IT Engineer Contracts in Derbyshire

IT Engineer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Derbyshire is £153, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 August 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
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 15 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 7 12 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 6.73% 7.23% 3.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.61% 7.32% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £142 £269 -
25th Percentile £144 £278 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 £313 £190
Median % change year-on-year -51.20% +64.47% -
75th Percentile £164 £353 £195
90th Percentile £169 £366 -
East Midlands median daily rate £128 £225 £325
% change year-on-year -43.33% -30.77% +80.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.04 £20.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.11 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +3.86% +36.46% -4.22%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £20.36
90th Percentile - - £21.94
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.11 £22.09 £15.44
% change year-on-year +13.68% +43.07% -12.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 92 164 135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.46% 98.80% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 94 90
10th Percentile £158 £160 £185
25th Percentile £300 £306 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -7.89% +26.67%
75th Percentile £725 £571 £616
90th Percentile £795 £600 £646
East Midlands median daily rate £405 £445 £475
% change year-on-year -8.99% -6.32% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 21 13
10th Percentile £24.25 £17.00 -
25th Percentile £25.04 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.77 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% -6.31% +39.84%
75th Percentile - £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile - - £62.80
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £23.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year -8.00% +10.71% +5.89%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Derbyshire

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Derbyshire.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Derbyshire

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Derbyshire.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Derbyshire

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Derby +2 6 £153 -51.20% 5
Chesterfield - 1 - - 1
IT Engineer
East Midlands

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 12 August 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 Derbyshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Break/Fix
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Dell
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) SLA
4 2 (28.57%) IBM
4 2 (28.57%) HP
4 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
4 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 8
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (14.29%) PuTTY
5 1 (14.29%) BitLocker
5 1 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (14.29%) Openreach
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 1 (14.29%) SSH
5 1 (14.29%) VLAN
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Draytek
5 1 (14.29%) SCCM
5 1 (14.29%) Firewall
5 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Broadband
1 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) PSTN
1 1 (14.29%) PuTTY
1 1 (14.29%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (14.29%) SSH
1 1 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) Telnet
1 1 (14.29%) VLAN
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Break/Fix
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) BitLocker
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Dell
2 2 (28.57%) HP
2 2 (28.57%) IBM
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Draytek
3 1 (14.29%) McAfee
3 1 (14.29%) Openreach