IT Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £179 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 June 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
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 165 155 201
Rank change year-on-year -10 +46 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 256 367 403
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.23% 1.62% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 1.71% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 215 238
10th Percentile £107 £110 £120
25th Percentile £143 £135 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £179 £190 £191
Median % change year-on-year -5.92% -0.65% +12.50%
75th Percentile £238 £323 £385
90th Percentile £338 £453 £450
UK median daily rate £200 £190 £213
% change year-on-year +5.26% -10.59% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 70 51
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.16 £12.48
25th Percentile £13.25 £14.06 £14.66
Median hourly rate £16.70 £17.72 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% +1.26% +10.34%
75th Percentile £19.50 £23.75 £19.81
90th Percentile £24.01 £40.60 £20.00
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,202 21,417 29,424
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 94.25% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,557 14,891 20,714
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,431 1,078 1,407
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.04 £14.85
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.23
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.35
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.70%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
North of England +11 51 £190 +11.76% 81
South East +8 46 £176 -11.88% 88
Midlands -12 42 £150 -52.38% 50
Scotland +50 40 £200 +35.59% 21
East Midlands -7 33 £150 -53.85% 28
South West -4 27 £136 -24.31% 45
Wales +20 24 £145 -12.12% 7
Yorkshire +6 24 £200 +17.65% 24
East of England -9 24 £225 +47.54% 33
North West -3 22 £191 -20.31% 50
West Midlands -1 9 £200 +25.00% 22
North East +9 5 £175 +27.27% 9
Northern Ireland -9 3 - - 8
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 111 (43.36%) Windows
2 80 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 75 (29.30%) Active Directory
3 75 (29.30%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (27.73%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (25.39%) Customer Service
6 54 (21.09%) Social Skills
7 51 (19.92%) Break/Fix
8 43 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
9 41 (16.02%) Windows 10
10 38 (14.84%) Public Sector
11 34 (13.28%) Security Cleared
12 31 (12.11%) Azure
13 30 (11.72%) SC Cleared
13 30 (11.72%) Microsoft Intune
13 30 (11.72%) SCCM
14 29 (11.33%) Microsoft Exchange
14 29 (11.33%) Windows Server
15 25 (9.77%) Analytical Mindset
15 25 (9.77%) Microsoft Office
16 21 (8.20%) VMware
17 19 (7.42%) LAN
18 18 (7.03%) Wi-Fi
19 17 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure
19 17 (6.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 16 (6.25%) Finance
20 16 (6.25%) Firewall
21 15 (5.86%) ITIL
21 15 (5.86%) Linux
21 15 (5.86%) Cisco

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (11.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.17%) Confluence
4 2 (0.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (9.77%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.39%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 2 (0.78%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 75 (29.30%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (12.11%) Azure
3 9 (3.52%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.56%) AWS
4 4 (1.56%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.17%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.17%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.42%) LAN
2 18 (7.03%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (6.25%) Firewall
4 15 (5.86%) SAN
5 11 (4.30%) VPN
6 10 (3.91%) DNS
6 10 (3.91%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (3.52%) DHCP
8 7 (2.73%) Internet
8 7 (2.73%) WAN
9 6 (2.34%) Wireless
10 5 (1.95%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.56%) VLAN
11 4 (1.56%) WAAS
11 4 (1.56%) WLAN
12 3 (1.17%) 4G
12 3 (1.17%) 5G
12 3 (1.17%) Network Security
12 3 (1.17%) VoIP
12 3 (1.17%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.56%) Power BI
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.17%) JIRA
General
1 54 (21.09%) Social Skills
2 43 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (14.84%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.25%) Finance
5 14 (5.47%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.13%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.95%) Banking
7 5 (1.95%) Electronics
7 5 (1.95%) Legal
8 4 (1.56%) French Language
9 3 (1.17%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.17%) Marketing
9 3 (1.17%) Military
10 2 (0.78%) Automotive
10 2 (0.78%) Law
10 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.78%) Portuguese Language
10 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Retail
10 2 (0.78%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (4.69%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.69%) Driving Licence
3 10 (3.91%) NHS
4 7 (2.73%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.73%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.95%) BYOD
6 5 (1.95%) iPhone
7 4 (1.56%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.17%) Life Science
8 3 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.78%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.78%) PKI
9 2 (0.78%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.78%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.39%) CCTV
10 1 (0.39%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 111 (43.36%) Windows
2 41 (16.02%) Windows 10
3 29 (11.33%) Windows Server
4 15 (5.86%) Linux
4 15 (5.86%) Windows 7
5 14 (5.47%) Apple iOS
6 9 (3.52%) Windows Vista
7 7 (2.73%) Android
8 6 (2.34%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.17%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.78%) Unix
11 2 (0.78%) VMS
12 1 (0.39%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (27.73%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (25.39%) Customer Service
3 51 (19.92%) Break/Fix
4 17 (6.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (5.86%) ITIL
6 9 (3.52%) Service Management
7 8 (3.13%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (3.13%) Migration
7 8 (3.13%) Service Delivery
8 7 (2.73%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (2.73%) Inventory Management
8 7 (2.73%) ITSM
8 7 (2.73%) Software Deployment
9 6 (2.34%) Agile
9 6 (2.34%) Asset Management
9 6 (2.34%) Mobile Device Management
9 6 (2.34%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (1.95%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (1.95%) Project Management
10 5 (1.95%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.73%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.56%) SQL
3 2 (0.78%) C#
Qualifications
1 34 (13.28%) Security Cleared
2 30 (11.72%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.47%) Degree
4 13 (5.08%) A+ Certification
5 12 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.91%) CCNA
6 10 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (3.91%) MCSE
6 10 (3.91%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (3.52%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.95%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.78%) HND
10 2 (0.78%) MCP
11 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.39%) MCDST
11 1 (0.39%) MCSA
11 1 (0.39%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.47%) SLA
2 3 (1.17%) GAMP
2 3 (1.17%) GxP
3 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.78%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.78%) NCSC
3 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.78%) QA
4 1 (0.39%) COBIT
4 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.39%) GDPR
4 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 75 (29.30%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.13%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.78%) KVM
5 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.78%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (11.72%) Microsoft Intune
1 30 (11.72%) SCCM
2 3 (1.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.78%) Terraform
3 2 (0.78%) vCenter Server
3 2 (0.78%) WSUS
4 1 (0.39%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.39%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.39%) Nessus
4 1 (0.39%) SCOM
Vendors
1 80 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.20%) VMware
3 15 (5.86%) Cisco
3 15 (5.86%) ServiceNow
4 14 (5.47%) Apple
5 11 (4.30%) Dell
6 9 (3.52%) Citrix
7 6 (2.34%) HP
8 5 (1.95%) SAP
9 4 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.56%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.17%) Avaya
10 3 (1.17%) Juniper
10 3 (1.17%) Meraki
10 3 (1.17%) MobileIron
10 3 (1.17%) Veeam
10 3 (1.17%) WatchGuard
11 2 (0.78%) 3Com
11 2 (0.78%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.78%) Reuters