IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Dover

IT Engineer
Kent > Dover

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Dover is £180, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dover 16.67% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - -
Kent median daily rate £146 - £178
% change year-on-year - - -45.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dover

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dover. 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 Dover with a recognized job title 6 0 1
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £277 - -
25th Percentile £421 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median daily rate £438 £503 £450
% change year-on-year -12.94% +11.67% +23.29%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dover

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 Dover.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Dover

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Dover

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

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

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dover

For the 6 months to 23 December 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 Dover region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dover 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory