IT Engineer Contracts in Edinburgh

IT Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 59 91
Rank change year-on-year -4 +32 +35
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 7 11 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.09% 1.36% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 1.44% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £143 £210 £229
25th Percentile - £225 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £250 £253
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -0.99% +129.55%
75th Percentile £338 £275 £274
90th Percentile - £290 £282
Scotland median daily rate £188 £200 £165
% change year-on-year -6.25% +21.21% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 7
10th Percentile - £12.00 £13.16
25th Percentile - £13.50 £15.43
Median hourly rate - £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +2.31% +1.26%
75th Percentile - £18.27 -
90th Percentile - £24.18 -
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £17.16 £17.72
% change year-on-year +46.56% -3.16% +1.26%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 582 763 1,056
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 94.55% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 407 679
10th Percentile £280 £170 £225
25th Percentile £413 £306 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.45% -7.79% -
75th Percentile £530 £538 £538
90th Percentile £575 £630 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 36 12
10th Percentile - £13.57 £13.61
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 £17.72
Median hourly rate £32.19 £18.07 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +78.19% +1.95% -
75th Percentile £64.06 £19.61 £46.24
90th Percentile £74.25 £52.50 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.60 £18.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.88% +1.58% -5.87%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Edinburgh

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in Edinburgh

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, IT 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 Edinburgh region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Server Management
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
2 2 (28.57%) EPoS
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) HNC
2 2 (28.57%) HND
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) Unix
2 2 (28.57%) Solaris
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (28.57%) ATM
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) WLAN
3 1 (14.29%) Avaya
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall

IT Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) ATM
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) EPoS
1 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Solaris
1 2 (28.57%) Unix
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Server Management
2 1 (14.29%) Application Packaging
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) HNC
1 2 (28.57%) HND
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Avaya
2 1 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet