Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Inverness

Support Engineer
Highlands > Inverness

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Inverness is £447, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Inverness 38.46% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 41.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £437 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 - -
75th Percentile £540 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Highlands median daily rate £447 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Inverness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Inverness. 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 Inverness with a recognized job title 24 7 13
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile - £178 -
25th Percentile £437 £205 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £235 £200
Median % change year-on-year +90.21% +17.50% -51.22%
75th Percentile £520 £294 -
90th Percentile £540 £350 -
Highlands median daily rate £437 £235 £200
% change year-on-year +85.96% +17.50% -51.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
Median hourly rate £12.60 - £12.50
Highlands median hourly rate £13.45 - £19.50

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Inverness

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 Inverness.

Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Inverness

Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Inverness

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

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

Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Inverness

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

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

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Inverness

For the 6 months to 6 June 2026, 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 Inverness region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (50.00%) BeyondTrust
2 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 5 (50.00%) Okta
2 5 (50.00%) RBAC
2 5 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (10.00%) Azure
6 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (10.00%) CyberArk
6 1 (10.00%) High Availability
6 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
6 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 1 (10.00%) ITIL
6 1 (10.00%) Linux
6 1 (10.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 1 (10.00%) Privileged Identity Management
6 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
6 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
6 1 (10.00%) SIEM
6 1 (10.00%) SLA
6 1 (10.00%) Windows

Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Inverness 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) RBAC
2 4 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) High Availability
4 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (10.00%) Privileged Identity Management
4 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) BeyondTrust
1 5 (50.00%) Okta
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) CyberArk