Technical Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Technical Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Technical Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 124 156
Rank change year-on-year +9 +32 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.24% 0.047% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.050% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £185 - -
25th Percentile £214 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £313 - £338
90th Percentile £328 - -
UK median daily rate £263 £425 £358
% change year-on-year -38.24% +18.88% +13.49%

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 1,557 2,005 2,546
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 94.53% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 1,238 1,778
10th Percentile £256 £200 £222
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.66% -4.63% +1.06%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.05% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 124 44
10th Percentile £15.81 £12.30 £12.44
25th Percentile £16.78 £16.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.62 £20.57 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +3.47% -46.89%
75th Percentile £24.66 £58.13 £58.82
90th Percentile £44.01 £66.00 £68.09
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% -16.67% +87.50%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in Scotland

Technical Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Engineer in Scotland

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Engineer in Scotland

Technical Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Engineer in Scotland

Technical 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 Technical Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 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 - 1 £325 - 6
East Lothian - 1 £170 -
Technical Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (25.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) HNC
2 1 (25.00%) HND
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking

Technical 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Product Management
1 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) HNC
1 1 (25.00%) HND
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow