (2.08%) boto
9 3 (2.08%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 8 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.47%) Web Conferencing
4 4 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.78%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
4 4 (2.78%) PKI
4 4 (2.78%) Wiki
5 3 (2.08%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.08%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.08%) EPoS
5 3 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.39%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.39%) NHS
7 1 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.94%) Linux
2 7 (4.86%) Windows
3 6 (4.17%) Unix
4 5 (3.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.39%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (1.39%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.69%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (48.61%) Agile
2 25 (17.36%) DevOps
3 23 (15.97%) Project Management
4 22 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (14.58%) User Experience
6 18 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 18 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 15 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (10.42%) Mentoring
8 14 (9.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (9.03%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (8.33%) Service Design
11 11 (7.64%) AI
11 11 (7.64%) Coaching
11 11 (7.64%) Scrum
11 11 (7.64%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (7.64%) User Research
12 10 (6.94%) Risk Management
12 10 (6.94%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.19%) Python
2 15 (10.42%) JavaScript
3 12 (8.33%) SQL
3 12 (8.33%) TypeScript
4 11 (7.64%) C#
5 9 (6.25%) Java
6 8 (5.56%) PowerShell
7 5 (3.47%) Bash
8 4 (2.78%) Perl
8 4 (2.78%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.78%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.39%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.39%) Bicep
10 1 (0.69%) C
10 1 (0.69%) C++
10 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.69%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 22 (15.28%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.33%) Degree
3 8 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.78%) CCNA
4 4 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.08%) HND
6 2 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.39%) CCIE
6 2 (1.39%) CCIE Collaboration
6 2 (1.39%) CCNP
6 2 (1.39%) ISEB
6 2 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.39%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (1.39%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.69%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.69%) MCSE
7 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.58%) Accessibility
2 12 (8.33%) GDPR
3 8 (5.56%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (2.08%) PMO
5 2 (1.39%) NCSC
5 2 (1.39%) QA
6 1 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.69%) NIST
6 1 (0.69%) P3O
6 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (6.94%) Docker
2 4 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.78%) KVM
3 2 (1.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (10.42%) Grafana
2 11 (7.64%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.25%) Terraform
4 6 (4.17%) Ansible
5 5 (3.47%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.08%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (1.39%) Fluentd
7 2 (1.39%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.39%) Kibana
7 2 (1.39%) logstash
7 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.39%) Nagios
7 2 (1.39%) SCCM
8 1 (0.69%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 25 (17.36%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.03%) Oracle
3 5 (3.47%) SAP
4 4 (2.78%) Cisco
5 3 (2.08%) Commvault
5 3 (2.08%) F5
5 3 (2.08%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.08%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.39%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.39%) VMware
7 1 (0.69%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.69%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.69%) IBM
7 1 (0.69%) NetApp
7 1 (0.69%) Qualys
7 1 (0.69%) Siemens