Hardware Engineer Contracts in Edinburgh

Hardware Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Hardware Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 - 127
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Hardware Engineer 20 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.30% - 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.43% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £101
25th Percentile - - £103
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £110
75th Percentile - - £158
90th Percentile - - £183
Scotland median daily rate £200 - £100
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 0 0
10th Percentile £60.00 - -
25th Percentile £60.25 - -
Median hourly rate £66.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £66.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 824 1,126 1,826
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 95.59% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 782 1,260
10th Percentile £178 £225 £237
25th Percentile £340 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £569
90th Percentile £646 £600 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £472
% change year-on-year -5.26% +0.64% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 10 13
10th Percentile £15.45 £12.89 -
25th Percentile £16.37 £17.71 £17.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £17.72 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +153.95% -11.40% -65.22%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.57 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £44.75 £53.20
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £20.22 £37.43
% change year-on-year -3.56% -45.98% +16.97%

Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Engineer in Edinburgh

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Hardware Engineer in Edinburgh

Hardware Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Engineer in Edinburgh

Hardware Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Hardware Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Hardware Engineer in Edinburgh

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Hardware 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 Edinburgh region featuring Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
1 4 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 4 (20.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (20.00%) Line Management
1 4 (20.00%) Firmware
1 4 (20.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (20.00%) Electronics
1 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.00%) VMware
2 1 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (5.00%) Apple

Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 4 (20.00%) Electronics
1 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
1 4 (20.00%) Line Management
1 4 (20.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Apple
1 1 (5.00%) VMware