Operations Engineer Contract Job Trends in Fife

Operations Engineer
Scotland > Fife

The median Operations Engineer daily rate in Fife is £43, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
18 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Fife 4.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 9.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £43 - -
75th Percentile £44 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £473 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Fife

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Fife. 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 Fife with a recognized job title 11 17 11
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 50.00% 94.44% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 5
10th Percentile £64 - £199
25th Percentile £130 £115 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 £140 £323
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% -56.59% +63.29%
75th Percentile £488 £186 £475
90th Percentile - £449 £504
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £50.96
25th Percentile - £13.25 £56.15
Median hourly rate £65.00 £13.50 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year +381.48% -77.13% +13.06%
75th Percentile - £13.75 £62.71
90th Percentile - - £69.33
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £19.18
% change year-on-year +28.38% +2.14% +8.24%

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

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

Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in Fife

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fife

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, Operations 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 Fife region featuring Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection

Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fife 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
4 Operations Engineer jobs in Scotland