Computer Engineer Contracts in England

Computer Engineer
UK > England

The median Computer Engineer daily rate in England is £525, 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 482 528 651
Rank change year-on-year +46 +123 +123
Contract jobs requiring a Computer Engineer 3 14 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.038% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.041% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 1
10th Percentile £266 £139 -
25th Percentile £358 £144 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £343 £550
Median % change year-on-year +53.28% -37.73% -
75th Percentile £644 £588 -
90th Percentile £708 £625 -
UK median daily rate £525 £160 £330
% change year-on-year +228.13% -51.52% -40.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Computer Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Engineer in England

Computer Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Computer Engineer in England

Computer Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Computer Engineer in England

Computer Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Engineer in England

Computer Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Engineer within the 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
South West +44 1 £700 +109.74%
London +34 1 £208 -63.91% 4
North West +17 1 £525 -
North of England +17 1 £525 +228.13%
Computer Engineer
UK

Computer Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Computer 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 England region featuring Computer Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Vision
2 2 (66.67%) PyTorch
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) MLOps
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
3 1 (33.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Image Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Video Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Validation

Computer Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) PyTorch
2 1 (33.33%) OpenCV
2 1 (33.33%) scikit-learn
2 1 (33.33%) TensorFlow
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Vision
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Deep Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Image Processing
2 1 (33.33%) MLOps
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) MCSA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) VMware