IT Engineer Contracts in East London

IT Engineer
London > East London

The median IT Engineer daily rate in East London is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 32 29
Rank change year-on-year +14 -3 +5
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 2 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London 1.90% 1.30% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.04% 1.45% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £160
25th Percentile - £115 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £120 £225
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -46.67% -35.71%
75th Percentile - £125 £300
90th Percentile - - £330
London median daily rate £238 £275 £213
% change year-on-year -13.64% +29.41% -11.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% +16.22% -
London median hourly rate £24.66 £19.25 £18.93
% change year-on-year +28.10% +1.69% +8.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East 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 East London with a recognized job title 98 207 170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 89.61% 91.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 178 140
10th Percentile £282 £320 £188
25th Percentile £400 £437 £327
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £600 £643 £688
90th Percentile £675 £770 £775
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 2
10th Percentile £14.66 £11.95 £20.64
25th Percentile £24.66 £12.84 £23.20
Median hourly rate £28.60 £22.91 £27.47
Median % change year-on-year +24.84% -16.58% +39.84%
75th Percentile £37.00 £28.37 £31.73
90th Percentile £38.80 £38.28 £34.29
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in East London

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in East London

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in East London

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in East London

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 East London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Havering - 2 £200 -
IT Engineer
London

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 East London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) ATM
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) EPoS
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix

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

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) ATM
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) EPoS
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) HP