IT Engineer Contracts in the South West

IT Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the South West is £143 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 125 118
Rank change year-on-year -1 -7 -4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 28 38 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.86% 1.12% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 1.21% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 25 31
10th Percentile £104 £123 £123
25th Percentile £105 £143 £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 £180 £260
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -30.77% +33.33%
75th Percentile £207 £288 £475
90th Percentile £238 £475 £550
England median daily rate £215 £200 £213
% change year-on-year +7.50% -5.88% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 9
10th Percentile £11.98 £17.31 £14.97
25th Percentile £12.00 £17.71 £15.76
Median hourly rate £13.68 £17.97 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.91% +2.70% +10.34%
75th Percentile £16.94 £27.00 £20.00
90th Percentile £17.25 £32.70 £20.45
England median hourly rate £18.30 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year +3.27% +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 3,005 3,130 3,489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 92.58% 95.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,892 2,328 2,526
10th Percentile £213 £281 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £594
90th Percentile £700 £719 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 250 208
10th Percentile £13.93 £17.97 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £64.57 £45.17
Median % change year-on-year -14.82% +42.95% +1.51%
75th Percentile £71.25 £74.69 £62.78
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.53
England median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Wiltshire +3 11 £130 -25.71% 10
Bristol +7 10 £200 +2.56% 7
Dorset +5 4 - - 3
Somerset 0 2 - - 5
Devon -6 1 £143 +14.00% 1
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 31 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 South West region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (46.43%) Customer Service
2 9 (32.14%) Windows
3 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (25.00%) Break/Fix
5 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
6 5 (17.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (14.29%) Data Protection
7 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
7 4 (14.29%) VPN
7 4 (14.29%) SLA
7 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
8 3 (10.71%) Cisco
8 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery
8 3 (10.71%) Aerospace
8 3 (10.71%) 4G
8 3 (10.71%) Windows 7
8 3 (10.71%) BYOD
8 3 (10.71%) Security Hardening
8 3 (10.71%) 5G
8 3 (10.71%) Windows 10
8 3 (10.71%) Customer Experience
8 3 (10.71%) Systems Engineering
9 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
9 2 (7.14%) Value Proposition

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.57%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.57%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) VPN
2 3 (10.71%) 4G
2 3 (10.71%) 5G
3 2 (7.14%) Firewall
3 2 (7.14%) Network Security
3 2 (7.14%) VoIP
4 1 (3.57%) ADSL
4 1 (3.57%) Internet
4 1 (3.57%) LAN
4 1 (3.57%) SAN
4 1 (3.57%) Skype
4 1 (3.57%) WAN
4 1 (3.57%) WebEx
General
1 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 5 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Aerospace
4 2 (7.14%) Legal
4 2 (7.14%) Military
4 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.57%) Electronics
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (10.71%) BYOD
3 2 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.14%) NHS
4 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) PKI
4 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Windows 10
2 3 (10.71%) Windows 7
3 2 (7.14%) Linux
4 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Customer Service
2 7 (25.00%) Break/Fix
3 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 3 (10.71%) Customer Experience
5 3 (10.71%) Security Hardening
5 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery
5 3 (10.71%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (7.14%) Agile
6 2 (7.14%) Customer Value Proposition
6 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.14%) DevOps
6 2 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (7.14%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 2 (7.14%) SDLC
6 2 (7.14%) Service Management
6 2 (7.14%) Static Application Security Testing
6 2 (7.14%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (7.14%) TOGAF
6 2 (7.14%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.57%) CCNA
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.57%) MCP
3 1 (3.57%) MCSE
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) SLA
2 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Terraform
2 1 (3.57%) Check_MK
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Cisco
3 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.14%) Sparx
4 1 (3.57%) Citrix
4 1 (3.57%) Dell
4 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.57%) Juniper
4 1 (3.57%) Meraki
4 1 (3.57%) SAP
4 1 (3.57%) Splunk
4 1 (3.57%) VMware