Engineering Specialist Contract Job Trends in Birmingham
Engineering Specialist
West Midlands > Birmingham
The median Engineering Specialist daily rate in Birmingham is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 67 | - | 59 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Engineering Specialist jobs | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham | 0.94% | - | 0.98% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.02% | - | 1.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £303 |
| 25th Percentile | £515 | - | £322 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | - | £355 |
| 75th Percentile | £545 | - | £374 |
| 90th Percentile | £551 | - | £384 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £530 | - | £355 |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Birmingham matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Birmingham matching a recognised job title | 784 | 616 | 679 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.13% | 90.32% | 94.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 449 | 419 | 439 |
| 10th Percentile | £331 | £213 | £199 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £363 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.89% | -5.00% | +7.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £575 | £609 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £645 | £733 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £487 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.55% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 34 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.81 | - | £17.86 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.56 | £12.62 | £21.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.80 | £19.25 | £29.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +91.17% | -34.75% | +5.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £26.51 | £50.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £30.20 | £56.25 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £22.00 | £25.15 | £23.82 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.52% | +5.58% | +7.78% |
Engineering Specialist Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Engineering Specialist job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Engineering Specialist Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Specialist job vacancies in Birmingham.
Engineering Specialist Skill Set Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Engineering Specialist contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Engineering Specialist job ads across the Birmingham region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Incident Response | 100.0% | 8 |
| 1 | SIEM | 100.0% | 8 |
| 1 | Software Engineering | 100.0% | 8 |
| 1 | Threat Detection | 100.0% | 8 |
| 5 | Security Monitoring | 87.5% | 7 |
| 6 | Ansible | 62.5% | 5 |
| 6 | Argo | 62.5% | 5 |
| 6 | Elastic Stack | 62.5% | 5 |
| 6 | Elasticsearch | 62.5% | 5 |
| 6 | GitLab | 62.5% | 5 |
| 6 | Kafka | 62.5% | 5 |
| 6 | Kibana | 62.5% | 5 |
| 6 | Kubernetes | 62.5% | 5 |
| 6 | logstash | 62.5% | 5 |
| 6 | YAML | 62.5% | 5 |
| 16 | Computer Science | 50.0% | 4 |
| 16 | Computer Science Degree | 50.0% | 4 |
| 16 | Degree | 50.0% | 4 |
| 16 | Master's Degree | 50.0% | 4 |
| 16 | Security Operations | 50.0% | 4 |
| 16 | Threat Intelligence | 50.0% | 4 |
| 22 | DevOps | 12.5% | 1 |
| 22 | Linux | 12.5% | 1 |
| 22 | OpenStack | 12.5% | 1 |
| 22 | Security Cleared | 12.5% | 1 |
| 22 | Windows | 12.5% | 1 |
Engineering Specialist Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIEM Specialist | 25.0% | 2 |