IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

IT Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 111 102
Rank change year-on-year -9 -9 +41
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 11 11 25
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.46% 0.65% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.69% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 21
10th Percentile £158 £151 £123
25th Percentile £178 £161 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £230 £255
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -9.80% +27.50%
75th Percentile £550 £325 £400
90th Percentile £600 £450 £600
Central London median daily rate £220 £230 £255
% change year-on-year -4.35% -9.80% +32.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £24.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year - +6.52% +62.20%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,239 1,592 2,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 93.76% 95.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,502 1,002 1,428
10th Percentile £355 £355 £348
25th Percentile £451 £450 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £671 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 15
10th Percentile £17.42 £18.70 £15.62
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.21 £20.22
Median hourly rate £26.64 £28.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +26.67% -35.71%
75th Percentile £52.41 £46.25 £34.69
90th Percentile £65.00 £85.50 £46.15
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £28.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year -5.67% +4.26% -22.86%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies 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 6 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the City of London

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 6 June 2026, IT Engineer contract job roles required 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 job ads across the City of London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (54.55%) Windows
3 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
4 4 (36.36%) Windows 10
5 3 (27.27%) Azure
5 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
5 3 (27.27%) ITIL
5 3 (27.27%) Rubrik
6 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
6 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
7 1 (9.09%) API Integration
7 1 (9.09%) Apple
7 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (9.09%) Bloomberg
7 1 (9.09%) Break/Fix
7 1 (9.09%) C#
7 1 (9.09%) Change Management
7 1 (9.09%) Charles River
7 1 (9.09%) Cisco
7 1 (9.09%) Citrix
7 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
7 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Rubrik
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DHCP
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (27.27%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (9.09%) BYOD
2 1 (9.09%) Fat Client
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Windows 10
3 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Change Management
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
3 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) High Availability
3 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
3 1 (9.09%) Migration
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (9.09%) Problem Management
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C#
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Apple
3 1 (9.09%) Bloomberg
3 1 (9.09%) Charles River
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) Citrix
3 1 (9.09%) VMware