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 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 122 148 280
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 17.18% 23.23% 34.02%
As % of the General category 26.64% 30.90% 48.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 91 165
10th Percentile £265 £270 £158
25th Percentile £411 £413 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £534 £538
90th Percentile £631 £588 £595
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - £21.11 £12.00
25th Percentile - £24.97 £12.91
Median hourly rate - £32.19 £14.67
Median % change year-on-year - +119.43% +25.92%
75th Percentile - £39.40 £17.17
90th Percentile - £43.24 £19.70
Scotland median hourly rate £13.50 £19.37 £19.38
% change year-on-year -30.29% -0.08% +12.61%

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 458 479 579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 64.51% 75.20% 70.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 230 301
10th Percentile £215 £263 £158
25th Percentile £381 £413 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £538
90th Percentile £650 £600 £619
Scotland median daily rate £463 £474 £450
% change year-on-year -2.43% +5.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 16
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.21 £12.61
25th Percentile £16.25 - £13.60
Median hourly rate £19.33 £17.87 £18.65
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -4.18% +5.25%
75th Percentile £61.50 £49.35 £24.18
90th Percentile £69.60 £60.63 £56.25
Scotland median hourly rate £16.11 £19.23 £16.92
% change year-on-year -16.22% +13.65% -43.60%

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 24 September 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 (4.10%) CMS
2 3 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.82%) IIS
4 1 (0.82%) JBoss
4 1 (0.82%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.82%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.31%) AWS
2 22 (18.03%) Azure
3 13 (10.66%) Amazon S3
3 13 (10.66%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.56%) Serverless
7 6 (4.92%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (4.92%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (4.92%) OpenShift
8 5 (4.10%) Anthropic Claude
8 5 (4.10%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (3.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (2.46%) AWS CloudTrail
10 3 (2.46%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.46%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.28%) Firewall
1 4 (3.28%) LAN
1 4 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.46%) DNS
3 2 (1.64%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.64%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.64%) SSL
3 2 (1.64%) VPN
3 2 (1.64%) WAN
3 2 (1.64%) Wireless
4 1 (0.82%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (6.56%) Power BI
2 5 (4.10%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.28%) Amazon Aurora
4 3 (2.46%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.46%) Power Query
5 2 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.64%) Metadata
5 2 (1.64%) MS Access
5 2 (1.64%) MySQL
5 2 (1.64%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.82%) GIS
6 1 (0.82%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.82%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.82%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.82%) Redis
6 1 (0.82%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.82%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 9 (7.38%) GitLab
2 7 (5.74%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.10%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.46%) JIRA
5 2 (1.64%) Git
5 2 (1.64%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.82%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.82%) JMeter
6 1 (0.82%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.82%) Selenium
6 1 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.82%) WebDriver
General
1 35 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.66%) Finance
3 10 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.10%) Local Government
6 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.46%) Legal
6 3 (2.46%) Publishing
7 1 (0.82%) Back Office
7 1 (0.82%) Law
7 1 (0.82%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.82%) Police
7 1 (0.82%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 25 (20.49%) Developer
2 10 (8.20%) Architect
2 10 (8.20%) Lead
2 10 (8.20%) Project Manager
3 9 (7.38%) Analyst
4 8 (6.56%) Software Developer
5 6 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) Network Engineer
6 5 (4.10%) Project Officer
6 5 (4.10%) Project Support Officer
6 5 (4.10%) Support Officer
7 4 (3.28%) AWS Architect
7 4 (3.28%) Cloud Architect
7 4 (3.28%) Consultant
7 4 (3.28%) Field Engineer
7 4 (3.28%) Java Developer
7 4 (3.28%) Network Field Engineer
7 4 (3.28%) Senior
7 4 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.28%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.20%) Terraform
2 8 (6.56%) REST
3 6 (4.92%) AWS CDK
3 6 (4.92%) Spring
3 6 (4.92%) Spring Boot
4 5 (4.10%) .NET
4 5 (4.10%) Next.js
4 5 (4.10%) React
5 4 (3.28%) HTML
5 4 (3.28%) Node.js
6 3 (2.46%) JSON
6 3 (2.46%) OAuth
6 3 (2.46%) OAuth2
6 3 (2.46%) Playwright
6 3 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (2.46%) SOAP
6 3 (2.46%) Spring Security
6 3 (2.46%) Web Services
7 2 (1.64%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.64%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.30%) Cloud Native
2 9 (7.38%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.74%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (5.74%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.28%) NHS
5 3 (2.46%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.64%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.82%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.82%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.82%) PKI
7 1 (0.82%) PMI
7 1 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.74%) Linux
1 7 (5.74%) Windows
2 3 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (2.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (41.80%) Agile
2 31 (25.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (19.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 23 (18.85%) CI/CD
4 23 (18.85%) DevOps
5 21 (17.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (16.39%) AI
6 20 (16.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 18 (14.75%) Workshop Facilitation
8 15 (12.30%) Migration
9 14 (11.48%) Decision-Making
10 13 (10.66%) Data Protection
10 13 (10.66%) PRINCE2
10 13 (10.66%) Software Engineering
11 12 (9.84%) Coaching
11 12 (9.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 12 (9.84%) Observability
12 11 (9.02%) Kanban
12 11 (9.02%) Project Delivery
12 11 (9.02%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.48%) Java
1 14 (11.48%) JavaScript
2 13 (10.66%) TypeScript
3 12 (9.84%) SQL
4 11 (9.02%) Python
5 7 (5.74%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.92%) Bicep
7 3 (2.46%) C#
8 2 (1.64%) Bash
8 2 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.82%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.82%) R
9 1 (0.82%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.82%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.82%) VBA
9 1 (0.82%) XPath
Qualifications
1 9 (7.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (4.10%) PMI Certification
2 5 (4.10%) PMP
3 4 (3.28%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.28%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.46%) AWS Certification
4 3 (2.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (1.64%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
5 2 (1.64%) MCSE
6 1 (0.82%) CIPD
6 1 (0.82%) Degree
6 1 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.11%) Disclosure Scotland
2 10 (8.20%) Accessibility
3 7 (5.74%) Data Quality
4 6 (4.92%) PMO
5 5 (4.10%) GDPR
6 4 (3.28%) QA
7 3 (2.46%) WCAG
8 1 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.82%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (3.28%) Docker
2 3 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.64%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.82%) IAG
Systems Management
1 11 (9.02%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.74%) Grafana
3 3 (2.46%) Kibana
3 3 (2.46%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.64%) Argo
4 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.64%) SCCM
5 1 (0.82%) Istio
5 1 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.74%) Oracle
3 4 (3.28%) Cisco
4 3 (2.46%) SAP
4 3 (2.46%) UiPath
5 2 (1.64%) F5
5 2 (1.64%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.82%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.82%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.82%) EnterpriseDB
6 1 (0.82%) IFS
6 1 (0.82%) Infor
6 1 (0.82%) Okta
6 1 (0.82%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.82%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.82%) webMethods