IT Engineer Contracts in Livingston

IT Engineer
West Lothian > Livingston

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Livingston is £188, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 17 17
Rank change year-on-year +14 0 -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Livingston 42.86% 4.08% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% 4.08% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £181 £181 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £188 -
75th Percentile £194 £194 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Lothian median daily rate £188 £188 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £15.01 - -
25th Percentile £15.03 - -
Median hourly rate £15.05 - -
75th Percentile £15.08 - -
90th Percentile £15.09 - -
West Lothian median hourly rate £15.05 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Livingston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Livingston. 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 Livingston with a recognized job title 6 49 50
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 100.00% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 26 31
10th Percentile - £98 £120
25th Percentile £181 £327 £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -60.53% -5.00% +12.68%
75th Percentile £194 £560 £609
90th Percentile - £589 £650
West Lothian median daily rate £344 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -27.63% -5.00% +15.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile £15.03 - £35.38
25th Percentile £15.08 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £16.30 £48.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.04% -26.15% +233.33%
75th Percentile £18.78 - £73.25
90th Percentile £18.84 - £80.50
West Lothian median hourly rate £16.30 £48.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -66.04% -26.15% +233.33%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Livingston

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Livingston.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Livingston

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Livingston

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Livingston.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Livingston

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Livingston

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Livingston.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Livingston

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Livingston

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Livingston region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (33.33%) Service Continuity Management
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Server Management
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WLAN
1 1 (33.33%) Avaya
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Livingston by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
1 1 (33.33%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Server Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Continuity Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Avaya
1 1 (33.33%) Extreme Networks
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow