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 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 132 172 389
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 22.37% 28.96% 42.61%
As % of the General category 31.43% 39.18% 55.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 113 254
10th Percentile £277 £230 £156
25th Percentile £413 £403 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £534 £513 £542
90th Percentile £565 £627 £638
Scotland median daily rate £453 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +0.56% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile - £17.32 £12.14
25th Percentile - £20.36 £12.87
Median hourly rate £17.23 £23.00 £15.52
Median % change year-on-year -25.09% +48.20% -12.42%
75th Percentile - £24.01 £19.78
90th Percentile - £26.28 £21.63
Scotland median hourly rate £17.23 £23.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -25.09% +31.43% +2.70%

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 general skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 420 439 704
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 71.19% 73.91% 77.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 237 430
10th Percentile £172 £192 £169
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £559
90th Percentile £625 £638 £632
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +2.78% -8.16% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 16
10th Percentile £16.85 £20.46 £14.77
25th Percentile - £22.22 £21.58
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.18 £49.35
Median % change year-on-year -26.10% -51.00% +170.63%
75th Percentile £45.75 - £64.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £48.57 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £24.08 £26.50
% change year-on-year -25.77% -9.15% +56.48%

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 4 January 2026.

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 4 (3.03%) Confluence
1 4 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.27%) Apache
3 2 (1.52%) Apache TomEE
3 2 (1.52%) CMS
3 2 (1.52%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.52%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.76%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.76%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.76%) InDesign
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.76%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (26.52%) Azure
2 24 (18.18%) AWS
3 18 (13.64%) Power Platform
4 14 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (7.58%) Amazon S3
5 10 (7.58%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (7.58%) OpenShift
6 9 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (6.06%) Power Automate
7 8 (6.06%) Serverless
8 7 (5.30%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (5.30%) PowerApps
9 6 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (2.27%) GitHub
12 3 (2.27%) Textract
12 3 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.79%) Firewall
2 3 (2.27%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.52%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.52%) LAN
3 2 (1.52%) Network Security
3 2 (1.52%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.52%) VoIP
3 2 (1.52%) VPN
3 2 (1.52%) WAN
3 2 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.76%) HTTP
4 1 (0.76%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.58%) Power BI
2 6 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.79%) Amazon Aurora
3 5 (3.79%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (3.03%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.27%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.52%) InfluxDB
6 2 (1.52%) Metadata
7 1 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.76%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.76%) GIS
7 1 (0.76%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.76%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (7.58%) JIRA
2 9 (6.82%) Git
3 6 (4.55%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.27%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.27%) Subversion
5 2 (1.52%) Ant
5 2 (1.52%) Axure RP
5 2 (1.52%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.52%) GitLab
5 2 (1.52%) Maven
5 2 (1.52%) Postman
6 1 (0.76%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.76%) ERwin
6 1 (0.76%) Selenium
6 1 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 42 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.85%) Finance
3 6 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
3 6 (4.55%) Legal
4 3 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (2.27%) Retail
5 2 (1.52%) Back Office
5 2 (1.52%) Law
6 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.76%) Local Government
6 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (22.73%) Developer
2 13 (9.85%) Analyst
3 9 (6.82%) Project Manager
3 9 (6.82%) Senior
4 7 (5.30%) Architect
4 7 (5.30%) Consultant
4 7 (5.30%) Java Developer
5 6 (4.55%) Business Analyst
5 6 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (4.55%) Power Platform Developer
5 6 (4.55%) Project Officer
5 6 (4.55%) Project Support Officer
5 6 (4.55%) Support Officer
5 6 (4.55%) User Researcher
6 5 (3.79%) .NET Developer
6 5 (3.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 4 (3.03%) Lead
7 4 (3.03%) Site Engineer
7 4 (3.03%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 4 (3.03%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.09%) .NET
2 9 (6.82%) AWS CDK
2 9 (6.82%) React
2 9 (6.82%) Spring
3 7 (5.30%) PyTorch
4 6 (4.55%) CSS
4 6 (4.55%) HTML
4 6 (4.55%) REST
5 5 (3.79%) RESTful
5 5 (3.79%) Spring Boot
6 4 (3.03%) Hugging Face
6 4 (3.03%) NumPy
6 4 (3.03%) OpenCV
6 4 (3.03%) Pandas
6 4 (3.03%) Spring Security
6 4 (3.03%) Spring Web Flow
6 4 (3.03%) SQLAlchemy
6 4 (3.03%) Thymeleaf
7 3 (2.27%) Express.js
7 3 (2.27%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.82%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.30%) Legacy Applications
2 7 (5.30%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.79%) Wiki
5 3 (2.27%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.27%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.27%) EPoS
5 3 (2.27%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.27%) NHS
5 3 (2.27%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.52%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.52%) PKI
6 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.58%) Linux
2 6 (4.55%) Unix
2 6 (4.55%) Windows
3 5 (3.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.52%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (50.00%) Agile
2 27 (20.45%) DevOps
3 21 (15.91%) Project Management
4 19 (14.39%) CI/CD
5 18 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (13.64%) User Experience
6 15 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (10.61%) AI
7 14 (10.61%) Migration
8 13 (9.85%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (9.85%) Machine Learning
8 13 (9.85%) Scrum
9 12 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (9.09%) OCR
10 11 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (7.58%) Data Analysis
11 10 (7.58%) Mentoring
11 10 (7.58%) PRINCE2
11 10 (7.58%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (14.39%) Python
2 12 (9.09%) C#
3 11 (8.33%) Java
3 11 (8.33%) JavaScript
3 11 (8.33%) SQL
4 9 (6.82%) TypeScript
5 8 (6.06%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.03%) Bash
6 4 (3.03%) Perl
6 4 (3.03%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.27%) Bicep
7 3 (2.27%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.52%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.76%) C
9 1 (0.76%) C++
9 1 (0.76%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 13 (9.85%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.06%) Degree
3 7 (5.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.27%) CCNA
5 3 (2.27%) CCNP
5 3 (2.27%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.52%) CCIE
6 2 (1.52%) CCIE Collaboration
6 2 (1.52%) HND
6 2 (1.52%) ISEB
6 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.76%) MCSE
7 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.85%) Accessibility
2 12 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
3 10 (7.58%) GDPR
4 5 (3.79%) Data Quality
5 4 (3.03%) QA
6 3 (2.27%) PMO
7 2 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.52%) GRC
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.76%) NCSC
8 1 (0.76%) NIST
8 1 (0.76%) P3O
8 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (8.33%) Docker
2 4 (3.03%) KVM
3 1 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.58%) Grafana
3 9 (6.82%) Terraform
4 6 (4.55%) Ansible
5 4 (3.03%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.27%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (1.52%) Fluentd
7 2 (1.52%) HAProxy
7 2 (1.52%) Kibana
7 2 (1.52%) logstash
7 2 (1.52%) Nagios
8 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.33%) Oracle
3 4 (3.03%) Cisco
3 4 (3.03%) OpenAI
3 4 (3.03%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.27%) Commvault
4 3 (2.27%) F5
4 3 (2.27%) Google
5 2 (1.52%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.76%) Adobe
6 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.76%) IBM
6 1 (0.76%) NetApp
6 1 (0.76%) Siemens
6 1 (0.76%) VMware
Public Sector jobs