The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Engineer
Rank 148 140 137
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 5 15 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.159% 0.434% 0.631%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.168% 0.459% 0.667%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 11
Average salary £35,000 £29,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.68% +5.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,200 £26,100 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £30,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year
- +12.00%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2983 3268 3297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.79% 94.59% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1797 2372 2477
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Engineer
UK

Technical Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Engineer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Technical Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Technical Engineer across the Scotland region.

Scotland Technical Engineer Salary Trend

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Engineer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Technical Engineer Salary Histogram

Technical Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Engineer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Edinburgh -1 2 - -
Glasgow -23 1 £35,000 +34.61%
Scottish Borders - 1 £22,750 -
Aberdeen - 1 £37,500 -
Technical Engineer
UK

Technical Engineer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Technical Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Technical Engineer in their job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
4 2 (25.00%) Internet
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) UNIX
4 2 (25.00%) SLA
4 2 (25.00%) VMware
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Electronics
5 1 (12.50%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Use Case
5 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 1 (12.50%) Perl
5 1 (12.50%) .NET
5 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
5 1 (12.50%) VxWorks
5 1 (12.50%) Dell
5 1 (12.50%) ISEB
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

Technical Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Technical Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Technical Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
General
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
4 1 (12.50%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Workflow
1 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) VMware
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Dell
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
Edinburgh & Lothians
Provision & modification of new and existing services including (but not exclusive to) Internet access, domains, web space and e-mail services etc... Key Outcome Measurements: > Tickets responded to...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Galashiels, Borders, Scotland
1st / 2nd line technical support engineer required for a desktop support role with a fast growing company, accessible from Edinburgh. Supporting all the latest Microsoft technologies. Opportunity to...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £18000 - £27500 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Proven experience with Installations, Setups, Configuration, Implementation, Integration and Testing of various business applications and software packages - Experience Documenting Application Requirements, Technical Specifications, Use-Cases, Workflow Processes - Technical...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum - Excellent benefits including pension and
Posted: 20 May 2013