Hardware Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Hardware Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 - 171
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 22 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.03% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £100
75th Percentile - - £115
90th Percentile - - £166
UK median daily rate £210 £288 £163
% change year-on-year -26.96% +76.92% +16.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 0
10th Percentile £60.00 - -
25th Percentile £60.25 - -
Median hourly rate £66.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £48.99 £16.83
% change year-on-year +34.72% +191.17% -57.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,029 2,543 3,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 95.17% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,767 2,315
10th Percentile £200 £230 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £558 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £632 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 50 52
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.71 £16.35
25th Percentile £15.73 £14.25 £17.86
Median hourly rate £19.34 £18.84 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -49.67% +16.97%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.78 £55.98
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in Scotland

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Hardware Engineer in Scotland

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Engineer in Scotland

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in Scotland

Hardware Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 20 £200 -
Glasgow - 2 £200 -
Hardware Engineer
UK

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Hardware 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 Scotland region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (22.73%) Firmware
2 4 (18.18%) Cost Reduction
2 4 (18.18%) Line Management
2 4 (18.18%) Process Improvement
2 4 (18.18%) Electronics
2 4 (18.18%) Configuration Management
2 4 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.55%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Agile
3 1 (4.55%) Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Perl
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.55%) Windows
3 1 (4.55%) Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.55%) DHCP
3 1 (4.55%) DNS
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Mac OS X
3 1 (4.55%) Apple
3 1 (4.55%) Wealth Management
3 1 (4.55%) Investment Management
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) High Availability
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Legal

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DHCP
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
1 1 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
General
1 4 (18.18%) Electronics
1 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.55%) Banking
2 1 (4.55%) Finance
2 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
2 1 (4.55%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Mac OS X
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (18.18%) Configuration Management
1 4 (18.18%) Cost Reduction
1 4 (18.18%) Line Management
1 4 (18.18%) Process Improvement
1 4 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (4.55%) Agile
2 1 (4.55%) Data Entry
2 1 (4.55%) High Availability
2 1 (4.55%) Investment Management
2 1 (4.55%) Open Source
2 1 (4.55%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Perl
1 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Apple
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.55%) VMware