Operations Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Operations Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Operations Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £713 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 159 162
Rank change year-on-year +41 +3 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 5 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.23% 0.19% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.19% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile £649 - £300
25th Percentile £666 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £425 £540
Median % change year-on-year +67.65% -21.30% +8.54%
75th Percentile £741 £544 £560
90th Percentile £746 £608 £605
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,018 2,574 3,263
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 95.40% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,244 1,816 2,311
10th Percentile £200 £231 £218
25th Percentile £356 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £649 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 45 51
10th Percentile £12.30 £12.90 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.25 £17.61
Median hourly rate £24.29 £21.67 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% -34.33% -12.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.03 £47.98
90th Percentile £66.00 £68.25 £55.84
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Operations Engineer in Scotland

Operations Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Operations Engineer in Scotland

Operations 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 Operations Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Glasgow +12 3 £713 +9.62%
South Lanarkshire - 2 £713 -
Operations Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Operations 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 Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
1 4 (80.00%) Atlassian
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Confluence
2 3 (60.00%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (60.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (40.00%) REST
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Groovy
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System

Operations 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) UEBA
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Atlassian