Educational Technology Contracts in the UK excluding London

Educational Technology (Edtech)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Educational Technology in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Educational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 382 439
Rank change year-on-year +54 +57 +62
Contract jobs citing Educational Technology 10 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.039% 0.029%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.24% 0.13% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 5
10th Percentile £145 £263 £380
25th Percentile £300 £325 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -22.22% -16.28%
75th Percentile £538 £469 £475
90th Percentile £580 £500 £603
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £456
% change year-on-year - +4.11% -13.10%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,245 6,043 7,768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.15% 29.28% 32.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,596 3,635 5,237
10th Percentile £209 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £615
90th Percentile £664 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 724 436
10th Percentile £16.77 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.97 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.42 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.22% +28.41% +4.76%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.13 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.14 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.83% +34.04% -18.24%

Educational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Educational Technology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Educational Technology in the UK excluding London

Educational Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Educational Technology in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Educational Technology in the UK excluding London

Educational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Educational Technology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Educational Technology in the UK excluding London

Educational Technology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Educational Technology in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Educational Technology in the UK excluding London

Educational Technology
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Midlands +24 4 £513 +2.55% 25
Scotland +18 3 £363 +3.57% 9
West Midlands +18 2 £463 -7.45% 11
East Midlands - 2 £525 - 13
South West - 2 £160 - 18
North East - 1 £750 - 2
North of England - 1 £750 - 33
Educational Technology
UK

Educational Technology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
1 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Business Change Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Change Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Digital Transformation
1 2 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Chief Technology Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Head of Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Node.js
1 1 (10.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) Change Management
2 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (30.00%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Business Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Kanban
3 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (20.00%) Story Mapping
3 2 (20.00%) User Stories
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA