IT Engineer Contracts in West London

IT Engineer
London > West London

The median IT Engineer daily rate in West London is £230, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 63 52
Rank change year-on-year +29 -11 -1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 14 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 3.77% 1.02% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.95% 1.05% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 7
10th Percentile £171 £173 £147
25th Percentile £206 £184 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £205 £300
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -31.67% +118.18%
75th Percentile £245 £294 £451
90th Percentile - £346 £463
London median daily rate £255 £195 £250
% change year-on-year +30.77% -22.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £12.59 £66.00 -
25th Percentile £13.85 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £70.00 £12.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.00% +483.33% -
75th Percentile £18.75 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £20.88 £78.00 -
London median hourly rate £21.00 £18.93 £16.50
% change year-on-year +10.94% +14.73% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West 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 West London with a recognized job title 354 574 570
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 97.12% 95.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 439 405
10th Percentile £200 £268 £189
25th Percentile £293 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £565 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.93% +13.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £650 £623
90th Percentile £650 £701 £675
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 49 42
10th Percentile £16.25 £24.50 £13.20
25th Percentile £18.13 £31.25 £15.75
Median hourly rate £30.16 £64.00 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -52.88% +224.05% -17.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £36.23
90th Percentile £65.40 £90.00 £41.99
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in West London

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in West London

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in West London

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Hillingdon +40 9 £230 +39.39% 1
Ealing 0 1 £180 -12.20% 1
Wembley - 1 - - 1
Hammersmith - 1 £150 - 1
IT Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 West London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (42.86%) CCTV
1 6 (42.86%) Structured Cabling
1 6 (42.86%) Aviation
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Windows
3 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) Break/Fix
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 2 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (14.29%) VMware
4 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (14.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
5 1 (7.14%) Azure
5 1 (7.14%) AWS
5 1 (7.14%) Android
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (7.14%) Retail
5 1 (7.14%) SCCM
5 1 (7.14%) SCOM
5 1 (7.14%) SCVMM
5 1 (7.14%) Time Management

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (7.14%) DHCP
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
General
1 6 (42.86%) Aviation
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) CCTV
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Android
3 1 (7.14%) Unix
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Break/Fix
2 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 2 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (7.14%) Capacity Management
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) Line Management
4 1 (7.14%) Project Management
4 1 (7.14%) Security Hardening
4 1 (7.14%) Server Management
4 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) SCCM
1 1 (7.14%) SCOM
1 1 (7.14%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (7.14%) Apple
2 1 (7.14%) Citrix