Git Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh
Git Distributed Version Control System
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Git skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 54 | 43 | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | +4 | -7 |
| Contract jobs citing Git | 14 | 22 | 28 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh | 2.02% | 3.57% | 3.52% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 16.67% | 17.32% | 30.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £416 | £382 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £438 | £398 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £405 | £481 | £429 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.84% | +12.18% | -4.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £443 | £551 | £514 |
| 90th Percentile | £492 | £580 | £534 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £400 | £500 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +17.65% | -5.56% |
All Development Application Skills
Edinburgh
Git falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Edinburgh.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 84 | 127 | 92 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 12.14% | 20.62% | 11.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 48 | 60 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £389 | £399 | £360 |
| 25th Percentile | £418 | £445 | £396 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.56% | -5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £538 | £516 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £566 | £539 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £426 | £475 | £469 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.26% | +1.28% | -2.24% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £68.00 | £63.75 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | - | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £60.91 | £17.45 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +249.15% | - | - |
Git Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Git relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Git Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Git.
Git Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Git.
Git Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Development Applications
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenkins | 50.0% | 7 |
| 2 | JIRA | 14.3% | 2 |
| 3 | Claude Code | 7.1% | 1 |
| 3 | GitLab | 7.1% | 1 |
| 3 | IBM UrbanCode | 7.1% | 1 |
| 3 | JUnit | 7.1% | 1 |
| 3 | Mockito | 7.1% | 1 |
| 3 | Oracle APEX | 7.1% | 1 |
| 3 | Oracle Forms | 7.1% | 1 |
| 3 | webpack | 7.1% | 1 |