Senior IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Senior IT Engineer
Scotland > Highlands

As of 2 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior IT Engineer daily rate in the Highlands.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 6.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Highlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Highlands. 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 the Highlands with a recognized job title 6 6 4
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 37.50% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £165 - -
25th Percentile £171 £110 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £241 £180 £143
Median % change year-on-year +34.03% +26.32% -50.43%
75th Percentile £352 £276 £147
90th Percentile £403 £313 £149
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -

Senior IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Engineer within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 2 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tain - 1 - -
Senior IT Engineer
Scotland

Senior IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, Senior IT 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 Highlands region featuring Senior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Senior IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware