Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Support Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 52 74
Rank change year-on-year -10 +22 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 2 18 14
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.33% 2.73% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 2.88% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 8
10th Percentile - - £227
25th Percentile £513 - £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £148 £405
Median % change year-on-year +254.73% -63.46% +153.13%
75th Percentile £538 - £452
90th Percentile - £168 £459
Scotland median daily rate £200 £183 £398
% change year-on-year +9.59% -54.09% +90.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 2
Median hourly rate - £23.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.13% -5.49%
Scotland median hourly rate £24.50 £23.59 £17.72
% change year-on-year +3.86% +33.13% +4.64%

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 543 624 893
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 94.69% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 326 542
10th Percentile £236 £210 £213
25th Percentile £413 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.06% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £644 £625
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +0.89% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 17
10th Percentile £23.60 £17.10 £13.23
25th Percentile £30.50 £19.64 £17.72
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +154.35% -32.60% +76.32%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile - - £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £24.62 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year +17.57% +7.38% +10.05%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) ArcGIS
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
2 1 (50.00%) ESRI
2 1 (50.00%) GIS
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Magik
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) Smallworld
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (50.00%) Smallworld
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Magik
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) ESRI
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp