IT Engineer Contracts in Birmingham

IT Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £155 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 62 79
Rank change year-on-year +9 +17 -26
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 10 17 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.33% 1.79% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.88% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 8
10th Percentile £119 £120 £160
25th Percentile £125 £133 £177
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £188 £206
Median % change year-on-year -17.33% -9.09% +11.49%
75th Percentile £200 £592 £259
90th Percentile £250 £650 £355
West Midlands median daily rate £180 £150 £200
% change year-on-year +20.00% -25.00% +40.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £16.34
25th Percentile - £15.64 £17.21
Median hourly rate - £16.29 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year - -7.99% -
75th Percentile - £16.93 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.94 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year -4.43% +1.26% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 691 906 1,294
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 95.17% 96.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 608 955
10th Percentile £249 £263 £213
25th Percentile £325 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 32 21
10th Percentile £12.95 £11.10 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £12.50 £13.75
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +21.21% -8.33%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.47 £18.00
90th Percentile £59.58 £63.13 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £19.00 £17.28
% change year-on-year +15.79% +9.95% +4.73%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Birmingham

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Birmingham

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in Birmingham

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) Citrix
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (20.00%) ITIL
5 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (20.00%) LAN
5 2 (20.00%) Legal
5 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) Server Management
6 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
6 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (10.00%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (10.00%) Break/Fix
6 1 (10.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (10.00%) Windows
6 1 (10.00%) Linux
6 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
6 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (10.00%) User Experience
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Entra ID

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (70.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL
1 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
2 1 (10.00%) Server Management
2 1 (10.00%) Time Management
2 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Citrix
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft