Edge Computing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Edge Computing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Edge Computing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 164 -
Rank change year-on-year -22 - -
Contract jobs citing Edge Computing 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.069% 0.13% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £569 - -
25th Percentile £578 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - -
75th Percentile £653 - -
90th Percentile £666 - -
England median daily rate £575 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +27.78% -18.18% +37.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Edge Computing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,711 3,307 4,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.31% 88.12% 89.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,428 2,059 2,912
10th Percentile £221 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 125 234
10th Percentile £14.73 £19.33 £16.60
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.00 £25.43
Median hourly rate £22.38 £47.78 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.16% -10.69% +42.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.43 £65.71
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.95 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Edge Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Edge Computing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Edge Computing job vacancy trend in the South East

Edge Computing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Edge Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Edge Computing

Edge Computing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Edge Computing within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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
Hampshire - 1 £650 -
Surrey - 1 - - 1
West Sussex - 1 £575 - 1
Edge Computing
England

Edge Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) MODAF
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PhD
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) JSP 440
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) VMware