Public Sector Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 188 333 520
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 30.08% 40.86% 39.91%
As % of the General category 39.00% 54.59% 55.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 214 431
10th Percentile £193 £178 £238
25th Percentile £400 £402 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.17% +4.33%
75th Percentile £514 £568 £538
90th Percentile £575 £686 £601
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £460
% change year-on-year -5.26% +3.26% +5.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 0
10th Percentile £20.92 £13.43 -
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.56 -
Median hourly rate £24.66 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% - -
75th Percentile £28.38 £18.86 -
90th Percentile £35.35 £20.28 -
Scotland median hourly rate £24.33 £17.50 £15.36
% change year-on-year +39.03% +13.97% -39.78%

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 482 610 944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 77.12% 74.85% 72.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 348 688
10th Percentile £199 £183 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £627 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.21% - +3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 34 7
10th Percentile £19.77 £16.25 £14.83
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% +64.63% -46.85%
75th Percentile £29.86 £60.75 £31.34
90th Percentile £52.90 £67.23 £51.60
Scotland median hourly rate £22.44 £19.17 £19.88
% change year-on-year +17.04% -3.57% -23.54%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
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 14 (7.45%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.19%) Confluence
3 2 (1.06%) CMS
3 2 (1.06%) GeoServer
3 2 (1.06%) IIS
3 2 (1.06%) WordPress
4 1 (0.53%) Apache
4 1 (0.53%) Drupal
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) nginx
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.53%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.53%) TPMS
4 1 (0.53%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (8.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.72%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.13%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.53%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 4 (2.13%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.53%) iTrent
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 40 (21.28%) Azure
2 27 (14.36%) AWS
3 22 (11.70%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (11.17%) Power Platform
5 17 (9.04%) Amazon S3
5 17 (9.04%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (8.51%) Serverless
7 15 (7.98%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (6.91%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (5.85%) SaaS
10 8 (4.26%) PowerApps
11 7 (3.72%) PaaS
12 6 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (3.19%) Power Automate
13 5 (2.66%) AWS CodePipeline
13 5 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (2.66%) IaaS
13 5 (2.66%) OpenShift
14 4 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (2.13%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.32%) Firewall
2 4 (2.13%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.60%) LAN
3 3 (1.60%) WAN
3 3 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.06%) 4G
4 2 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (1.06%) IPsec
4 2 (1.06%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.06%) VPN
5 1 (0.53%) Internet
5 1 (0.53%) Intranet
5 1 (0.53%) Network Security
5 1 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.53%) SSL
5 1 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.91%) Data Warehouse
1 13 (6.91%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.32%) Oracle Database
3 9 (4.79%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (3.72%) Power BI
5 6 (3.19%) Power Query
6 5 (2.66%) GIS
6 5 (2.66%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.13%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (2.13%) Tableau
8 3 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.06%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.06%) MySQL
9 2 (1.06%) OLAP
9 2 (1.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (1.06%) Redis
9 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (6.38%) Git
2 10 (5.32%) JIRA
3 7 (3.72%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.19%) Cypress.io
5 4 (2.13%) GitLab
6 3 (1.60%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.60%) Postman
6 3 (1.60%) Selenium
6 3 (1.60%) Subversion
6 3 (1.60%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.60%) WebDriver
7 2 (1.06%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.53%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.53%) RStudio
8 1 (0.53%) TestRail
General
1 61 (32.45%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.96%) Finance
3 18 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.13%) Marketing
7 3 (1.60%) Back Office
7 3 (1.60%) Electronics
7 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.60%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.06%) Legal
8 2 (1.06%) Publishing
9 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (20.21%) Analyst
2 30 (15.96%) Developer
3 28 (14.89%) Business Analyst
4 19 (10.11%) Senior
5 11 (5.85%) Senior Analyst
5 11 (5.85%) Senior Business Analyst
6 9 (4.79%) Architect
6 9 (4.79%) Lead
6 9 (4.79%) Project Manager
7 8 (4.26%) IT Engineer
8 7 (3.72%) .NET Developer
8 7 (3.72%) Data Engineer
8 7 (3.72%) Deployment Engineer
9 6 (3.19%) Programme Manager
9 6 (3.19%) Support Officer
10 5 (2.66%) Designer
10 5 (2.66%) Security Specialist
10 5 (2.66%) ServiceNow Developer
11 4 (2.13%) Java Developer
11 4 (2.13%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.51%) React
2 13 (6.91%) .NET
2 13 (6.91%) AWS CDK
3 12 (6.38%) REST
4 9 (4.79%) CSS
4 9 (4.79%) HTML
4 9 (4.79%) Node.js
4 9 (4.79%) Spring Boot
5 8 (4.26%) Oracle Fusion
6 7 (3.72%) JSON
7 6 (3.19%) Spring
8 5 (2.66%) PostGIS
8 5 (2.66%) XML
9 4 (2.13%) AngularJS
9 4 (2.13%) Middleware
9 4 (2.13%) RESTful
10 3 (1.60%) Next.js
10 3 (1.60%) Web Services
11 2 (1.06%) .NET Core
11 2 (1.06%) Core Data
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.38%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.79%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.79%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.19%) Legacy Applications
3 6 (3.19%) Wiki
4 5 (2.66%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.66%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.13%) PKI
6 3 (1.60%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.60%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.60%) Social Media
7 2 (1.06%) Blog
7 2 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.06%) iPhone
7 2 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.06%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.06%) Oracle Licensing
7 2 (1.06%) Replication
7 2 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.11%) Windows
2 11 (5.85%) Linux
3 6 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.66%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.60%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.06%) AIX
7 2 (1.06%) Solaris
7 2 (1.06%) Unix
8 1 (0.53%) Android
8 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (38.30%) Agile
2 32 (17.02%) DevOps
3 30 (15.96%) Project Management
4 21 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (10.64%) Business Analysis
5 20 (10.64%) CI/CD
5 20 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (10.64%) User Experience
6 19 (10.11%) User Research
7 17 (9.04%) Scrum
8 16 (8.51%) Kanban
9 15 (7.98%) TDD
10 14 (7.45%) Analytics
10 14 (7.45%) Coaching
10 14 (7.45%) Roadmaps
11 12 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (6.38%) Migration
11 12 (6.38%) Test Automation
12 11 (5.85%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 23 (12.23%) JavaScript
2 20 (10.64%) SQL
3 17 (9.04%) Java
4 14 (7.45%) Python
5 7 (3.72%) PowerShell
5 7 (3.72%) TypeScript
5 7 (3.72%) VBA
6 6 (3.19%) Bash
6 6 (3.19%) C#
7 4 (2.13%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.13%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.60%) C++
8 3 (1.60%) VBScript
9 2 (1.06%) Bicep
9 2 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.06%) Objective-C
9 2 (1.06%) Swift
10 1 (0.53%) Groovy
10 1 (0.53%) R
10 1 (0.53%) VB6
Qualifications
1 29 (15.43%) Degree
2 11 (5.85%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.72%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.19%) AWS Certification
4 6 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (3.19%) IIBA
5 4 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (2.13%) CIMA
5 4 (2.13%) ISEB
6 3 (1.60%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.06%) MCSE
8 1 (0.53%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.53%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.51%) Disclosure Scotland
2 11 (5.85%) Accessibility
3 10 (5.32%) QA
4 7 (3.72%) Data Quality
5 6 (3.19%) PMO
6 4 (2.13%) NCSC
7 3 (1.60%) WCAG
8 2 (1.06%) GDPR
8 2 (1.06%) PERC
9 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.53%) GRC
9 1 (0.53%) P3O
System Software
1 6 (3.19%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.66%) Docker
2 5 (2.66%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.60%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (1.60%) vSphere
4 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.53%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (6.38%) SCCM
2 10 (5.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.72%) Grafana
4 4 (2.13%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.13%) Terraform
5 3 (1.60%) Ansible
5 3 (1.60%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (1.06%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.06%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.53%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.53%) Kibana
Vendors
1 30 (15.96%) Microsoft
2 25 (13.30%) Oracle
3 10 (5.32%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.72%) HP
5 5 (2.66%) VMware
6 4 (2.13%) Google
7 3 (1.60%) Cisco
7 3 (1.60%) Dell
7 3 (1.60%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.60%) SAP
8 2 (1.06%) BT
8 2 (1.06%) Commvault
8 2 (1.06%) F5
8 2 (1.06%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.06%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.06%) Snow
8 2 (1.06%) Twitter
9 1 (0.53%) Equitrac
9 1 (0.53%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.53%) SonicWALL