Support Engineer Contracts in Edinburgh

Support Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £340 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 83 112
Rank change year-on-year +21 +29 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 9 29 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% 2.26% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 2.36% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 23 6
10th Percentile £288 - £143
25th Percentile - £160 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £255 £233
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +9.68% +86.00%
75th Percentile - £280 £319
90th Percentile £343 £292 £381
Scotland median daily rate £225 £175 £180
% change year-on-year +28.57% -2.78% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £18.03 - -
25th Percentile £18.07 - £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.14 £21.67 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.31% +11.13% -
75th Percentile £18.20 - £26.69
90th Percentile £18.24 - £34.68
Scotland median hourly rate £18.14 £18.34 £18.75
% change year-on-year -1.09% -2.21% +50.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 763 1,228 1,863
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.64% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 876 1,277
10th Percentile £206 £240 £230
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £565
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 12 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.62 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £24.29 £21.75 £26.85
% change year-on-year +11.68% -18.99% -28.40%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Edinburgh

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Edinburgh

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Edinburgh

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
3 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 5 (55.56%) SLA
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 3 (33.33%) Solaris
5 3 (33.33%) Linux
5 3 (33.33%) RHCE
5 3 (33.33%) Red Hat
5 3 (33.33%) Clustering
5 3 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (33.33%) High Availability
5 3 (33.33%) KVM
5 3 (33.33%) Compliance Management
6 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
6 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
6 2 (22.22%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (22.22%) Network Management
6 2 (22.22%) WSUS
6 2 (22.22%) SCCM
6 2 (22.22%) Mac OS X
6 2 (22.22%) Apple
6 2 (22.22%) ITIL
6 2 (22.22%) MCP
6 2 (22.22%) MCSE

Support Engineer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Clustering
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (33.33%) Solaris
3 2 (22.22%) Mac OS X
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
1 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Compliance Management
2 3 (33.33%) High Availability
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Network Management
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) RHCE
4 2 (22.22%) MCP
4 2 (22.22%) MCSE
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) KVM
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
1 2 (22.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Red Hat
3 2 (22.22%) Apple
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix