Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in Edinburgh

Infrastructure Engineering
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 43 92
Rank change year-on-year -17 +49 +8
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 7 29 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% 3.56% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 4.03% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 19 14
10th Percentile £403 £340 £315
25th Percentile £406 £417 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% +29.41%
75th Percentile £456 £634 £600
90th Percentile £468 £635 £618
Scotland median daily rate £550 £475 £532
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.68% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in Edinburgh

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in Edinburgh

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in Edinburgh

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) LAN
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) MPLS
2 2 (28.57%) SDH
3 1 (14.29%) ADSL
3 1 (14.29%) DHCP
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
3 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (14.29%) IPsec
3 1 (14.29%) PSTN
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Build Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Field Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Field Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Field Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Project Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
1 2 (28.57%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Unix
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Process Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (28.57%) HNC
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Nokia
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Aruba
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Meraki
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto