Technical Manager Contracts in Edinburgh

Technical Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Technical Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 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
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 71 99
Rank change year-on-year +8 +28 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 4 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.63% 0.58% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.61% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.82%
75th Percentile £725 - £519
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £536 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.15% - -6.98%

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 586 814 1,120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 94.43% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 447 758
10th Percentile £224 £178 £217
25th Percentile £400 £340 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £474
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% -4.96% -0.32%
75th Percentile £531 £539 £538
90th Percentile £600 £641 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 44 13
10th Percentile - £13.54 £14.07
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +21.35% +2.31% -11.40%
75th Percentile £62.50 £38.75 £21.67
90th Percentile £74.00 £60.75 £51.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.83 £18.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +10.17% +1.58% -52.66%

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 21 July 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 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Unix
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 20022
3 1 (25.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (25.00%) Business Development

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 (25.00%) Asana
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Unix
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 20022