Public Sector Contracts in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 324 496 713
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 39.27% 40.10% 37.10%
As % of the General category 53.64% 54.93% 50.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 397 579
10th Percentile £156 £234 £215
25th Percentile £281 £405 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £455
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +2.20% +7.06%
75th Percentile £538 £530 £544
90th Percentile £663 £591 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £460 £450
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% +8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £12.00 - £15.14
25th Percentile £13.25 - £16.03
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £17.50
75th Percentile £18.75 - £22.00
90th Percentile £18.83 - £24.70
Scotland median hourly rate £17.50 £15.36 £26.00
% change year-on-year +13.97% -40.94% -64.63%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Public Sector is in the General Skills 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 common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 604 903 1,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 73.21% 73.00% 74.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 644 1,036
10th Percentile £178 £245 £230
25th Percentile £340 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £557
90th Percentile £663 £624 £638
Scotland median daily rate £464 £475 £463
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 6 13
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.11 £15.53
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.61 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £21.47 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.09% -17.44% -49.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £36.17 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.23 £54.25 £51.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £26.85
% change year-on-year -9.83% -20.82% +53.43%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Edinburgh

Public Sector
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 11 (3.40%) CMS
2 8 (2.47%) Confluence
3 4 (1.23%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.93%) WordPress
5 2 (0.62%) Apache
5 2 (0.62%) JBoss
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.62%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.62%) WildFly
6 1 (0.31%) Drupal
6 1 (0.31%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (9.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.85%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.31%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (1.23%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (11.73%) AWS
2 36 (11.11%) Azure
3 27 (8.33%) OCI
4 25 (7.72%) Amazon S3
4 25 (7.72%) Serverless
5 22 (6.79%) AWS CloudFormation
5 22 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (6.48%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (6.17%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (5.86%) Power Platform
9 16 (4.94%) SaaS
10 13 (4.01%) OpenShift
11 9 (2.78%) AWS CodePipeline
11 9 (2.78%) IaaS
12 8 (2.47%) PaaS
13 7 (2.16%) Entra ID
13 7 (2.16%) Power Automate
14 6 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (1.85%) AWS CodeBuild
14 6 (1.85%) AWS CodeDeploy
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.16%) Intranet
1 7 (2.16%) SAN
2 5 (1.54%) SSL
2 5 (1.54%) VPN
3 4 (1.23%) Firewall
3 4 (1.23%) LAN
3 4 (1.23%) WAN
4 3 (0.93%) Internet
4 3 (0.93%) IPsec
4 3 (0.93%) SCCP
5 2 (0.62%) DHCP
5 2 (0.62%) DNS
5 2 (0.62%) HTTP
5 2 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.31%) Wireless
6 1 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (4.63%) Oracle Database
3 14 (4.32%) Oracle Reports
4 12 (3.70%) Amazon Aurora
5 11 (3.40%) Power BI
6 9 (2.78%) MongoDB
7 7 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (2.16%) GIS
8 6 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (1.85%) Tableau
9 5 (1.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (1.23%) Oracle Database 11g
10 4 (1.23%) QGIS
11 3 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.62%) Big Data
12 2 (0.62%) Informix
12 2 (0.62%) Metadata
12 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database 10g
12 2 (0.62%) Oracle Discoverer
12 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (8.02%) JIRA
2 7 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.54%) GitLab
4 4 (1.23%) Subversion
5 2 (0.62%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.62%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.62%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.62%) Git
5 2 (0.62%) JUnit
5 2 (0.62%) Maven
5 2 (0.62%) Selenium
5 2 (0.62%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.62%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 112 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.96%) Finance
3 39 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.17%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (5.25%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.47%) Back Office
8 6 (1.85%) Publishing
9 5 (1.54%) Marketing
10 2 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.62%) Law
10 2 (0.62%) Legal
10 2 (0.62%) Social Science
11 1 (0.31%) Banking
11 1 (0.31%) Electronics
11 1 (0.31%) Humanities
11 1 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.31%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (13.89%) Analyst
1 45 (13.89%) Senior
2 32 (9.88%) Developer
2 32 (9.88%) Lead
3 27 (8.33%) Architect
3 27 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 20 (6.17%) Support Officer
5 18 (5.56%) Business Analyst
6 16 (4.94%) IT Support
7 15 (4.63%) Consultant
7 15 (4.63%) Designer
8 12 (3.70%) Field Engineer
8 12 (3.70%) Field Service Engineer
8 12 (3.70%) IT Engineer
9 9 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 9 (2.78%) Security Analyst
10 8 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (2.16%) Administrator
11 7 (2.16%) Senior Developer
11 7 (2.16%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.72%) AWS CDK
2 18 (5.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (4.63%) .NET
3 15 (4.63%) React
4 14 (4.32%) REST
5 13 (4.01%) HTML
6 11 (3.40%) CSS
7 10 (3.09%) SOAP
8 9 (2.78%) OpenID
8 9 (2.78%) SAML
9 8 (2.47%) Node.js
10 6 (1.85%) Web Services
10 6 (1.85%) XML
11 5 (1.54%) PostGIS
11 5 (1.54%) SpaCy
12 4 (1.23%) OAuth
12 4 (1.23%) Spring
13 3 (0.93%) J2EE
13 3 (0.93%) PyTorch
13 3 (0.93%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.95%) Management Information System
2 21 (6.48%) Product Ownership
3 14 (4.32%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (2.78%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
6 7 (2.16%) Wiki
7 6 (1.85%) PKI
8 5 (1.54%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.54%) Social Media
9 4 (1.23%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.93%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.93%) Replication
10 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.62%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.62%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.62%) Video Editing
12 1 (0.31%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.25%) Windows
2 5 (1.54%) Windows 10
2 5 (1.54%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.23%) Unix
4 3 (0.93%) Linux
5 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.62%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.31%) AIX
6 1 (0.31%) Android
6 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (26.85%) Agile
2 36 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 33 (10.19%) DevOps
4 32 (9.88%) Coaching
4 32 (9.88%) User Experience
4 32 (9.88%) User Research
5 31 (9.57%) Migration
5 31 (9.57%) Project Management
6 30 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (9.26%) Scrum
7 28 (8.64%) Project Delivery
8 27 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (8.02%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (7.41%) ERP
11 23 (7.10%) Information Security
12 22 (6.79%) ITIL
12 22 (6.79%) Workshop Facilitation
13 21 (6.48%) Analytics
13 21 (6.48%) CI/CD
13 21 (6.48%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.79%) Java
2 21 (6.48%) TypeScript
3 19 (5.86%) Python
3 19 (5.86%) SQL
4 16 (4.94%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.47%) Bash
5 8 (2.47%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.62%) C#
6 2 (0.62%) C++
6 2 (0.62%) Groovy
6 2 (0.62%) VBA
6 2 (0.62%) VBScript
7 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.31%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (10.19%) Degree
2 15 (4.63%) MCSE
2 15 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (3.40%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (2.16%) A+ Certification
5 7 (2.16%) CCNA
5 7 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.16%) CISSP
5 7 (2.16%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 6 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 6 (1.85%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.93%) APMP
9 3 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.93%) CLAS
9 3 (0.93%) ISEB
9 3 (0.93%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 29 (8.95%) Accessibility
3 20 (6.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 8 (2.47%) QA
5 8 (2.47%) WCAG
6 6 (1.85%) SLA
7 4 (1.23%) PMO
8 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.93%) GDPR
8 3 (0.93%) NCSC
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.62%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.31%) GRC
10 1 (0.31%) IFRS
10 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.31%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 18 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.47%) Docker
3 7 (2.16%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 14 (4.32%) Grafana
2 9 (2.78%) SCCM
3 6 (1.85%) Ansible
3 6 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.85%) Terraform
4 4 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.93%) Kibana
6 2 (0.62%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (18.21%) Microsoft
2 57 (17.59%) Oracle
3 10 (3.09%) Okta
4 7 (2.16%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (2.16%) Dell
4 7 (2.16%) Zscaler
5 5 (1.54%) Cadence
5 5 (1.54%) VMware
6 4 (1.23%) ESRI
6 4 (1.23%) Google
6 4 (1.23%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.93%) Facebook
7 3 (0.93%) Instagram
8 2 (0.62%) Adobe
8 2 (0.62%) Cisco
8 2 (0.62%) Twitter
8 2 (0.62%) YouTube
9 1 (0.31%) Apple
9 1 (0.31%) IBM
9 1 (0.31%) SAP