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 £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 115 126
Rank change year-on-year +4 +11 +45
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 13 13 16
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.75% 0.62% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.67% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 12
10th Percentile £174 £249 £110
25th Percentile £181 £403 £114
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £510 £183
Median % change year-on-year -60.78% +179.45% -27.00%
75th Percentile £267 £538 £291
90th Percentile £362 £606 £629
Central London median daily rate £200 £510 £175
% change year-on-year -60.78% +191.43% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.75 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - £18.93
75th Percentile £25.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 - £18.93
% change year-on-year - - +5.17%

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 1,629 1,954 2,599
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 93.40% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,132 1,198 1,825
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £777 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 15
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.06 £17.97
Median hourly rate £27.50 £57.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +51.32% -7.88%
75th Percentile £41.75 £112.00 £50.63
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £71.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.09% -5.41% -8.64%

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025, 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 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
4 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
5 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
5 3 (23.08%) ITSM
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) User Experience
6 2 (15.38%) Apple
6 2 (15.38%) HP
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
6 2 (15.38%) Remedy
6 2 (15.38%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
7 1 (7.69%) Adobe
7 1 (7.69%) Android
7 1 (7.69%) C
7 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (7.69%) CyberArk
7 1 (7.69%) Dell
7 1 (7.69%) E-business
7 1 (7.69%) Electronic Trading
7 1 (7.69%) Firmware
7 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
7 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (7.69%) LAN

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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
1 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Automotive
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.69%) Front Office
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
3 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
4 1 (7.69%) Android
4 1 (7.69%) Linux
4 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
1 3 (23.08%) ITSM
1 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (23.08%) User Experience
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (7.69%) E-business
3 1 (7.69%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (7.69%) Identity Management
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (7.69%) Migration
3 1 (7.69%) Project Management
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Apple
2 2 (15.38%) HP
2 2 (15.38%) Remedy
2 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe
3 1 (7.69%) CyberArk
3 1 (7.69%) Dell
3 1 (7.69%) Okta
3 1 (7.69%) Red Hat
3 1 (7.69%) Tenable
3 1 (7.69%) VMware
3 1 (7.69%) Yealink