IT Engineer Contracts in Cambridgeshire

IT Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £170 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 51 37 68
Rank change year-on-year -14 +31 -25
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 5 20 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.02% 3.33% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 3.82% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 6
10th Percentile - £150 £104
25th Percentile £168 - £124
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £200 £170
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £225 £538 £199
90th Percentile £255 £575 £270
East of England median daily rate £238 £185 £163
% change year-on-year +28.38% +13.85% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £17.52 £22.34
25th Percentile - £17.60 £32.78
Median hourly rate - £17.72 £50.38
Median % change year-on-year - -64.82% +306.58%
75th Percentile - - £67.78
90th Percentile - - £78.11
East of England median hourly rate £18.00 £17.72 £17.00
% change year-on-year +1.58% +4.24% +30.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 416 524 774
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.25% 87.33% 91.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 310 402
10th Percentile £225 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £269 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £439
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +2.56% +7.87%
75th Percentile £572 £538 £525
90th Percentile £700 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 108 211
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +14.81% -
75th Percentile £26.34 £20.33 £15.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £25.86 £20.25
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -3.13%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Cambridgeshire

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Cambridgeshire

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Cambridgeshire

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Cambridge -13 5 £170 -15.00% 7
IT Engineer
East of England

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

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 Cambridgeshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) NHS
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (20.00%) SCCM
3 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (20.00%) MCDST
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (20.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (20.00%) MCDST
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft