IT Engineer Contracts in the East of England

IT Engineer
England > East of England

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £180, 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 68 82 82
Rank change year-on-year +14 0 +26
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 14 30 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.49% 1.57% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.75% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 24
10th Percentile £140 £162 £100
25th Percentile £161 £174 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £250 £193
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +29.87% +14.93%
75th Percentile £216 £281 £244
90th Percentile £264 £638 £538
England median daily rate £190 £220 £200
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 9
10th Percentile £20.76 £14.71 £13.16
25th Percentile £20.95 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.00 £17.47
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +3.03% +2.76%
75th Percentile £24.21 £20.25 £17.72
90th Percentile £24.48 £20.95 £18.11
England median hourly rate £18.94 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +4.44% +2.31% +1.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 829 1,710 1,891
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.38% 89.58% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 773 1,156
10th Percentile £200 £206 £185
25th Percentile £379 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 591 294
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.61 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the East of England

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the East of England

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the East of England

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the East of England

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England 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
Hertfordshire +25 7 £215 -65.60% 7
Essex +10 3 £180 -28.00% 14
Suffolk -9 2 - - 4
Cambridgeshire +6 1 £145 -14.71% 9
Norfolk +3 1 £200 +42.86% 5
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

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 of England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (35.71%) Windows
4 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
4 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
5 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
5 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
6 2 (14.29%) Software Deployment
6 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
6 2 (14.29%) Apple
6 2 (14.29%) Migration
6 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
6 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
6 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
6 2 (14.29%) HP
6 2 (14.29%) ITSM
6 2 (14.29%) Wireless
6 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
6 2 (14.29%) VLAN
7 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (7.14%) SCCM
7 1 (7.14%) Computer Security
7 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
7 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
7 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) VLAN
1 2 (14.29%) Wireless
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Metadata
General
1 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.14%) iPad
2 1 (7.14%) iPhone
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (14.29%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.14%) Android
4 1 (7.14%) FreeBSD
4 1 (7.14%) Linux
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 2 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (14.29%) ITSM
2 2 (14.29%) Migration
2 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (14.29%) Software Deployment
3 1 (7.14%) Agile
3 1 (7.14%) Break/Fix
3 1 (7.14%) Change Management
3 1 (7.14%) Coaching
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Security
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
3 1 (7.14%) Incident Management
3 1 (7.14%) Service Management
3 1 (7.14%) Software Testing
3 1 (7.14%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
1 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GMP
1 1 (7.14%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Apple
2 2 (14.29%) HP
2 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) Altiris
3 1 (7.14%) Dell
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) MobileIron
3 1 (7.14%) Nexthink