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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 31 90
Rank change year-on-year -29 +59 +6
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 8 52 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.24% 6.01% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 7.04% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 42 12
10th Percentile £403 - £309
25th Percentile £406 - £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £340 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -28.42% +11.76%
75th Percentile £456 £494 £575
90th Percentile £468 £634 £598
Scotland median daily rate £500 £425 £532
% change year-on-year +17.65% -20.09% +26.63%

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 611 739 1,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.02% 85.43% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 415 766
10th Percentile £224 £213 £219
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -2.06%
75th Percentile £531 £550 £538
90th Percentile £600 £650 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 28 6
10th Percentile £16.93 £13.24 £17.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.96 £21.36
Median hourly rate £17.59 £18.77 £32.09
Median % change year-on-year -6.33% -41.49% +69.76%
75th Percentile £32.73 £55.63 £51.25
90th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £21.64 £15.25
% change year-on-year -7.58% +41.95% -59.27%

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) MPLS
2 2 (25.00%) SDH
3 1 (12.50%) ADSL
3 1 (12.50%) IPsec
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) PSTN
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) WLAN
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Field Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Mac Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Mac Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Process Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Bill of Materials
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
4 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Inventory Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) SIEM
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bash
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (25.00%) HNC
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (12.50%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) Nokia
4 1 (12.50%) Apple
4 1 (12.50%) Blue Coat
4 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (12.50%) Meraki
4 1 (12.50%) Qualys
4 1 (12.50%) Symantec