Educational Technology Contract Job Trends in England

Educational Technology (Edtech)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Educational Technology in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Educational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 483 531
Rank change year-on-year -36 +48 +182
Contract jobs citing Educational Technology 26 19 17
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.082% 0.069% 0.047%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 0.21% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 15
10th Percentile £407 £325 £200
25th Percentile £413 £356 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% +6.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £550 £438 £488
90th Percentile £575 £538 £565
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
75th Percentile £27.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 - -

All Generic Skills
England

Educational Technology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,145 8,969 11,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.24% 32.44% 31.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,066 5,395 7,770
10th Percentile £288 £275 £263
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £746 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -4.94% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 546 261 485
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.80 £20.25
Median hourly rate £28.56 £35.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.54% -16.47% +41.67%
75th Percentile £63.64 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.25 £77.11
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.27 £41.23
% change year-on-year -18.21% -19.31% +38.73%

Educational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Educational Technology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Educational Technology job vacancy trend in England

Educational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Educational Technology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Educational Technology

Educational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Educational Technology in England over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Educational Technology in England

Educational Technology
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Educational Technology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Educational Technology

Educational Technology
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Educational Technology within the England region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -20 8 £425 +8.01% 29
South East - 7 £500 - 10
North of England -54 4 £425 - 7
North West -26 3 £425 - 2
Midlands -41 3 £550 +18.92% 4
West Midlands - 3 £550 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 5
Educational Technology
UK

Educational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (23.08%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) CMS
2 1 (3.85%) Drupal
2 1 (3.85%) Jupyter
2 1 (3.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (11.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.85%) Adobe XD
3 1 (3.85%) Chatbot
3 1 (3.85%) InVision
3 1 (3.85%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) AWS
1 3 (11.54%) SaaS
2 2 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (3.85%) Canva
3 1 (3.85%) Figma
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.85%) Git
General
1 7 (26.92%) Marketing
2 4 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Legal
3 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Publishing
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Spanish Language
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Project Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Consultant
2 4 (15.38%) Sales Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Content Marketing Specialist
4 2 (7.69%) Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Digital Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Marketing Specialist
5 1 (3.85%) Data Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Mobile Tester
5 1 (3.85%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Product Owner
5 1 (3.85%) Transformation Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) PySpark
1 2 (7.69%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.85%) Express.js
2 1 (3.85%) FastAPI
2 1 (3.85%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.85%) Jest
2 1 (3.85%) Next.js
2 1 (3.85%) Node.js
2 1 (3.85%) NumPy
2 1 (3.85%) Pandas
2 1 (3.85%) Playwright
2 1 (3.85%) React
2 1 (3.85%) REST
2 1 (3.85%) SQLAlchemy
2 1 (3.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (11.54%) e-Learning
1 3 (11.54%) Learning Management System
1 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
1 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
1 3 (11.54%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (11.54%) Social Media
2 2 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 2 (7.69%) Blog
2 2 (7.69%) Podcast
2 2 (7.69%) Taxonomies
3 1 (3.85%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Android
1 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Agile
2 9 (34.62%) Analytics
3 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (30.77%) Project Management
4 7 (26.92%) Decision-Making
4 7 (26.92%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (26.92%) User Experience
5 6 (23.08%) Change Management
5 6 (23.08%) Migration
6 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
6 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (15.38%) Backlog Management
7 4 (15.38%) Budget Management
7 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
7 4 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (15.38%) User Stories
7 4 (15.38%) Waterfall
8 3 (11.54%) BDD
8 3 (11.54%) Project Governance
8 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) Python
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
2 3 (11.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Accessibility
1 3 (11.54%) GDPR
2 2 (7.69%) QA
3 1 (3.85%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Atlassian
1 3 (11.54%) Progress
2 2 (7.69%) YouTube
3 1 (3.85%) Adobe