The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Slack skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Slack over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
Slack falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Edinburgh.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills
270
324
473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh
41.35%
37.94%
40.15%
Number of daily rates quoted
170
199
365
10th Percentile
£303
£211
£232
25th Percentile
£425
£410
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£458
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+3.83%
-3.68%
-5.00%
75th Percentile
£538
£564
£525
90th Percentile
£590
£658
£589
Scotland median daily rate
£475
£450
£475
% change year-on-year
+5.56%
-5.26%
-2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
8
1
10th Percentile
-
£14.53
-
25th Percentile
£26.32
£16.15
-
Median hourly rate
£27.35
£17.00
£17.72
Median % change year-on-year
+60.88%
-4.06%
-22.96%
75th Percentile
£28.38
£17.77
-
90th Percentile
-
£20.25
-
Scotland median hourly rate
£21.22
£17.00
£46.25
% change year-on-year
+24.82%
-63.24%
+14.20%
Slack Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing Slack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Slack Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Slack in Edinburgh.
Slack Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh
For the 6 months to 1 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Slack also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region with a requirement for Slack.
Slack 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:
