IT Engineer Contracts in Chelmsford

IT Engineer
Essex > Chelmsford

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Chelmsford is £250 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 7 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 4 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chelmsford 28.57% 13.33% 11.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 33.33% 13.33% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £105 £127
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £110 £133
Median % change year-on-year +127.27% -17.29% -
75th Percentile - £133 £140
90th Percentile - £164 -
Essex median daily rate £250 £110 £176
% change year-on-year +127.27% -37.56% -29.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £16.35 - -
25th Percentile £16.50 - £14.75
Median hourly rate £18.50 - £16.50
75th Percentile £20.25 - £18.25
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £18.50 - £16.50
% change year-on-year - - +28.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chelmsford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title 12 30 16
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 100.00% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 9
10th Percentile £218 £105 £125
25th Percentile £291 £136 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £316 £400
Median % change year-on-year +42.41% -21.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £534 £538 £438
90th Percentile £569 £603 £505
Essex median daily rate £450 £450 £492
% change year-on-year - -8.54% +15.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £12.86 £20.04 £16.30
25th Percentile £13.59 £20.85 £18.63
Median hourly rate £16.63 £23.31 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.66% -2.88% -25.00%
75th Percentile £19.88 £24.62 £25.50
90th Percentile £20.25 - -
Essex median hourly rate £40.31 £43.32 £26.00
% change year-on-year -6.94% +66.60% +13.31%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Chelmsford

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Chelmsford

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Chelmsford

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford

For the 6 months to 25 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 Chelmsford region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Break/Fix
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) Finance

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford 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 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Break/Fix
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving