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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 340 498 694
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 39.04% 41.71% 36.55%
As % of the General category 54.66% 56.21% 49.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 392 564
10th Percentile £156 £201 £213
25th Percentile £281 £404 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +0.54% +8.24%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £545
90th Percentile £663 £588 £599
Scotland median daily rate £450 £463 £456
% change year-on-year -2.70% +1.54% +7.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £12.00 - £17.58
25th Percentile £13.25 - £17.70
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £18.90
75th Percentile £18.75 - £23.20
90th Percentile £18.83 - £25.18
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 622 886 1,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 71.41% 74.20% 73.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 622 1,020
10th Percentile £162 £226 £230
25th Percentile £340 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £556 £545 £564
90th Percentile £663 £600 £626
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 5 11
10th Percentile £13.38 £13.39 -
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.09 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.02% -18.23% -49.46%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.67 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.38 £33.27 £52.50
Scotland median hourly rate £18.13 £19.88 £32.14
% change year-on-year -8.80% -38.15% +83.66%

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 2 June 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 14 (4.12%) CMS
2 8 (2.35%) Confluence
3 4 (1.18%) ArcGIS
3 4 (1.18%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.88%) WordPress
5 2 (0.59%) Apache
5 2 (0.59%) JBoss
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.59%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.59%) WildFly
6 1 (0.29%) Drupal
6 1 (0.29%) GeoServer
Applications
1 29 (8.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.76%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.29%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (1.18%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (12.65%) Azure
2 40 (11.76%) AWS
3 27 (7.94%) Amazon S3
3 27 (7.94%) Serverless
4 26 (7.65%) OCI
5 25 (7.35%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (7.06%) AWS CloudFormation
6 24 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (6.47%) Power Platform
8 20 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (4.41%) OpenShift
9 15 (4.41%) SaaS
10 10 (2.94%) Entra ID
10 10 (2.94%) PaaS
10 10 (2.94%) Power Automate
11 9 (2.65%) AWS CodePipeline
11 9 (2.65%) IaaS
12 8 (2.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (2.35%) PowerApps
13 7 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.06%) Intranet
1 7 (2.06%) SAN
2 5 (1.47%) Firewall
2 5 (1.47%) SSL
2 5 (1.47%) VPN
3 4 (1.18%) LAN
3 4 (1.18%) WAN
4 3 (0.88%) Internet
4 3 (0.88%) IPsec
4 3 (0.88%) SCCP
5 2 (0.59%) DHCP
5 2 (0.59%) DNS
5 2 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.29%) DSL
6 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.29%) Wireless
6 1 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.12%) Power BI
3 13 (3.82%) Oracle Database
3 13 (3.82%) Oracle Reports
4 11 (3.24%) Amazon Aurora
4 11 (3.24%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (2.06%) GIS
7 6 (1.76%) Tableau
8 4 (1.18%) Metadata
8 4 (1.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (1.18%) QGIS
8 4 (1.18%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.59%) Big Data
10 2 (0.59%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.59%) Informix
10 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 26 (7.65%) JIRA
2 8 (2.35%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.47%) GitLab
4 4 (1.18%) Git
4 4 (1.18%) Subversion
5 3 (0.88%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.59%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.59%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.59%) JUnit
6 2 (0.59%) Maven
6 2 (0.59%) Selenium
6 2 (0.59%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.59%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 114 (33.53%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (10.88%) Finance
4 21 (6.18%) Influencing Skills
5 19 (5.59%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.35%) Back Office
7 8 (2.35%) Marketing
7 8 (2.35%) Publishing
8 3 (0.88%) Social Science
9 2 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.59%) Electronics
9 2 (0.59%) Law
9 2 (0.59%) Legal
9 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.29%) Humanities
10 1 (0.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 45 (13.24%) Analyst
1 45 (13.24%) Senior
2 42 (12.35%) Developer
3 32 (9.41%) Lead
4 26 (7.65%) Architect
5 24 (7.06%) Project Manager
6 22 (6.47%) Support Officer
7 18 (5.29%) Business Analyst
7 18 (5.29%) Consultant
7 18 (5.29%) Designer
8 17 (5.00%) IT Support
9 12 (3.53%) Field Engineer
9 12 (3.53%) Field Service Engineer
9 12 (3.53%) IT Engineer
10 10 (2.94%) .NET Developer
10 10 (2.94%) Content Designer
11 9 (2.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 9 (2.65%) Security Analyst
12 8 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (2.35%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.65%) AWS CDK
2 22 (6.47%) .NET
3 21 (6.18%) React
4 17 (5.00%) CSS
4 17 (5.00%) HTML
4 17 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
5 14 (4.12%) REST
6 10 (2.94%) SOAP
7 9 (2.65%) OpenID
8 8 (2.35%) Node.js
8 8 (2.35%) Web Services
9 7 (2.06%) SAML
10 6 (1.76%) RESTful
10 6 (1.76%) SpaCy
10 6 (1.76%) XML
11 5 (1.47%) OAuth
11 5 (1.47%) OAuth2
11 5 (1.47%) PostGIS
11 5 (1.47%) Spring
12 4 (1.18%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.76%) Management Information System
1 23 (6.76%) Product Ownership
2 14 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.65%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.65%) Legacy Applications
3 9 (2.65%) Wiki
4 8 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (2.35%) Social Media
5 7 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.76%) PKI
7 5 (1.47%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.88%) N-Tier
8 3 (0.88%) Replication
8 3 (0.88%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.88%) Video Editing
9 2 (0.59%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.59%) iPhone
9 2 (0.59%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.59%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.59%) Windows
2 6 (1.76%) Windows 10
2 6 (1.76%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.18%) Linux
4 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.59%) Unix
4 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.29%) AIX
5 1 (0.29%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.29%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (26.47%) Agile
2 39 (11.47%) DevOps
3 37 (10.88%) Coaching
4 35 (10.29%) User Research
5 34 (10.00%) Migration
5 34 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 33 (9.71%) User Experience
7 32 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (9.41%) Scrum
8 28 (8.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (7.35%) CI/CD
9 25 (7.35%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (7.35%) Project Management
10 24 (7.06%) Project Delivery
11 23 (6.76%) Analytics
11 23 (6.76%) ERP
12 22 (6.47%) Workshop Facilitation
13 21 (6.18%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (6.18%) Information Security
13 21 (6.18%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 25 (7.35%) SQL
1 25 (7.35%) TypeScript
2 23 (6.76%) Java
2 23 (6.76%) JavaScript
3 19 (5.59%) Python
4 9 (2.65%) Shell Script
5 8 (2.35%) Bash
6 4 (1.18%) C#
7 2 (0.59%) C++
7 2 (0.59%) Groovy
7 2 (0.59%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.59%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.59%) VBA
7 2 (0.59%) VBScript
8 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (9.71%) Degree
2 18 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (4.41%) MCSE
4 14 (4.12%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.65%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (2.35%) SC Cleared
7 7 (2.06%) A+ Certification
7 7 (2.06%) CCNA
7 7 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.06%) CISSP
7 7 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (1.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 6 (1.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 5 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.88%) CLAS
11 3 (0.88%) ISEB
11 3 (0.88%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.59%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 32 (9.41%) Accessibility
3 20 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.94%) WCAG
5 9 (2.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 9 (2.65%) QA
6 6 (1.76%) SLA
7 4 (1.18%) PMO
8 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.88%) GDPR
8 3 (0.88%) NCSC
9 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.59%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.29%) GRC
10 1 (0.29%) IFRS
10 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.29%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 21 (6.18%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.35%) Docker
3 7 (2.06%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 16 (4.71%) Grafana
2 9 (2.65%) SCCM
3 8 (2.35%) Ansible
4 6 (1.76%) Terraform
5 5 (1.47%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.18%) Kibana
6 4 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.29%) logstash
7 1 (0.29%) Puppet
7 1 (0.29%) SCOM
7 1 (0.29%) WSUS
7 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (17.06%) Microsoft
2 54 (15.88%) Oracle
3 10 (2.94%) Okta
4 7 (2.06%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (2.06%) Dell
4 7 (2.06%) Zscaler
5 6 (1.76%) Cadence
6 5 (1.47%) Facebook
6 5 (1.47%) Google
6 5 (1.47%) Instagram
6 5 (1.47%) VMware
7 4 (1.18%) ESRI
7 4 (1.18%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.18%) Twitter
7 4 (1.18%) YouTube
8 3 (0.88%) Adobe
9 2 (0.59%) Brandwatch
9 2 (0.59%) Cisco
9 2 (0.59%) HP
9 2 (0.59%) SAP