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 5 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 118 191 323
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 16.25% 30.51% 40.27%
As % of the General category 27.83% 39.71% 53.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 139 204
10th Percentile £307 £193 £178
25th Percentile £406 £394 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £524 £509 £561
90th Percentile £574 £575 £688
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +2.78% -3.23% +1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 9
10th Percentile - £20.92 £13.00
25th Percentile - £22.50 £13.50
Median hourly rate £17.23 £24.66 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.13% +40.91% -
75th Percentile - £28.38 £18.75
90th Percentile - £35.35 £19.91
Scotland median hourly rate £21.31 £24.33 £17.50
% change year-on-year -12.42% +39.03% +13.97%

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 424 481 599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 58.40% 76.84% 74.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 265 336
10th Percentile £188 £198 £182
25th Percentile £400 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £635 £681
Scotland median daily rate £463 £463 £475
% change year-on-year - -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 16 34
10th Percentile £17.23 £19.77 £14.33
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £61.00 £23.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +159.57% -22.95% +43.46%
75th Percentile £75.00 £29.86 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £52.90 £67.23
Scotland median hourly rate £16.97 £22.44 £18.14
% change year-on-year -24.37% +23.72% -1.97%

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 5 May 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 (3.39%) Confluence
2 3 (2.54%) CMS
3 2 (1.69%) Apache TomEE
3 2 (1.69%) Drupal
4 1 (0.85%) Apache
4 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.85%) InDesign
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.85%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.85%) iTrent
2 1 (0.85%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (31.36%) Azure
2 18 (15.25%) Power Platform
3 17 (14.41%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (11.86%) AWS
5 7 (5.93%) Azure AI
5 7 (5.93%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 7 (5.93%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 7 (5.93%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.93%) PowerApps
6 6 (5.08%) Power Automate
6 6 (5.08%) Serverless
7 4 (3.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (3.39%) Azure Functions
8 3 (2.54%) IaaS
9 2 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.69%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.69%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.08%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (4.24%) WAN
3 4 (3.39%) LAN
3 4 (3.39%) SD-WAN
3 4 (3.39%) VPN
4 3 (2.54%) Network Security
5 2 (1.69%) BGP
5 2 (1.69%) Firewall
5 2 (1.69%) Intranet
5 2 (1.69%) OSPF
6 1 (0.85%) DNS
6 1 (0.85%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.85%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.86%) Power BI
2 6 (5.08%) Metadata
3 4 (3.39%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (3.39%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.69%) GIS
4 2 (1.69%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.69%) MySQL
4 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.69%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.85%) Power Query
5 1 (0.85%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 9 (7.63%) JIRA
2 4 (3.39%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.39%) Selenium
3 3 (2.54%) Cucumber
3 3 (2.54%) WebDriver
4 2 (1.69%) Ant
4 2 (1.69%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.69%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.69%) Git
4 2 (1.69%) Maven
4 2 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.85%) GitLab
5 1 (0.85%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.85%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.85%) MLflow
5 1 (0.85%) NUnit
5 1 (0.85%) Postman
5 1 (0.85%) Subversion
5 1 (0.85%) TeamCity
General
1 31 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.02%) Finance
3 8 (6.78%) Legal
4 7 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.69%) Local Government
8 1 (0.85%) Back Office
8 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Marketing
8 1 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (15.25%) Analyst
2 16 (13.56%) Developer
3 15 (12.71%) Architect
4 10 (8.47%) Senior
5 8 (6.78%) Lead
6 7 (5.93%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
6 7 (5.93%) Network Engineer
6 7 (5.93%) Project Manager
7 6 (5.08%) Business Analyst
8 5 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Consultant
8 5 (4.24%) Power Platform Developer
9 4 (3.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 4 (3.39%) AWS Architect
9 4 (3.39%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (3.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.39%) DBA
9 4 (3.39%) Network Field Engineer
9 4 (3.39%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 4 (3.39%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.41%) .NET
2 10 (8.47%) React
3 7 (5.93%) RESTful
4 4 (3.39%) REST
4 4 (3.39%) Spring
5 2 (1.69%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.69%) FastAPI
5 2 (1.69%) FHIR
5 2 (1.69%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.69%) Hibernate
5 2 (1.69%) JPA
5 2 (1.69%) JSON
5 2 (1.69%) JSP
5 2 (1.69%) JSTL
5 2 (1.69%) NumPy
5 2 (1.69%) OpenCV
5 2 (1.69%) Pandas
5 2 (1.69%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.69%) Spring Security
5 2 (1.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.17%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.78%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.08%) Legacy Applications
3 6 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.24%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.54%) Wiki
6 2 (1.69%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.69%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.69%) NHS
6 2 (1.69%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.85%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.85%) EPoS
7 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.85%) NVMe
7 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.78%) Linux
2 7 (5.93%) Windows
3 2 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (36.44%) Agile
2 20 (16.95%) DevOps
3 19 (16.10%) CI/CD
4 18 (15.25%) AI
5 17 (14.41%) Roadmaps
5 17 (14.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 16 (13.56%) Migration
7 15 (12.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (11.02%) OCR
10 12 (10.17%) Machine Learning
11 11 (9.32%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (9.32%) Project Management
11 11 (9.32%) User Experience
12 10 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (8.47%) Risk Management
13 8 (6.78%) API Design
13 8 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (6.78%) Decision-Making
14 7 (5.93%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.56%) C#
1 16 (13.56%) Python
2 10 (8.47%) SQL
3 9 (7.63%) JavaScript
4 8 (6.78%) Java
4 8 (6.78%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.54%) Bicep
6 2 (1.69%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.85%) C++
7 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.85%) VBA
7 1 (0.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (10.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (5.08%) Degree
3 5 (4.24%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.39%) CCNP
4 4 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.54%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.54%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.69%) PMP
7 1 (0.85%) CBAP
7 1 (0.85%) CCIE
7 1 (0.85%) CISSP
7 1 (0.85%) ISEB
7 1 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.85%) MCSE
7 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.71%) Disclosure Scotland
2 8 (6.78%) Accessibility
2 8 (6.78%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.93%) QA
4 5 (4.24%) GDPR
5 3 (2.54%) GRC
5 3 (2.54%) WCAG
6 2 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.69%) PMO
7 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.85%) NCSC
7 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (2.54%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.54%) Docker
1 3 (2.54%) VMware NSX
2 2 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.69%) vSphere
3 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.85%) IAG
3 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.39%) Terraform
2 3 (2.54%) Ansible
3 2 (1.69%) Grafana
3 2 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.85%) vMotion
Vendors
1 23 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.93%) Cisco
2 7 (5.93%) OpenAI
3 6 (5.08%) Google
3 6 (5.08%) Oracle
3 6 (5.08%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.39%) F5
4 4 (3.39%) VMware
5 2 (1.69%) Arista
5 2 (1.69%) Juniper
6 1 (0.85%) Adobe
6 1 (0.85%) AppNeta
6 1 (0.85%) Qualys
6 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.85%) SAP
6 1 (0.85%) webMethods