Technical Manager Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Technical Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

As of 24 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Technical Manager daily rate in Edinburgh.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 62 71
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.25% 0.48% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.52% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £534 £500
% change year-on-year -15.73% +6.80% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 746 579 813
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 92.20% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 306 444
10th Percentile £340 £228 £178
25th Percentile £406 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £469 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +4.17% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £533 £538
90th Percentile £625 £599 £638
Scotland median daily rate £460 £452 £450
% change year-on-year +1.77% +0.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 15 42
10th Percentile £15.81 - £13.51
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.37
Median hourly rate £61.00 £22.00 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +177.27% +21.35% +2.31%
75th Percentile £68.75 £62.50 £24.18
90th Percentile £76.25 £74.00 £60.43
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.83 £18.13
% change year-on-year +76.50% +9.38% +2.31%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Edinburgh

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 24 July 2026, Technical Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Superset
1 1 (50.00%) Asana
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Datadog
1 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) MLOps
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source Development
1 1 (50.00%) Product Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Technical Manager Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Superset
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Asana
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Datadog
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) MLOps
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source Development
1 1 (50.00%) Product Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow