Software Deployment Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Software Deployment
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Software Deployment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - 86
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.32% - 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £423 - £178
25th Percentile £456 - £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £293
75th Percentile £606 - £375
90th Percentile £648 - £419
Scotland median daily rate £400 £190 £171
% change year-on-year +110.53% +11.27% -58.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Software Deployment falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 589 664 920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.00% 85.79% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 348 566
10th Percentile £300 £218 £200
25th Percentile £413 £340 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -1.50%
75th Percentile £550 £521 £539
90th Percentile £611 £600 £605
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 21 6
10th Percentile £17.08 £13.21 £12.47
25th Percentile - £18.00 £20.27
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.09 £48.10
Median % change year-on-year -19.10% -54.07% +156.53%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £59.55
90th Percentile £67.25 £55.00 £62.00
Scotland median hourly rate £19.99 £21.59 £19.18
% change year-on-year -7.43% +12.57% +2.29%

Software Deployment
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Deployment relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Software Deployment job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Software Deployment.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Software Deployment

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Deployment in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Deployment in Edinburgh

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Software Deployment.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Software Deployment

Software Deployment
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Case Management
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft