IT Engineer Contracts in West Lothian

IT Engineer
Scotland > West Lothian

The median IT Engineer daily rate in West Lothian 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 19
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 -5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Lothian 30.00% 4.00% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 33.33% 4.00% 1.92%
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 - - -
Scotland median daily rate £188 £200 £165
% change year-on-year -6.25% +21.21% -7.04%
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 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.35 £17.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +4.83% -1.24% +0.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Lothian

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Lothian. 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 West Lothian with a recognized job title 9 50 52
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 100.00% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 27 32
10th Percentile £211 £105 £121
25th Percentile £255 £353 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -5.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £442 £560 £605
90th Percentile £492 £589 £648
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
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
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in West Lothian

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in West Lothian

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Lothian

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in West Lothian

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 1 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
Livingston +14 3 £188 - 1
IT Engineer
Scotland

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

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 West Lothian 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 West Lothian 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