Degree Contracts in Edinburgh

Academic Degree
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 29 42
Rank change year-on-year +13 +13 -5
Contract jobs citing Degree 78 87 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.97% 7.36% 5.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.41% 43.94% 39.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 45 53
10th Percentile £156 £155 £164
25th Percentile £266 £163 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £479 £500
90th Percentile £646 £595 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +5.88% -2.86% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.50 - £17.91
Median hourly rate £17.00 - £18.90
75th Percentile £17.50 - £19.90
90th Percentile £22.60 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £56.00
% change year-on-year +21.95% -71.45% -5.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 193 198 246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 22.18% 16.75% 12.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 122 144
10th Percentile £156 £163 £325
25th Percentile £240 £377 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £558 £508 £552
90th Percentile £600 £588 £610
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 4
10th Percentile £12.88 £21.30 £20.18
25th Percentile £15.48 £21.36 £23.60
Median hourly rate £17.25 £21.47 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% -41.59% +110.00%
75th Percentile £18.75 £21.57 £49.69
90th Percentile £45.00 £21.63 £51.38
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £18.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year +3.28% -60.25% +171.43%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Edinburgh

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.85%) CMS
3 1 (1.28%) Drupal
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (20.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.28%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.28%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.28%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.64%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (14.10%) Power Platform
3 10 (12.82%) Azure
4 4 (5.13%) OCI
4 4 (5.13%) Power Automate
4 4 (5.13%) PowerApps
5 3 (3.85%) AWS
5 3 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.85%) SaaS
6 2 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.56%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.56%) GCP
7 1 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.28%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.28%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (1.28%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.97%) Firewall
2 5 (6.41%) SSL
3 2 (2.56%) FabricPath
3 2 (2.56%) Intranet
3 2 (2.56%) LAN
3 2 (2.56%) NX-OS
3 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.56%) VPN
3 2 (2.56%) VSAN
4 1 (1.28%) 2G
4 1 (1.28%) 5G
4 1 (1.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.54%) Metadata
1 9 (11.54%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.56%) Big Data
2 2 (2.56%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.28%) Looker
Development Applications
1 9 (11.54%) Oracle APEX
2 6 (7.69%) JIRA
3 3 (3.85%) Git
4 2 (2.56%) Gradle
4 2 (2.56%) JMeter
4 2 (2.56%) JUnit
4 2 (2.56%) LoadRunner
4 2 (2.56%) Selenium
5 1 (1.28%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (55.13%) Social Skills
2 33 (42.31%) Public Sector
3 17 (21.79%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (10.26%) Banking
5 8 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.69%) Finance
6 6 (7.69%) Mandarin Language
7 4 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Billing
9 1 (1.28%) Automotive
9 1 (1.28%) Humanities
9 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Marketing
9 1 (1.28%) Social Science
9 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (14.10%) Coordinator
1 11 (14.10%) Senior
2 8 (10.26%) Architect
2 8 (10.26%) IT Support
3 7 (8.97%) Consultant
3 7 (8.97%) Support Officer
4 5 (6.41%) Analyst
4 5 (6.41%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 5 (6.41%) Security Specialist
5 4 (5.13%) Cisco Consultant
5 4 (5.13%) Developer
5 4 (5.13%) Lead
5 4 (5.13%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.13%) VMware Consultant
6 3 (3.85%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (3.85%) Database Engineer
6 3 (3.85%) Design Engineer
6 3 (3.85%) Oracle Database Engineer
6 3 (3.85%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 3 (3.85%) Senior Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) OpenID
1 3 (3.85%) SAML
2 2 (2.56%) Android Jetpack
2 2 (2.56%) Dagger
2 2 (2.56%) Jetpack Compose
2 2 (2.56%) Retrofit
2 2 (2.56%) Spring
3 1 (1.28%) .NET
3 1 (1.28%) Guice
3 1 (1.28%) Kafka
3 1 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.97%) Cyber Threat
1 7 (8.97%) PKI
2 3 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.56%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.56%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.56%) Equities
3 2 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.56%) iPhone
3 2 (2.56%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.56%) VxBlock/Vblock
4 1 (1.28%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.28%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.54%) Windows
2 5 (6.41%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.85%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.56%) Android
4 2 (2.56%) Linux
4 2 (2.56%) Unix
5 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (32.05%) Computer Science
3 19 (24.36%) Agile
4 13 (16.67%) Migration
5 10 (12.82%) Decision-Making
5 10 (12.82%) Performance Tuning
6 9 (11.54%) SQL Optimisation
7 8 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (10.26%) ITIL
7 8 (10.26%) Project Management
7 8 (10.26%) Risk Assessment
7 8 (10.26%) Security Operations
7 8 (10.26%) Time Management
7 8 (10.26%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (8.97%) Analytics
8 7 (8.97%) Data Protection
8 7 (8.97%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (8.97%) Threat Modelling
9 6 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
9 6 (7.69%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.10%) SQL
2 9 (11.54%) PL/SQL
3 3 (3.85%) Perl
4 2 (2.56%) Java
4 2 (2.56%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.28%) C#
5 1 (1.28%) Python
5 1 (1.28%) R
5 1 (1.28%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (29.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (8.97%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (8.97%) MCSE
2 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (6.41%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.13%) Master's Degree
4 4 (5.13%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.56%) ISEB
5 2 (2.56%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (2.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.10%) Disclosure Scotland
2 4 (5.13%) PMO
3 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.28%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.28%) ISO 8583
3 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.41%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.41%) VMware NSX
4 4 (5.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.69%) SCCM
2 3 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.56%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (2.56%) vCenter Server
3 2 (2.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 20 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.67%) Oracle
3 8 (10.26%) VMware
4 5 (6.41%) Cisco
5 4 (5.13%) Dell
5 4 (5.13%) Nintex
6 3 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (3.85%) Okta
6 3 (3.85%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.56%) Google
7 2 (2.56%) HP
7 2 (2.56%) Samsung
8 1 (1.28%) Adobe