IT Engineer
UK
The median IT Engineer daily rate in the UK is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 234 | 285 | 372 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +51 | +87 | +15 |
| Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer | 453 | 557 | 630 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.05% | 0.93% | 0.71% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.13% | 0.98% | 0.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 273 | 335 | 399 |
| 10th Percentile | £123 | £121 | £128 |
| 25th Percentile | £150 | £150 | £154 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £200 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £300 | £328 | £363 |
| 90th Percentile | £519 | £500 | £461 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £188 | £188 | £188 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +17.19% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 120 | 90 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.00 | £13.16 | £12.97 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.75 | £15.11 | £14.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.86 | £17.72 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.79% | +1.26% | +10.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £21.00 | £23.56 | £19.87 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.18 | £44.32 | £21.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.50 | £17.72 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.24% | +1.26% | +10.34% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 40,172 | 56,583 | 84,829 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,161 | 39,538 | 59,512 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.93% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,585 | 2,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.27 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.83 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.38% | +95.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer.
IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer.
IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
IT Engineer
Top 17 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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 |
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| England | +61 | 380 | £220 | +10.00% | 347 |
| UK excluding London | +7 | 288 | £188 | - | 306 |
| London | +113 | 159 | £275 | +29.41% | 58 |
| Work from Home | +107 | 66 | £313 | +25.00% | 80 |
| North of England | +16 | 60 | £200 | +14.29% | 70 |
| South East | +7 | 45 | £176 | -21.67% | 72 |
| Midlands | -26 | 44 | £150 | -52.38% | 68 |
| South West | +24 | 43 | £200 | +12.68% | 49 |
| Scotland | +34 | 40 | £200 | +21.21% | 10 |
| East Midlands | -9 | 32 | £150 | -52.38% | 37 |
| East of England | +6 | 30 | £250 | +29.87% | 28 |
| North West | +7 | 28 | £179 | -25.31% | 39 |
| Wales | +22 | 24 | £145 | -3.33% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 24 | £285 | +67.65% | 24 |
| West Midlands | +9 | 12 | £200 | +31.15% | 31 |
| North East | +18 | 8 | £175 | +27.27% | 10 |
| Northern Ireland | +1 | 4 | £210 | - | 4 |
IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 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 featuring IT Engineer in the job title.
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IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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