IT Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

IT Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 379 471
Rank change year-on-year +99 +92 -44
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 61 89 144
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.35% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.37% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 59 99
10th Percentile £180 £150 £155
25th Percentile £210 £163 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £250 £375
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -33.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £450 £478 £425
90th Percentile £738 £580 £500
UK median daily rate £200 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £16.82 £14.22 £12.26
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.59 £12.89
Median hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +33.33% +28.31%
75th Percentile £19.00 £40.39 £17.50
90th Percentile £21.85 £62.22 £18.25
UK median hourly rate £17.60 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year -0.68% +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,102 23,924 42,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.36% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,465 16,894 30,368
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 548 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.27
25th Percentile £23.37 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.87 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

IT Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Engineer.

IT Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

IT Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing IT Engineer.

IT Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (57.38%) Windows
2 32 (52.46%) Microsoft
3 24 (39.34%) Active Directory
4 22 (36.07%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (22.95%) Social Skills
7 13 (21.31%) Finance
8 12 (19.67%) Azure
9 11 (18.03%) SCCM
9 11 (18.03%) VPN
10 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
10 10 (16.39%) Security Cleared
10 10 (16.39%) PowerShell
10 10 (16.39%) Windows 10
10 10 (16.39%) Windows Server
11 9 (14.75%) Microsoft Office
11 9 (14.75%) VMware
11 9 (14.75%) Customer Service
12 8 (13.11%) Onboarding
12 8 (13.11%) Public Sector
12 8 (13.11%) ITIL
12 8 (13.11%) Firewall
12 8 (13.11%) VMware Infrastructure
13 7 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
13 7 (11.48%) Linux
13 7 (11.48%) SharePoint
13 7 (11.48%) LAN
13 7 (11.48%) DHCP
13 7 (11.48%) Degree
14 6 (9.84%) Banking

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (11.48%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (14.75%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.07%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (19.67%) Azure
3 3 (4.92%) Asana
3 3 (4.92%) AWS
3 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.92%) Slack
4 2 (3.28%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (3.28%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.64%) GCP
5 1 (1.64%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.64%) IaaS
5 1 (1.64%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.64%) PaaS
5 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.03%) VPN
2 8 (13.11%) Firewall
3 7 (11.48%) DHCP
3 7 (11.48%) LAN
4 6 (9.84%) DNS
4 6 (9.84%) Internet
4 6 (9.84%) SAN
4 6 (9.84%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (6.56%) WAAS
6 3 (4.92%) 4G
6 3 (4.92%) 5G
6 3 (4.92%) WebEx
7 2 (3.28%) Network Security
7 2 (3.28%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (3.28%) VoIP
7 2 (3.28%) WAN
7 2 (3.28%) Wireless
8 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.64%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (8.20%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) GitLab
General
1 14 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.31%) Finance
3 8 (13.11%) Public Sector
4 7 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.84%) Banking
6 3 (4.92%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.64%) Law
7 1 (1.64%) Legal
7 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.64%) Military
7 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Retail
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) .NET
1 1 (1.64%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (1.64%) React
1 1 (1.64%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.11%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.84%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.28%) iPhone
3 2 (3.28%) NHS
3 2 (3.28%) PKI
4 1 (1.64%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.64%) EPoS
4 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 35 (57.38%) Windows
2 10 (16.39%) Windows 10
2 10 (16.39%) Windows Server
3 7 (11.48%) Linux
4 3 (4.92%) Android
4 3 (4.92%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.64%) Solaris
6 1 (1.64%) Unix
6 1 (1.64%) VMS
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.64%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.23%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (14.75%) Customer Service
3 8 (13.11%) ITIL
4 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (8.20%) Migration
6 4 (6.56%) Change Control
6 4 (6.56%) Email Filtering
6 4 (6.56%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (6.56%) SIEM
7 3 (4.92%) Asset Management
7 3 (4.92%) Information Security
7 3 (4.92%) Investment Management
7 3 (4.92%) Project Delivery
7 3 (4.92%) Security Hardening
7 3 (4.92%) Server Management
7 3 (4.92%) Service Management
7 3 (4.92%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (4.92%) Workflow
8 2 (3.28%) Analytical Modelling
8 2 (3.28%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.39%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.28%) SQL
3 1 (1.64%) C#
3 1 (1.64%) Python
3 1 (1.64%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
1 10 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.48%) Degree
3 2 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.64%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.64%) CCNA
4 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.64%) MCTS
4 1 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) SLA
2 1 (1.64%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.64%) NCSC
2 1 (1.64%) QA
System Software
1 24 (39.34%) Active Directory
2 8 (13.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (9.84%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.64%) KVM
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.64%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (18.03%) SCCM
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.28%) VxRail
4 1 (1.64%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.64%) Check_MK
4 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.64%) Nessus
4 1 (1.64%) Terraform
4 1 (1.64%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 32 (52.46%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.75%) VMware
3 5 (8.20%) Citrix
4 4 (6.56%) ArcSight
4 4 (6.56%) Cisco
5 3 (4.92%) Apple
5 3 (4.92%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.92%) Zscaler
6 2 (3.28%) Bloomberg
6 2 (3.28%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.28%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.28%) HP
6 2 (3.28%) Mitel
6 2 (3.28%) Oracle
6 2 (3.28%) Progress
6 2 (3.28%) Reuters
6 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.28%) Sparx
6 2 (3.28%) Veeam
7 1 (1.64%) SolarWinds