Deployment Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Deployment Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Deployment Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £188, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 117 152
Rank change year-on-year +17 +35 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Deployment Engineer 17 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.04% 0.23% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.25% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 13
10th Percentile £162 £171 £144
25th Percentile £173 £177 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £194 £160
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% +21.09% -3.03%
75th Percentile £197 £258 -
90th Percentile £200 £361 -
UK median daily rate £200 £200 £180
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,551 2,020 2,570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 94.30% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 883 1,244 1,816
10th Percentile £257 £200 £231
25th Percentile £368 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.53% +2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.82% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 113 44
10th Percentile £15.68 £12.30 £12.86
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.25 £14.44
Median hourly rate £19.37 £24.29 £21.71
Median % change year-on-year -20.28% +11.88% -34.21%
75th Percentile £24.50 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £40.63 £66.00 £68.38
UK median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.08% -18.89% +88.21%

Deployment Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Deployment Engineer in Scotland

Deployment Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Deployment Engineer in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Deployment Engineer in Scotland

Deployment Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Deployment Engineer in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Deployment Engineer in Scotland

Deployment Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deployment Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Edinburgh +12 9 £188 -
Glasgow -2 5 £200 -35.48% 2
Aberdeen - 2 £188 - 4
Deployment Engineer
UK

Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, Deployment 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 Scotland region featuring Deployment Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 11 (64.71%) SCCM
3 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
4 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (47.06%) Public Sector
5 7 (41.18%) HP
6 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (35.29%) Inventory Management
6 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (35.29%) Asset Management
6 6 (35.29%) Logistics
6 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
7 5 (29.41%) Customer Service
7 5 (29.41%) Agile
8 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
8 4 (23.53%) Ubuntu
8 4 (23.53%) ITIL
8 4 (23.53%) Linux
8 4 (23.53%) Service Management
8 4 (23.53%) ITSM
8 4 (23.53%) Legal
9 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (17.65%) Deployment Automation
9 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
10 2 (11.76%) Kanban
10 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
11 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence

Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
General
1 8 (47.06%) Public Sector
2 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Legal
4 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 4 (23.53%) Ubuntu
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Asset Management
1 6 (35.29%) Inventory Management
1 6 (35.29%) Logistics
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Customer Service
3 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 4 (23.53%) ITSM
3 4 (23.53%) Service Management
3 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
4 3 (17.65%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Kanban
6 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (64.71%) SCCM
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 7 (41.18%) HP
3 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow