Technical Manager Contracts in Edinburgh

Technical Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Technical Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £706, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 70 110
Rank change year-on-year +10 +40 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 7 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% 0.25% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 0.26% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £678 - -
25th Percentile £683 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £706 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.65%
75th Percentile £723 - £519
90th Percentile £724 - -
Scotland median daily rate £562 £541 £513
% change year-on-year +3.74% +5.61% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 581 778 1,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.46% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 441 887
10th Percentile £211 £206 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.84% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 12
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £50.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +135.18% -10.48%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £66.00 £54.43
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Technical Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in Edinburgh

Technical Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Manager in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Technical Manager in Edinburgh

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical Manager contract job roles required 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 featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Banking
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) ISO 20022
4 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) XML
4 2 (28.57%) Unix
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Financial Institution
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Retail Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
5 1 (14.29%) SDLC
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
5 1 (14.29%) Business Development
5 1 (14.29%) Data Management
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (14.29%) Asana

Technical Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Asana
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Banking
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Financial Institution
4 2 (28.57%) Retail Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Unix
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Business Development
4 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow