IT Engineer Contracts in Sheffield

IT Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £225 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 50 47 44
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 4 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.07% 0.68% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 0.70% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £205 - -
25th Percentile £213 £125 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £130 £500
Median % change year-on-year +73.08% -74.00% +129.89%
75th Percentile £238 £135 -
90th Percentile £245 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £250 £140 £500
% change year-on-year +78.57% -72.00% +233.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £9.14
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.72 £9.28
Median % change year-on-year +24.15% +91.05% -
75th Percentile - - £9.41
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.00 £17.72 £13.32
% change year-on-year +24.15% +33.06% -39.47%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 336 430 361
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.84% 97.73% 96.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 301 292
10th Percentile £359 £363 £300
25th Percentile £413 £463 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.10 £9.74
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.25 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.72 £16.38
Median % change year-on-year +24.15% +8.21% +20.83%
75th Percentile £23.75 £22.50 £18.11
90th Percentile - £33.00 £23.55
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.60 £17.72 £18.32
% change year-on-year -23.28% -3.28% +14.50%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Sheffield

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Sheffield

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Sheffield

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

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 Sheffield region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (25.00%) SCCM
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (25.00%) Security Patching

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Security Patching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco