IT Engineer Contracts in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer daily rate in England is £215 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 280 341
Rank change year-on-year +25 +61 +40
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 350 463 551
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.95% 0.95% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.00% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 289 361
10th Percentile £123 £121 £128
25th Percentile £158 £150 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £200 £201
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -0.62% +15.00%
75th Percentile £300 £330 £385
90th Percentile £600 £508 £475
UK median daily rate £200 £195 £200
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 81 47
10th Percentile £12.34 £13.16 £13.52
25th Percentile £15.75 £14.18 £14.79
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.72 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% +1.26% +10.34%
75th Percentile £22.00 £23.75 £19.91
90th Percentile £24.26 £43.75 £21.20
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,080 46,338 66,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,599 32,894 47,614
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,444 1,371 1,856
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London +99 145 £275 +37.50% 75
North of England +17 59 £200 +17.65% 71
South East +5 43 £176 -11.88% 63
Midlands -27 41 £150 -52.38% 57
South West +10 35 £200 +16.79% 55
East Midlands -7 32 £150 -52.38% 35
East of England +2 28 £250 +25.00% 25
North West +16 27 £179 -26.84% 34
Yorkshire +12 24 £285 +67.65% 31
West Midlands -3 9 £200 +26.98% 22
North East +14 8 £175 +27.27% 10
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 180 (51.43%) Windows
2 120 (34.29%) Microsoft
3 116 (33.14%) Active Directory
4 109 (31.14%) Microsoft 365
5 100 (28.57%) Customer Service
6 87 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (22.86%) Social Skills
8 61 (17.43%) Windows 10
9 50 (14.29%) Security Cleared
10 49 (14.00%) Azure
11 48 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
12 46 (13.14%) Microsoft Office
13 44 (12.57%) SCCM
14 43 (12.29%) Finance
15 41 (11.71%) Break/Fix
16 39 (11.14%) Microsoft Intune
16 39 (11.14%) SC Cleared
17 38 (10.86%) Windows Server
18 33 (9.43%) ITIL
19 31 (8.86%) Analytical Mindset
20 30 (8.57%) Public Sector
21 29 (8.29%) Microsoft Exchange
22 28 (8.00%) Degree
22 28 (8.00%) Asset Management
22 28 (8.00%) Windows 7
23 27 (7.71%) LAN
24 26 (7.43%) VPN
25 23 (6.57%) SLA
25 23 (6.57%) Apple
26 22 (6.29%) Wi-Fi

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 29 (8.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (5.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.43%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.14%) Confluence
5 3 (0.86%) Apache
5 3 (0.86%) JBoss
5 3 (0.86%) nginx
5 3 (0.86%) Tomcat
Applications
1 46 (13.14%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.29%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 109 (31.14%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (14.00%) Azure
3 16 (4.57%) Entra ID
4 11 (3.14%) AWS
5 8 (2.29%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.71%) SaaS
7 5 (1.43%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.14%) IaaS
8 4 (1.14%) PaaS
8 4 (1.14%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.14%) Slack
9 3 (0.86%) Asana
9 3 (0.86%) Azure Storage
9 3 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.86%) Serverless
9 3 (0.86%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.57%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.29%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.71%) LAN
2 26 (7.43%) VPN
3 22 (6.29%) Firewall
3 22 (6.29%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (6.00%) DHCP
4 21 (6.00%) DNS
5 19 (5.43%) WAN
6 11 (3.14%) Wireless
7 9 (2.57%) Internet
8 8 (2.29%) SAN
9 7 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (2.00%) Structured Cabling
9 7 (2.00%) TCP/IP
10 6 (1.71%) Network Security
11 5 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (1.43%) Skype
11 5 (1.43%) VLAN
11 5 (1.43%) VoIP
12 4 (1.14%) WAAS
12 4 (1.14%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.86%) Power BI
2 3 (0.86%) RDBMS
2 3 (0.86%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (2.29%) JIRA
2 2 (0.57%) GitLab
General
1 80 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.71%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (12.29%) Finance
4 30 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.14%) Banking
5 18 (5.14%) Manufacturing
6 10 (2.86%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.29%) Aviation
8 7 (2.00%) Law
9 6 (1.71%) Electronics
9 6 (1.71%) Legal
9 6 (1.71%) Marketing
10 5 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.43%) Retail
11 3 (0.86%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.86%) Automotive
11 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.57%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.86%) .NET
1 3 (0.86%) .NET Framework
1 3 (0.86%) IBM Integration Bus
2 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (0.57%) React
3 1 (0.29%) Middleware
3 1 (0.29%) Node.js
3 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (6.29%) Video Conferencing
3 17 (4.86%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.71%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.86%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.57%) NHS
7 7 (2.00%) CCTV
7 7 (2.00%) iPhone
7 7 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.43%) BYOD
8 5 (1.43%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.43%) Smartphone
9 4 (1.14%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.14%) iPad
9 4 (1.14%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.86%) Blackberry
10 3 (0.86%) Life Science
11 2 (0.57%) CMDB
11 2 (0.57%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 180 (51.43%) Windows
2 61 (17.43%) Windows 10
3 38 (10.86%) Windows Server
4 28 (8.00%) Windows 7
5 20 (5.71%) Android
6 19 (5.43%) Linux
7 18 (5.14%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.86%) Mac OS
9 8 (2.29%) Windows Vista
10 7 (2.00%) Unix
11 5 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (1.14%) VMS
13 3 (0.86%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 87 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (11.71%) Break/Fix
4 33 (9.43%) ITIL
5 28 (8.00%) Asset Management
6 18 (5.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 18 (5.14%) Migration
7 17 (4.86%) Service Management
8 14 (4.00%) ITSM
9 13 (3.71%) Service Delivery
10 11 (3.14%) Mobile Device Management
10 11 (3.14%) Server Management
10 11 (3.14%) SIEM
11 10 (2.86%) Customer Experience
12 9 (2.57%) Computer Science
12 9 (2.57%) DevOps
12 9 (2.57%) Logistics
12 9 (2.57%) Runbook
12 9 (2.57%) Server Patching
12 9 (2.57%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.29%) PowerShell
2 11 (3.14%) SQL
3 6 (1.71%) C#
3 6 (1.71%) Python
4 4 (1.14%) Java
5 3 (0.86%) Bash
5 3 (0.86%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.29%) VBA
6 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 39 (11.14%) SC Cleared
3 28 (8.00%) Degree
4 13 (3.71%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.14%) A+ Certification
6 10 (2.86%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.71%) CCNA
8 6 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.86%) MCP
12 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.57%) HND
12 2 (0.57%) MCDST
12 2 (0.57%) MCITP
12 2 (0.57%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.57%) SLA
2 4 (1.14%) QA
3 3 (0.86%) GAMP
3 3 (0.86%) GxP
4 2 (0.57%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.57%) NCSC
4 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.29%) COBIT
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 116 (33.14%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (4.29%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.14%) KVM
5 4 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.14%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.29%) Docker
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (12.57%) SCCM
2 39 (11.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (1.14%) vCenter Server
3 4 (1.14%) VxRail
4 3 (0.86%) SCOM
4 3 (0.86%) SCVMM
4 3 (0.86%) Terraform
4 3 (0.86%) WSUS
5 2 (0.57%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.29%) Ansible
6 1 (0.29%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.29%) Nessus
6 1 (0.29%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.29%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 120 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.57%) Apple
3 22 (6.29%) ServiceNow
3 22 (6.29%) VMware
4 18 (5.14%) Cisco
4 18 (5.14%) Citrix
5 7 (2.00%) ArcSight
5 7 (2.00%) Google
5 7 (2.00%) SAP
6 6 (1.71%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (1.71%) Oracle
6 6 (1.71%) Veeam
7 5 (1.43%) Bloomberg
8 4 (1.14%) Juniper
8 4 (1.14%) MobileIron
8 4 (1.14%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.86%) CA
9 3 (0.86%) HP
9 3 (0.86%) Meraki
9 3 (0.86%) Zscaler
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