Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
IT Engineer	46	-6	£130	-34.80%	9 1.73%	6
QA Engineer	54	-	£500	-	1 0.19%
Microsoft 365 Engineer	36	-	£475	-	19 3.65%
Data Engineer	39	+4	£494	+37.15%	16 3.08%	13
SOC Engineer	54	-	£550	-	1 0.19%	5
Site Engineer	54	-	£402	-	1 0.19%	2
Cloud Engineer	48	-	£522	-	7 1.35%	1
Azure Engineer	50	-6	£550	+30.79%	5 0.96%	4
Linux Engineer	50	-	£555	-	5 0.96%	6
Cisco Engineer	52	-	£560	-	3 0.58%
DevOps Engineer	54	-12	£550	-8.33%	1 0.19%	4
Systems Engineer	52	-	-	-	3 0.58%	8
Support Engineer	50	-17	£225	+50.00%	5 0.96%	14
Mobile Engineer	54	-	£361	-	1 0.19%	1
Wintel Engineer	54	-	£560	-	1 0.19%
Citrix Engineer	54	-10	£610	+52.50%	1 0.19%	3
NetApp Engineer	54	-	-	-	1 0.19%
Network Engineer	50	-14	£560	+14.87%	5 0.96%	8
Desktop Engineer	54	-16	£124	-14.82%	1 0.19%	1
2nd Line Engineer	54	-	£225	-	1 0.19%	1
3rd Line Engineer	54	-	£450	-	1 0.19%	5
Windows Engineer	54	-	£465	-	1 0.19%
Storage Engineer	54	-	-	-	1 0.19%	2
Security Engineer	51	-7	£600	+20.00%	4 0.77%	7
Hardware Engineer	50	-8	£352	-6.13%	5 0.96%	3
Full-Stack Engineer	54	-	£365	-	1 0.19%	3
Technical Engineer	52	-8	-	-	3 0.58%	2
Microsoft Engineer	53	-	£517	-	2 0.38%	4
IT Support Engineer	53	-10	£220	-	2 0.38%	5
Azure Data Engineer	54	-	£413	-	1 0.19%	3
Deployment Engineer	50	-6	£190	-2.56%	5 0.96%	2
Senior Data Engineer	48	-	£560	-	7 1.35%	2
Azure DevOps Engineer	54	-	£550	-	1 0.19%
Senior Cloud Engineer	54	-	£550	-	1 0.19%
Senior Linux Engineer	53	-	£450	-	2 0.38%	6
Data Engineering	49	-7	£513	-	6 1.15%	5
Microsoft 365 (M365, Office 365, O365)	17	-6	£475	+35.71%	43 8.27%	21
Infrastructure Engineer	52	-10	£573	+14.53%	3 0.58%	17
Senior Infrastructure Engineer	52	-	£573	-	3 0.58%	8
2nd Line Support Engineer	54	-	£225	-	1 0.19%	1
Desktop Support Engineer	54	-15	£124	-11.78%	1 0.19%	1
Site Reliability Engineer	54	-	£402	-	1 0.19%	1
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer	52	-23	£615	-2.38%	3 0.58%	4
Cisco Network Engineer	52	-	£560	-	3 0.58%
3rd Line Support Engineer	54	-	£450	-	1 0.19%	1
Cybersecurity Engineer	52	-7	£650	+23.80%	3 0.58%
SC Cleared Network Engineer	54	-	£525	-	1 0.19%
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)	54	-	£500	-	1 0.19%
DV Cleared Network Engineer	51	-	£560	-	4 0.77%
Data Analytics Engineer	53	-	£475	-	2 0.38%