IT Support Engineer Contracts in Edinburgh

IT Support Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £145 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 103 124
Rank change year-on-year +31 +21 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.25% 0.23% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.24% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £160 -
25th Percentile £143 £171 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £193 £135
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% +42.59% -
75th Percentile £148 £216 £143
90th Percentile - £227 -
Scotland median daily rate £200 £165 £195
% change year-on-year +21.21% -15.38% +34.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £18.27 - £17.50
Scotland median hourly rate £18.27 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - +40.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 776 1,253 1,888
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 95.50% 96.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 446 902 1,315
10th Percentile £200 £260 £230
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £550
90th Percentile £663 £625 £625
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 12 24
10th Percentile £16.25 - £12.30
25th Percentile £18.07 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -10.48% -58.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.20 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £23.18 £25.82
% change year-on-year +50.99% -10.21% -35.46%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in Edinburgh

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Edinburgh

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in Edinburgh

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, IT 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 Edinburgh region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (50.00%) Apple

IT Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple