IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Prestwick

IT Engineer
South Ayrshire > Prestwick

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Prestwick is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
14 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Prestwick 18.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 22.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Ayrshire median daily rate £225 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Prestwick

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Prestwick. 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 Prestwick with a recognized job title 9 0 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.82% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £266 - -
75th Percentile £332 - -
90th Percentile £335 - -
South Ayrshire median daily rate £266 £158 £144
% change year-on-year +68.63% +9.53% +5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.23 - -
South Ayrshire median hourly rate £19.23 - -

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Prestwick

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Prestwick.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Prestwick

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Prestwick

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 Prestwick region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 2 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Windows

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Prestwick 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 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
IT Engineer jobs