IT Engineer Contracts in the City of London

IT Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £198, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 107 154
Rank change year-on-year -2 +47 -1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 10 20 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.57% 0.91% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.96% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 17
10th Percentile £161 £123 £108
25th Percentile £165 £195 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £198 £245 £195
Median % change year-on-year -19.39% +25.64% -22.00%
75th Percentile £305 £400 £350
90th Percentile £325 £526 £618
Central London median daily rate £198 £245 £195
% change year-on-year -19.39% +25.64% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.18
Central London median hourly rate - £23.00 £14.18
% change year-on-year - +62.20% -0.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,632 2,086 3,469
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.95% 95.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,483 2,364
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the City of London

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the City of London

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the City of London

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the City of London

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London Bridge - 3 - -
IT Engineer
Central London

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 City of London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Azure
4 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (30.00%) Linux
4 3 (30.00%) VoIP
4 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) Mac OS
4 3 (30.00%) Apple iOS
4 3 (30.00%) Google
5 2 (20.00%) JIRA
5 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco
5 2 (20.00%) VMware
5 2 (20.00%) DHCP
5 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (20.00%) DNS
5 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (10.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (10.00%) SaaS
3 1 (10.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) VoIP
2 2 (20.00%) DHCP
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Mac OS
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (20.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Quantitative Trading
3 1 (10.00%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (20.00%) CASB
3 1 (10.00%) SCCM
3 1 (10.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Google
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) Okta