The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Jest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Jest over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
27 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
55 |
74 |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+19 |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing Jest |
10 |
1 |
0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
1.54% |
0.12% |
- |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category |
6.90% |
0.54% |
- |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
£438 |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£454 |
- |
- |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£484 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£575 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£600 |
- |
- |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£500 |
- |
£530 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
-7.83% |
Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Edinburgh.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills |
145 |
185 |
357 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
22.27% |
21.59% |
30.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
105 |
123 |
278 |
| 10th Percentile |
£400 |
£366 |
£400 |
| 25th Percentile |
£450 |
£415 |
£438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£489 |
£475 |
£483 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+2.95% |
-1.55% |
-3.50% |
| 75th Percentile |
£525 |
£594 |
£540 |
| 90th Percentile |
£600 |
£720 |
£613 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£475 |
£459 |
£488 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.49% |
-5.85% |
-0.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Median hourly rate |
- |
£40.50 |
- |
| Scotland median hourly rate |
£55.00 |
£55.00 |
£38.87 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+41.52% |
-18.18% |
