Industrial Engineer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Industrial Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Industrial Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
18 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Industrial Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.30% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 626 587 771
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 92.88% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 326 440
10th Percentile £250 £210 £190
25th Percentile £406 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £639 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £451 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +0.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 24 54
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.30 £16.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £20.82 £18.07
Median hourly rate £55.00 £23.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +134.04% -53.00% +135.18%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.30 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £32.52 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.25 £22.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.95% -37.14% +58.19%

Industrial Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Industrial Engineer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Industrial Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, Industrial 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 Edinburgh region featuring Industrial Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam

Industrial Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
Industrial Engineer jobs