Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
IT Engineer	47	-7	£130	-34.80%	9 1.73%	8
QA Engineer	55	-	£500	-	1 0.19%
Microsoft 365 Engineer	37	-	£475	-	19 3.65%
Data Engineer	40	+3	£494	+37.15%	16 3.08%	14
SOC Engineer	54	-	£483	-	2 0.38%	5
Site Engineer	55	-	£402	-	1 0.19%	1
Cloud Engineer	49	-	£522	-	7 1.35%	2
Azure Engineer	51	-7	£550	+30.79%	5 0.96%	5
Linux Engineer	51	-	£555	-	5 0.96%	6
Cisco Engineer	53	-	£560	-	3 0.58%
DevOps Engineer	55	-13	£550	-8.33%	1 0.19%	4
Systems Engineer	53	-	-	-	3 0.58%	9
Support Engineer	51	-18	£225	+50.00%	5 0.96%	14
Mobile Engineer	55	-	£361	-	1 0.19%	1
Wintel Engineer	55	-	£560	-	1 0.19%
Citrix Engineer	55	-11	£610	+52.50%	1 0.19%	2
NetApp Engineer	55	-	-	-	1 0.19%
Network Engineer	51	-15	£560	+14.87%	5 0.96%	7
Desktop Engineer	55	-17	£124	-14.82%	1 0.19%	1
2nd Line Engineer	55	-	£225	-	1 0.19%	3
3rd Line Engineer	55	-	£450	-	1 0.19%	5
Windows Engineer	55	-	£465	-	1 0.19%	1
Storage Engineer	55	-	-	-	1 0.19%	2
Security Engineer	52	-8	£600	+20.00%	4 0.77%	7
Hardware Engineer	51	-9	£352	-6.13%	5 0.96%	3
Full-Stack Engineer	55	-	£365	-	1 0.19%	3
Technical Engineer	53	-9	-	-	3 0.58%	3
Microsoft Engineer	54	-	£517	-	2 0.38%	4
IT Support Engineer	54	-11	£220	-	2 0.38%	5
Azure Data Engineer	55	-	£413	-	1 0.19%	3
Deployment Engineer	51	-7	£190	-2.56%	5 0.96%	1
Senior Data Engineer	49	-	£560	-	7 1.35%	2
Azure DevOps Engineer	55	-	£550	-	1 0.19%
Senior Cloud Engineer	55	-	£550	-	1 0.19%
Senior Linux Engineer	54	-	£450	-	2 0.38%	6
Data Engineering	50	-8	£513	-	6 1.15%	5
Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)	18	-7	£475	+35.71%	43 8.27%	20
Infrastructure Engineer	53	-11	£573	+14.53%	3 0.58%	16
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	53	-	£573	-	3 0.58%	8
2nd Line Support Engineer	55	-	£225	-	1 0.19%	2
Desktop Support Engineer	55	-16	£124	-11.78%	1 0.19%	1
Site Reliability Engineer	55	-	£402	-	1 0.19%
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer	53	-24	£615	-2.38%	3 0.58%	4
Cisco Network Engineer	53	-	£560	-	3 0.58%
3rd Line Support Engineer	55	-	£450	-	1 0.19%
Cybersecurity Engineer	53	-8	£650	+23.80%	3 0.58%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	55	-	£500	-	1 0.19%
SC Cleared Network Engineer	55	-	£525	-	1 0.19%
DV Cleared Network Engineer	52	-	£560	-	4 0.77%
Data Analytics Engineer	54	-	£475	-	2 0.38%