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 15 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 117 192 326
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 17.44% 30.38% 40.55%
As % of the General category 29.40% 38.79% 54.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 142 214
10th Percentile £255 £192 £175
25th Percentile £406 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £446 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% -6.21% +1.17%
75th Percentile £487 £500 £555
90th Percentile £550 £575 £679
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +0.06% -5.26% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 6
10th Percentile - £20.92 £14.75
25th Percentile - £22.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.23 £24.18 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.74% +38.17% -
75th Percentile - £26.52 £18.75
90th Percentile - £28.38 £20.81
Scotland median hourly rate £21.31 £24.18 £17.50
% change year-on-year -11.88% +38.17% +29.63%

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 398 495 602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 59.31% 78.32% 74.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 273 351
10th Percentile £170 £193 £178
25th Percentile £375 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £483
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -4.24% +1.68%
75th Percentile £548 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £630 £663
Scotland median daily rate £451 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.59% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 32
10th Percentile £16.38 £20.51 £16.25
25th Percentile £45.13 £21.61 £16.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% -39.55% +88.15%
75th Percentile £75.00 £26.52 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £39.43 £69.15
Scotland median hourly rate £16.25 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -29.35% +17.95% +5.41%

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 15 April 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 5 (4.27%) Confluence
2 3 (2.56%) CMS
3 2 (1.71%) Apache TomEE
3 2 (1.71%) Drupal
4 1 (0.85%) Apache
4 1 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.85%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.71%) 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 PowerPoint
3 1 (0.85%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.85%) iTrent
2 1 (0.85%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (32.48%) Azure
2 20 (17.09%) Power Platform
3 19 (16.24%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (8.55%) AWS
5 10 (8.55%) PowerApps
6 9 (7.69%) Power Automate
7 7 (5.98%) Azure AI
7 7 (5.98%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 7 (5.98%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 6 (5.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (4.27%) Serverless
10 4 (3.42%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.71%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (1.71%) Catchpoint
11 2 (1.71%) Figma
11 2 (1.71%) GitHub
11 2 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.71%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (4.27%) WAN
3 4 (3.42%) LAN
3 4 (3.42%) SD-WAN
3 4 (3.42%) VPN
4 3 (2.56%) Network Security
5 2 (1.71%) BGP
5 2 (1.71%) Firewall
5 2 (1.71%) Intranet
5 2 (1.71%) OSPF
6 1 (0.85%) DNS
6 1 (0.85%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.85%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.97%) Power BI
2 6 (5.13%) Metadata
2 6 (5.13%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.42%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (1.71%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.71%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.71%) MySQL
5 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.85%) GIS
5 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.85%) Power Query
5 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.85%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 9 (7.69%) JIRA
2 4 (3.42%) Git
2 4 (3.42%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.42%) Selenium
3 3 (2.56%) Cucumber
3 3 (2.56%) WebDriver
4 2 (1.71%) Ant
4 2 (1.71%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.71%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.71%) Maven
4 2 (1.71%) 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 33 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.82%) Finance
3 7 (5.98%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.13%) Legal
5 3 (2.56%) Local Government
6 2 (1.71%) Back Office
6 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.71%) Retail
7 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (17.95%) Developer
2 15 (12.82%) Analyst
3 13 (11.11%) Senior
4 11 (9.40%) Architect
5 8 (6.84%) Lead
5 8 (6.84%) Power Platform Developer
5 8 (6.84%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.98%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
6 7 (5.98%) Network Engineer
7 6 (5.13%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.13%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (5.13%) Project Officer
7 6 (5.13%) Project Support Officer
7 6 (5.13%) Support Officer
8 5 (4.27%) Consultant
8 5 (4.27%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 4 (3.42%) .NET Developer
9 4 (3.42%) DBA
9 4 (3.42%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.42%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.53%) .NET
2 11 (9.40%) React
3 7 (5.98%) RESTful
4 5 (4.27%) REST
5 4 (3.42%) Spring
6 3 (2.56%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.56%) CSS
6 3 (2.56%) Express.js
6 3 (2.56%) HTML
6 3 (2.56%) Node.js
7 2 (1.71%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.71%) FHIR
7 2 (1.71%) Gherkin
7 2 (1.71%) Hibernate
7 2 (1.71%) JPA
7 2 (1.71%) JSP
7 2 (1.71%) JSTL
7 2 (1.71%) Spring Security
7 2 (1.71%) Web Services
8 1 (0.85%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.26%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.98%) Legacy Applications
2 7 (5.98%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (5.98%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.27%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.42%) NHS
4 4 (3.42%) Wiki
5 3 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.71%) EPoS
6 2 (1.71%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.71%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.85%) Animation
7 1 (0.85%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.85%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.84%) Linux
2 7 (5.98%) Windows
3 2 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (36.75%) Agile
2 24 (20.51%) DevOps
3 19 (16.24%) CI/CD
4 17 (14.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (12.82%) Migration
5 15 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (11.97%) AI
6 14 (11.97%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (11.97%) Roadmaps
7 12 (10.26%) OCR
7 12 (10.26%) Project Management
7 12 (10.26%) User Experience
8 11 (9.40%) Machine Learning
9 10 (8.55%) CRM
10 8 (6.84%) API Design
10 8 (6.84%) Change Management
10 8 (6.84%) Data Analysis
10 8 (6.84%) Data Protection
10 8 (6.84%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.24%) C#
2 14 (11.97%) JavaScript
2 14 (11.97%) Python
3 11 (9.40%) PowerShell
4 8 (6.84%) SQL
5 7 (5.98%) Java
6 4 (3.42%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.56%) Bicep
8 1 (0.85%) C++
8 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.85%) VBA
8 1 (0.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (8.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (5.13%) Degree
3 4 (3.42%) CCNP
3 4 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (3.42%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.56%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.71%) PMP
5 2 (1.71%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.85%) CBAP
6 1 (0.85%) CCIE
6 1 (0.85%) CISSP
6 1 (0.85%) ISEB
6 1 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.85%) MCSE
6 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.82%) Disclosure Scotland
2 10 (8.55%) Accessibility
3 7 (5.98%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.98%) QA
4 6 (5.13%) GDPR
5 3 (2.56%) GRC
5 3 (2.56%) WCAG
6 2 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.71%) 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 (2.56%) VMware NSX
2 2 (1.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.71%) Docker
2 2 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.71%) vSphere
3 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.85%) IAG
3 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (4.27%) Terraform
2 3 (2.56%) Ansible
3 2 (1.71%) Grafana
3 2 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.85%) Kibana
4 1 (0.85%) logstash
4 1 (0.85%) vMotion
Vendors
1 23 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.98%) Cisco
2 7 (5.98%) OpenAI
2 7 (5.98%) Oracle
3 6 (5.13%) Google
3 6 (5.13%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.42%) F5
4 4 (3.42%) VMware
5 2 (1.71%) Arista
5 2 (1.71%) 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
22 Public Sector jobs in Edinburgh