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6 to 12 month contracts

Most Gulf contracts run for 6 to 12 months, often renewable or extendable, and are offered through an agency payroll or directly by the client. The monthly rate is usually all inclusive, sometimes with a visa, housing or transport on top. Here are the latest 6 to 12 month contract jobs that Freelance Radar found on LinkedIn: 254 jobs live right now, with a median monthly rate of 12,506 (in AED, SAR or QAR, which trade at almost the same value).

Updated on 17 October 2026

254

jobs live

12,506 /month

median monthly rate

+188

this week

Senior MLOps Engineer

12-month extendable contract to build, deploy and operate production-grade ML and LLM infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments, requiring 5-10 years MLOps/ML platform experience with v…

ICOFR Specialists

Seeking 3 Big Four-qualified CA professionals with hands-on ICOFR and internal controls experience for a 6-month renewable contract in Abu Dhabi, immediate joiners only, to assess control design and o…

QC Inspector (Mechanical)

Short-term approximately 6-month Oil & Gas project in Qatar requiring a CSWIP 3.1 certified mechanical QC inspector with 5+ years EPC/maintenance/brownfield experience in piping, welding and mechanica…

12-month onsite contract in Abu Dhabi for a Data Scientist with 5+ years experience in statistics, ML/DL, RAG/MCP, Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, SQL/NoSQL, MLOps (MLflow, GitLab, Docker, CI/CD) and defe…

JAVA Fullstack Developer

12-month contract (possible long-term) onsite in Abu Dhabi for a Java Fullstack Developer with 5+ years' experience in Java/Spring Boot, Linux, SQL/NoSQL, Jira, Agile, CI/CD (Git, Jenkins, Artifactory…

Executive Assistant

Bilingual Arabic/English Executive Assistant for a 6-month renewable contract in a fast-paced Dubai startup, supporting leadership with high-pressure multitasking and detail-oriented execution.

Dubai · AED 10,000 / month

Senior Consultant, Technology & Cyber Advisory

6-month on-site contract in Dubai for a consultant to deliver ITGC reviews, technology risk and cybersecurity maturity assessments (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, COBIT, CIS Controls, UAE IA, PCI-DSS, SWIFT), s…

Dubai · AED 20–25k

Executive Assistant

6-month renewable contract with a prestigious Abu Dhabi government entity for an experienced executive assistant with prior government experience, fluent Arabic and English, available to join immediat…

6-month renewable contract with a prestigious Abu Dhabi government entity for an experienced administrator with prior government experience, fluent Arabic and English, available to join immediately.

6-month renewable contract with a prestigious Abu Dhabi government entity for an experienced HR specialist with prior government experience, fluent Arabic and English, available to join immediately.

Telecom Engineer – FEED

Telecom engineer for a 6-month extendable offshore FEED project in Abu Dhabi requiring proven FEED/detailed engineering experience in Oil & Gas/EPC and expertise in PAGA, VHF/UHF radio, CCTV, telephon…

Apigee API Integration Specialist

Mid-level/senior Google Apigee specialist needed for a 6-12 month contract/freelance enterprise API integration project in Dubai, on-site, requiring 3-5+ years of API development, Apigee X/Edge, API p…

Senior SRE / AIOps Engineer

6–12 month contract hire in Dubai for a Senior SRE / AIOps Engineer with 4–8 years hands-on experience in Kubernetes (k3s), Helm, ArgoCD, GitOps, Python/Go/Node.js, AIOps, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, G…

Dubai · AED 18,000 – 20,000/pm

Wellsite Supervisor – CTD

6-month contract for a Wellsite Supervisor – CTD in Dubai, UAE, working in oil & gas / drilling operations, via recruitment agency LanceSoft.

3D DESIGNER (EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS)

Seeking 2 creative 3D Designers with 5–8 years of exhibition and event design experience for a 6-month temporary contract in Dubai, requiring strong 3ds Max and Corona Renderer skills for developing c…

Dubai · Depending on candidate profile

Power BI Developer

6-month extendable contract for a locally available Power BI Developer in Abu Dhabi to build interactive dashboards, data models, DAX calculations and Power Query transformations for BI reporting.

SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Contract hire (6-month probation) for an oil & gas brownfield/retrofit/revamp electrical engineering role based in Abu Dhabi with occasional offshore visits; requires 10-12 years experience, ETAP cert…

Abu Dhabi · AED 14,000 ~16,000 per month

Infrastructure and Platform Engineer

Build and operate resilient cloud-native infrastructure for modular banking APIs and integration workloads on Azure, Kubernetes/OpenShift with IaC, GitOps, observability and disaster recovery; 12-mont…

Lead Backend Engineer

Lead backend engineering role in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on a 12-month onsite contract, open to candidates currently based in the UAE.

Senior Backend Engineer

Senior backend engineering role in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on a 12-month onsite contract, open to candidates currently based in the UAE.

Staff Backend Engineer

Staff backend engineering role in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on a 12-month onsite contract, open to candidates currently based in the UAE.

HEAD OF PLANNING

Head of Planning for an offshore compression oil & gas project in Doha, 36-month contract starting December 2026, requiring 20 years of business planning experience, expertise in project controls, sch…

Fraud Risk & Monitoring Analyst

12-month contract based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia requiring a KSA National Fraud Risk & Monitoring Analyst, submit CV to RT@EMAGINECONSULTING.AE.

HEAD OF PLANNING

Head of Planning for the Offshore Compression project, Doha office based, 36-month contract starting December 2026, leading project planning/scheduling, schedule risk and analysis with Primavera and A…

SAP Cutover Lead

Experienced SAP Cutover Lead (12-15 years) needed to join an SAP implementation programme, leading cutover across design, build, testing and deployment through to go-live, onsite in the UAE on a 6-9 m…

UAE

Performance & Reliability Engineer

12-month contract (possible extension) for an on-site Abu Dhabi banking client, requiring 8+ years in banking performance engineering with expertise in JMeter, LoadRunner, Dynatrace, Grafana, distribu…

Senior React.js Developer

12-month extendable onsite contract in Dubai for a Senior React.js Developer with 5-8 years experience in React.js, TypeScript, Redux, Next.js, Micro Frontends, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Generative AI and …

Network Security Lead

12-month extendable contract in Abu Dhabi for a Network Security Lead with 10-12 years of experience to lead network security architecture, manage perimeter security infrastructure and drive enterpris…

Define domain data architecture, canonical models and event schemas for modular banking APIs and Lean Core operating model, including MDM, data governance, API payload design and BIAN semantics; 12-mo…

Consultant Emergency Medicine

Locum consultant in Emergency Medicine needed for a large private healthcare client in Dubai for a 3-6 month contract starting immediately, requiring a recognised consultant-level qualification, exper…

SME Digital Payments & Partnerships Manager

12-month contract in Riyadh for a manager with 5+ years in SME banking, digital payments, fintech partnerships or commercial cards, hands-on with expense management, virtual card issuance and card con…

Enterprise Architect

12-month contract for an Enterprise Architect in Riyadh to lead enterprise and solution architecture for banking digital channels, integration platforms and AI-enabled capabilities, requiring 10-15 ye…

Senior Mechanical Engineer – CAPEX

12-month contract for a Senior Mechanical Engineer at EGA Jebel Ali, Dubai, requiring 10+ years of mechanical project experience in power plants, knowledge of rotating equipment (pumps, centrifugal/sc…

HR Specialist with minimum 4 years of HR experience and mandatory UAE Federal Government experience, Arabic speaker, to support manpower activation, workforce planning, recruitment coordination, onboa…

Backend Engineer (Python / Node.js)

6-month contract with possible extension for a Backend Engineer (Python/Node.js) with a client in Dubai.

IRIS Data Engineer

Experienced IRIS Data Engineer (6+ years) for a 6-month extendable contract in Dubai, with hands-on expertise in Azure Databricks, PySpark, SQL, ADF and InterSystems IRIS for enterprise cloud data war…

HSE Officer with 5+ years experience and mandatory NEBOSH certification for a 3-6 month contract in Dubai, Sharjah or Al Ain, immediate joiners only, Oil & Gas / ADNOC-approved candidates preferred.

6-month extendable contract for an AI Engineer with 6+ years of enterprise AI experience in Dubai, immediate to 30 days availability, requiring skills in AI Agents, LLMs, RAG, Python, SQL, Databricks …

Azure Databricks Data Engineer

6-month extendable contract in Dubai for an experienced Azure Databricks Data Engineer (5+ years data engineering) with hands-on Azure Databricks, ADF, dbt, PySpark, SQL, ADLS Gen2 and CI/CD skills; i…

Network Technician

Hands-on technicians needed to support network infrastructure installation at customer sites in Jeddah or Jubail, on an initial 3-6 month contract, requiring structured cabling, cable termination, pat…