Systems Engineering Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Systems Engineering
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Systems Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs citing Systems Engineering 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.50% - 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £347
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.91%
Scotland median daily rate £358 £472 £454
% change year-on-year -24.15% +4.08% -17.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Systems 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 552 591 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 92.31% 89.68% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 307 528
10th Percentile £225 £205 £212
25th Percentile £411 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +3.06% -8.63% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 9
10th Percentile £16.68 £16.59 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.47 £17.72
Median hourly rate £19.19 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £53.70
90th Percentile £71.75 - £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.18
% change year-on-year -12.81% +19.59% +3.68%

Systems Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Systems Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Systems Engineering job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Systems Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Systems Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Behavioural Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared