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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 126 164 310
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 16.47% 25.91% 36.43%
As % of the General category 27.21% 32.80% 51.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 106 184
10th Percentile £366 £255 £156
25th Percentile £413 £406 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £471 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +4.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £529 £538
90th Percentile £648 £592 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 9
10th Percentile - £20.10 £12.00
25th Percentile - £22.43 £13.21
Median hourly rate - £27.35 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year - +88.62% -
75th Percentile - £37.09 £18.00
90th Percentile - £42.31 £19.52
Scotland median hourly rate - £19.83 £15.96
% change year-on-year - +24.25% +3.94%

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 463 500 597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 60.52% 78.99% 70.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 254 323
10th Percentile £340 £263 £156
25th Percentile £406 £413 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £600 £646
Scotland median daily rate £461 £467 £450
% change year-on-year -1.28% +3.83% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 8 20
10th Percentile £15.81 £16.19 £13.09
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.54 £13.60
Median hourly rate £50.00 £18.62 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +168.56% +6.39% -1.24%
75th Percentile £61.50 £32.73 £19.61
90th Percentile £75.62 £50.06 £27.26
Scotland median hourly rate £16.56 £19.37 £16.92
% change year-on-year -14.51% +14.45% -11.78%

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 31 July 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 2 (1.59%) CMS
1 2 (1.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.79%) Confluence
2 1 (0.79%) IIS
2 1 (0.79%) JBoss
2 1 (0.79%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.59%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.79%) iTrent
3 1 (0.79%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (24.60%) Azure
2 20 (15.87%) AWS
3 17 (13.49%) Power Platform
4 13 (10.32%) Amazon S3
4 13 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (8.73%) Serverless
6 9 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (4.76%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.76%) PowerApps
8 5 (3.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 5 (3.97%) Azure Key Vault
8 5 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (3.17%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.17%) GitHub
9 4 (3.17%) OpenShift
9 4 (3.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.97%) LAN
1 5 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (3.17%) DNS
2 4 (3.17%) Firewall
3 3 (2.38%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (2.38%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.38%) VPN
3 3 (2.38%) WAN
4 2 (1.59%) SSL
4 2 (1.59%) Wireless
5 1 (0.79%) Network Security
5 1 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.73%) Power BI
2 6 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.97%) Metadata
3 5 (3.97%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.38%) Amazon Aurora
4 3 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.38%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.38%) MySQL
5 2 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (1.59%) MariaDB
5 2 (1.59%) MS Access
5 2 (1.59%) Power Query
5 2 (1.59%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.79%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.79%) GIS
6 1 (0.79%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.79%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Cypress.io
2 5 (3.97%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.17%) JIRA
4 3 (2.38%) GitLab
4 3 (2.38%) Selenium
5 2 (1.59%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.59%) Git
5 2 (1.59%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.59%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.79%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.79%) JMeter
6 1 (0.79%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.79%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.79%) NUnit
6 1 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.32%) Finance
3 7 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.76%) Legal
5 5 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.17%) Local Government
7 3 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Back Office
9 1 (0.79%) Law
9 1 (0.79%) Marketing
9 1 (0.79%) Police
9 1 (0.79%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 25 (19.84%) Developer
2 14 (11.11%) Analyst
3 12 (9.52%) Architect
4 11 (8.73%) Project Manager
4 11 (8.73%) Senior
5 8 (6.35%) Lead
5 8 (6.35%) Software Developer
6 6 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (4.76%) Network Engineer
7 5 (3.97%) Business Analyst
7 5 (3.97%) Field Engineer
7 5 (3.97%) Network Field Engineer
7 5 (3.97%) User Researcher
8 4 (3.17%) AWS Architect
8 4 (3.17%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.17%) Power Platform Developer
8 4 (3.17%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 4 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.73%) .NET
2 7 (5.56%) React
2 7 (5.56%) REST
3 6 (4.76%) AWS CDK
4 3 (2.38%) ASP.NET
4 3 (2.38%) JSON
4 3 (2.38%) Next.js
4 3 (2.38%) OAuth
4 3 (2.38%) OAuth2
4 3 (2.38%) Playwright
4 3 (2.38%) RabbitMQ
4 3 (2.38%) SOAP
4 3 (2.38%) Spring
4 3 (2.38%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.38%) Spring Security
4 3 (2.38%) Web Services
5 2 (1.59%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.59%) HTML
5 2 (1.59%) Node.js
5 2 (1.59%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.32%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (6.35%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.17%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (3.17%) NHS
6 2 (1.59%) PKI
7 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.79%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.79%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.14%) Linux
1 9 (7.14%) Windows
2 4 (3.17%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (39.68%) Agile
2 25 (19.84%) DevOps
2 25 (19.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (15.87%) CI/CD
3 20 (15.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 19 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (12.70%) AI
6 14 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 14 (11.11%) Migration
7 12 (9.52%) Kanban
8 11 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (8.73%) Roadmaps
9 10 (7.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 10 (7.94%) Microservices
9 10 (7.94%) PRINCE2
9 10 (7.94%) Project Delivery
9 10 (7.94%) Project Management
9 10 (7.94%) Scrum
9 10 (7.94%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 12 (9.52%) Python
2 12 (9.52%) SQL
3 10 (7.94%) C#
3 10 (7.94%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.94%) TypeScript
4 6 (4.76%) Bicep
4 6 (4.76%) Java
5 2 (1.59%) Bash
5 2 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.79%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.79%) VBA
6 1 (0.79%) XPath
Qualifications
1 11 (8.73%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (4.76%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.17%) Degree
3 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.17%) PMI Certification
3 4 (3.17%) PMP
3 4 (3.17%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.38%) AWS Certification
4 3 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (2.38%) MCSE
5 2 (1.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (1.59%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
5 2 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.79%) CBAP
6 1 (0.79%) CCNP
6 1 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.79%) CISSP
6 1 (0.79%) ISEB
6 1 (0.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.52%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (7.14%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.76%) QA
4 5 (3.97%) GDPR
5 4 (3.17%) PMO
6 3 (2.38%) WCAG
7 2 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.79%) GRC
8 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.79%) NCSC
8 1 (0.79%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (3.97%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.38%) Docker
2 3 (2.38%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.79%) IAG
3 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (7.94%) Terraform
2 6 (4.76%) Grafana
3 5 (3.97%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.38%) Kibana
5 3 (2.38%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.59%) Argo
6 2 (1.59%) SCCM
7 1 (0.79%) Istio
7 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (17.46%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.35%) Oracle
3 5 (3.97%) Cisco
4 3 (2.38%) F5
4 3 (2.38%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.38%) SAP
4 3 (2.38%) UiPath
5 2 (1.59%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.79%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.79%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.79%) EnterpriseDB
6 1 (0.79%) Google
6 1 (0.79%) IFS
6 1 (0.79%) Infor
6 1 (0.79%) Okta
6 1 (0.79%) Qualys
6 1 (0.79%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.79%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.79%) VMware
6 1 (0.79%) webMethods