Educational Technology Contract Job Trends

Educational Technology (Edtech)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Educational Technology in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Educational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 511 575
Rank change year-on-year -47 +64 +192
Contract jobs citing Educational Technology 32 23 25
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.069% 0.058%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 14 19
10th Percentile £400 £308 £200
25th Percentile £413 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £563 £438 £500
90th Percentile £590 £590 £555
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £413 £375
% change year-on-year +33.33% +10.00% -18.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
75th Percentile £29.88 - -
90th Percentile £31.30 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,838 10,678 13,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.70% 32.07% 31.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,047 6,367 8,986
10th Percentile £278 £265 £263
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £530 £546
Median % change year-on-year -5.19% -2.97% -0.68%
75th Percentile £630 £656 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 626 327 514
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.02 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.30 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.42 £33.75 £42.19
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -20.00% +29.82%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £77.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.36 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.83% -27.78% +73.08%

Educational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Educational Technology job vacancy trend in the UK

Educational Technology
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Educational Technology

Educational Technology
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Educational Technology over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Educational Technology in the UK

Educational Technology
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Educational Technology

Educational Technology
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 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
England -38 27 £445 +11.25% 241
UK excluding London -48 15 £550 +33.33% 190
Work from Home -1 11 £550 +51.72% 140
London -21 9 £425 +8.01% 64
South East - 7 £500 - 47
North of England -53 4 £425 - 49
North West -25 3 £425 - 26
Midlands -41 3 £550 +18.92% 34
West Midlands - 3 £550 - 17
Scotland +2 1 £575 +58.62% 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 21

Educational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (18.75%) Confluence
2 2 (6.25%) CMS
3 1 (3.13%) Drupal
3 1 (3.13%) Jupyter
3 1 (3.13%) SAS
3 1 (3.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (9.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.13%) Adobe XD
3 1 (3.13%) Chatbot
3 1 (3.13%) InVision
3 1 (3.13%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) AWS
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) SaaS
3 2 (6.25%) GitHub
4 1 (3.13%) Canva
4 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.13%) Figma
4 1 (3.13%) GCP
4 1 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.13%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Big Data
1 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (25.00%) JIRA
2 2 (6.25%) Git
3 1 (3.13%) Cypress.io
General
1 7 (21.88%) Marketing
2 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Legal
5 2 (6.25%) Finance
5 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.25%) Publishing
6 1 (3.13%) Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Spanish Language
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Project Manager
2 4 (12.50%) Analyst
2 4 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 4 (12.50%) Consultant
2 4 (12.50%) Sales Consultant
3 3 (9.38%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (9.38%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Content Marketing Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) Contracts Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Designer
4 2 (6.25%) Digital Designer
4 2 (6.25%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Marketing Specialist
4 2 (6.25%) Product Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Data Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Data Science Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Digital Learning Designer
5 1 (3.13%) Lead
5 1 (3.13%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Node.js
1 2 (6.25%) PySpark
1 2 (6.25%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.13%) CSS
2 1 (3.13%) Express.js
2 1 (3.13%) FastAPI
2 1 (3.13%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.13%) HTML
2 1 (3.13%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (3.13%) Jest
2 1 (3.13%) LangChain
2 1 (3.13%) LangGraph
2 1 (3.13%) Next.js
2 1 (3.13%) NumPy
2 1 (3.13%) Pandas
2 1 (3.13%) Playwright
2 1 (3.13%) React
2 1 (3.13%) REST
2 1 (3.13%) SQLAlchemy
2 1 (3.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Learning Management System
1 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (9.38%) e-Learning
2 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (9.38%) Social Media
3 2 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.25%) Blog
3 2 (6.25%) Podcast
3 2 (6.25%) Taxonomies
4 1 (3.13%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.13%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Android
1 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Agile
2 9 (28.13%) Analytics
2 9 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (28.13%) User Experience
3 8 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 8 (25.00%) Project Management
4 7 (21.88%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (18.75%) Change Management
5 6 (18.75%) Migration
6 5 (15.63%) AI
6 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
7 4 (12.50%) Backlog Management
7 4 (12.50%) Budget Management
7 4 (12.50%) Data Protection
7 4 (12.50%) LLM
7 4 (12.50%) Machine Learning
7 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 4 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (12.50%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) SQL
3 2 (6.25%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Degree
2 3 (9.38%) PMI Certification
2 3 (9.38%) PMP
3 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) Accessibility
2 3 (9.38%) GDPR
2 3 (9.38%) QA
3 1 (3.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Terraform
2 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Atlassian
1 3 (9.38%) Progress
2 2 (6.25%) YouTube
3 1 (3.13%) Adobe
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft