IT Engineer Contracts in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer daily rate in England is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 283 342
Rank change year-on-year +30 +59 +46
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 339 447 551
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.93% 0.93% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 0.98% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 284 356
10th Percentile £123 £121 £128
25th Percentile £163 £150 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £200 £211
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.33% +20.71%
75th Percentile £330 £330 £385
90th Percentile £600 £500 £475
UK median daily rate £201 £190 £205
% change year-on-year +5.92% -7.32% +17.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 77 50
10th Percentile £12.11 £13.16 £12.99
25th Percentile £15.75 £14.18 £14.82
Median hourly rate £18.07 £17.72 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +1.26% +9.86%
75th Percentile £22.00 £25.08 £19.90
90th Percentile £24.18 £46.01 £21.05
UK median hourly rate £17.71 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year -0.06% +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 33,742 45,591 67,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,367 32,416 47,845
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,431 1,343 1,853
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.39 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in England

IT 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 IT Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
London +108 145 £275 +41.03% 78
North of England +11 56 £200 +15.94% 73
South East -3 44 £176 -11.88% 73
Midlands -25 38 £150 -52.38% 57
South West -1 30 £200 +20.30% 57
East Midlands -11 30 £150 -53.13% 35
East of England -1 27 £250 +35.14% 23
North West +12 26 £179 -26.84% 33
Yorkshire +7 23 £250 +47.06% 31
West Midlands +5 8 £200 +26.98% 22
North East +9 7 £175 +27.27% 12
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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 England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 175 (51.62%) Windows
2 119 (35.10%) Microsoft
3 115 (33.92%) Active Directory
4 102 (30.09%) Microsoft 365
5 94 (27.73%) Customer Service
6 79 (23.30%) Social Skills
7 78 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (16.81%) Windows 10
9 50 (14.75%) Security Cleared
10 48 (14.16%) Azure
11 47 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
12 44 (12.98%) Microsoft Office
13 43 (12.68%) Finance
13 43 (12.68%) SCCM
14 40 (11.80%) Windows Server
15 39 (11.50%) SC Cleared
16 38 (11.21%) Break/Fix
17 37 (10.91%) Microsoft Intune
18 30 (8.85%) ITIL
19 29 (8.55%) Microsoft Exchange
20 28 (8.26%) Analytical Mindset
20 28 (8.26%) Public Sector
21 27 (7.96%) LAN
21 27 (7.96%) Degree
21 27 (7.96%) Asset Management
22 26 (7.67%) Windows 7
23 24 (7.08%) VPN
24 23 (6.78%) Apple
24 23 (6.78%) Firewall
24 23 (6.78%) VMware

IT 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 29 (8.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.13%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.47%) Confluence
4 4 (1.18%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.88%) Apache
5 3 (0.88%) JBoss
5 3 (0.88%) nginx
5 3 (0.88%) Tomcat
Applications
1 44 (12.98%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Temenos T24
2 2 (0.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.29%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 102 (30.09%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (14.16%) Azure
3 15 (4.42%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.13%) AWS
5 6 (1.77%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.77%) SaaS
6 5 (1.47%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.18%) IaaS
7 4 (1.18%) PaaS
7 4 (1.18%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.18%) Slack
8 3 (0.88%) Asana
8 3 (0.88%) Azure Storage
8 3 (0.88%) Serverless
8 3 (0.88%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.59%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.29%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.29%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.96%) LAN
2 24 (7.08%) VPN
3 23 (6.78%) Firewall
4 21 (6.19%) DHCP
4 21 (6.19%) DNS
4 21 (6.19%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (5.60%) WAN
6 12 (3.54%) Wireless
7 9 (2.65%) Internet
8 8 (2.36%) SAN
8 8 (2.36%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.06%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (1.77%) VLAN
11 5 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (1.47%) Network Security
11 5 (1.47%) VoIP
12 4 (1.18%) Skype
12 4 (1.18%) WAAS
12 4 (1.18%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.88%) Power BI
2 3 (0.88%) RDBMS
2 3 (0.88%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (2.65%) JIRA
2 2 (0.59%) GitLab
General
1 79 (23.30%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (12.68%) Finance
4 28 (8.26%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.31%) Manufacturing
6 16 (4.72%) Banking
7 10 (2.95%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.36%) Aviation
9 7 (2.06%) Law
10 6 (1.77%) Electronics
10 6 (1.77%) Marketing
11 5 (1.47%) Legal
11 5 (1.47%) Retail
12 4 (1.18%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.88%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.88%) French Language
13 3 (0.88%) Military
13 3 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.59%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.88%) .NET
1 3 (0.88%) .NET Framework
1 3 (0.88%) IBM Integration Bus
2 2 (0.59%) ASP.NET
2 2 (0.59%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (0.59%) React
3 1 (0.29%) Middleware
3 1 (0.29%) Node.js
3 1 (0.29%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (6.19%) Video Conferencing
3 16 (4.72%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.54%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.95%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.65%) NHS
7 7 (2.06%) CCTV
7 7 (2.06%) iPhone
8 6 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.47%) BYOD
9 5 (1.47%) Smartphone
10 4 (1.18%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.18%) iPad
10 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.18%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (0.88%) Blackberry
11 3 (0.88%) Life Science
11 3 (0.88%) PKI
11 3 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 175 (51.62%) Windows
2 57 (16.81%) Windows 10
3 40 (11.80%) Windows Server
4 26 (7.67%) Windows 7
5 20 (5.90%) Linux
6 17 (5.01%) Android
6 17 (5.01%) Apple iOS
7 10 (2.95%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.06%) Unix
8 7 (2.06%) Windows Vista
9 6 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.18%) VMS
11 3 (0.88%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (27.73%) Customer Service
2 78 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (11.21%) Break/Fix
4 30 (8.85%) ITIL
5 27 (7.96%) Asset Management
6 19 (5.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (5.01%) Migration
8 16 (4.72%) Service Management
9 13 (3.83%) ITSM
9 13 (3.83%) Service Delivery
10 11 (3.24%) Server Management
10 11 (3.24%) SIEM
11 10 (2.95%) Customer Experience
12 9 (2.65%) Computer Science
12 9 (2.65%) DevOps
12 9 (2.65%) Incident Management
12 9 (2.65%) Logistics
12 9 (2.65%) Mobile Device Management
12 9 (2.65%) Server Patching
12 9 (2.65%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.49%) PowerShell
2 13 (3.83%) SQL
3 6 (1.77%) C#
3 6 (1.77%) Python
4 4 (1.18%) Java
5 3 (0.88%) Bash
5 3 (0.88%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.29%) VBA
6 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 39 (11.50%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.96%) Degree
4 13 (3.83%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (2.95%) A+ Certification
6 10 (2.95%) DBS Check
7 8 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.47%) CCNA
8 5 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.88%) MCSE
11 2 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.59%) HND
11 2 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.59%) MCDST
11 2 (0.59%) MCITP
11 2 (0.59%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.49%) SLA
2 3 (0.88%) GAMP
2 3 (0.88%) GxP
2 3 (0.88%) QA
3 2 (0.59%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.59%) NCSC
3 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.29%) COBIT
4 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.29%) GDPR
4 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 115 (33.92%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.13%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.88%) KVM
5 3 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.59%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.29%) Docker
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 43 (12.68%) SCCM
2 37 (10.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (1.18%) VxRail
3 4 (1.18%) WSUS
4 3 (0.88%) SCOM
4 3 (0.88%) SCVMM
4 3 (0.88%) Terraform
4 3 (0.88%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.59%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.59%) Nessus
6 1 (0.29%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.29%) Ansible
6 1 (0.29%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.29%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.29%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 119 (35.10%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.78%) Apple
2 23 (6.78%) VMware
3 22 (6.49%) ServiceNow
4 18 (5.31%) Cisco
4 18 (5.31%) Citrix
5 7 (2.06%) ArcSight
5 7 (2.06%) Google
5 7 (2.06%) Oracle
5 7 (2.06%) SAP
5 7 (2.06%) Veeam
6 6 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (1.47%) Bloomberg
8 4 (1.18%) Juniper
8 4 (1.18%) MobileIron
8 4 (1.18%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.88%) Adobe
9 3 (0.88%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.88%) Meraki
9 3 (0.88%) Zscaler