Senior Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Senior Support Engineer
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median Senior Support Engineer daily rate in Aberdeen is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 2.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
Scotland median daily rate £250 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Aberdeen

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 37 23 24
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 100.00% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 12
10th Percentile £247 £286 £151
25th Percentile £250 £331 £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £438 £369
Median % change year-on-year -34.86% +18.64% -29.26%
75th Percentile £447 £579 £427
90th Percentile £538 £630 £437
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.55
25th Percentile - - £16.63
Median hourly rate - - £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.06%
75th Percentile - - £17.38
90th Percentile - - £17.45
Scotland median hourly rate £21.20 £22.00 £40.94
% change year-on-year -3.64% -46.26% +92.57%

Senior Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Senior Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Senior Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Aberdeen.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Support Engineer job vacancies in Aberdeen

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 19 March 2026, Senior Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Aberdeen region featuring Senior Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
1 1 (100.00%) PaperCut
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi

Senior Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) PaperCut