Support Engineer Contracts in Aberdeen

Support Engineer
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Aberdeen is £310, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 4.76% - 18.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - 18.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £130
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.78%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £172
Scotland median daily rate £295 £325 £195
% change year-on-year -9.23% +66.67% -2.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 20 26 37
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 100.00% 97.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 19 24
10th Percentile £162 £256 £130
25th Percentile £200 £347 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £198
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +115.19% -48.03%
75th Percentile £488 £581 £491
90th Percentile £518 £632 £547
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +0.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £17.93 £17.26
25th Percentile - £19.31 £17.34
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.75 £17.47
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +24.53% -1.44%
75th Percentile - £24.31 £17.59
90th Percentile - £25.78 £17.67
Scotland median hourly rate £18.74 £19.50 £20.22
% change year-on-year -3.92% -3.56% -45.98%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Aberdeen

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

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

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Aberdeen

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

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

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Aberdeen

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 9 June 2025, 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 Aberdeen region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft