IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Devon

IT Engineer
South West > Devon

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Devon is £158, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 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
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 34 26
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 2.50% 0.88% 3.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.36% 0.92% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £144 £140 £123
25th Percentile £149 £140 £124
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £141 £150
Median % change year-on-year +11.50% -5.83% -20.00%
75th Percentile £166 £143 £165
90th Percentile £172 £143 £251
South West median daily rate £168 £209 £164
% change year-on-year -19.76% +27.48% -18.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
South West median hourly rate £22.30 £13.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +65.19% -23.81% +1.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 119 218 177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 74.38% 95.61% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 132 143
10th Percentile £193 £151 £215
25th Percentile £275 £343 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% -7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £524 £600 £600
90th Percentile £579 £685 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 19 7
10th Percentile £17.47 £18.36 £23.74
25th Percentile £22.76 £48.13 £33.65
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +62.50% +125.35%
75th Percentile £28.16 £72.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £66.50 - £71.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +5.52%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Devon

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Devon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Devon

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Devon.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Devon

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Exeter +9 1 £175 +25.00% 1
Plymouth 0 1 £140 -1.75%
Exmouth - 1 - -
IT Engineer
South West

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 25 September 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 Devon region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Workflow Management
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Workflow
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Workflow
1 2 (50.00%) Workflow Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) VMware