Unreal Engine Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Unreal Engine
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Unreal Engine skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Unreal Engine 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.64% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 - -
Scotland median daily rate £54 - £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Edinburgh

Unreal Engine falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 145 167 198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 23.13% 25.50% 22.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 113 134
10th Percentile £400 £400 £374
25th Percentile £427 £420 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £477
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -0.42% -0.42%
75th Percentile £600 £534 £575
90th Percentile £671 £665 £648
Scotland median daily rate £500 £458 £480
% change year-on-year +9.17% -4.58% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £64.00 - £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.61%
75th Percentile £64.50 - -
90th Percentile £64.80 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £64.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - -7.84%

Unreal Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Unreal Engine job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Unreal Engine
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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Animation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 4 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 4 (100.00%) Human-in-the-Loop
1 4 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 4 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
1 4 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Lua
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared