IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

IT Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Engineer daily rate in England is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
17 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 206 251 206
Rank change year-on-year +45 -45 +86
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 425 288 436
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.35% 0.99% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 1.06% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 189 267
10th Percentile £134 £133 £110
25th Percentile £153 £160 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £238 £300 £265
90th Percentile £338 £542 £393
UK median daily rate £190 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 32 96
10th Percentile £18.50 £12.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £20.30 £15.22 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% +18.51% -
75th Percentile - £24.18 £20.00
90th Percentile - £28.27 £30.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £21.59 £17.72
% change year-on-year +16.49% +21.84% -

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 28,658 27,111 34,658
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.91% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,308 16,895 23,809
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,754 870 1,350
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £15.31
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.25 £19.62
Median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.85 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in England

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in England

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in England

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 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
London +12 100 £200 -19.19% 45
South East +13 90 £195 -2.50% 72
North of England -17 75 £170 -19.05% 72
South West +15 60 £200 +6.67% 36
Midlands -21 55 £189 +4.86% 25
East of England +19 51 £190 +5.56% 22
North West -11 39 £152 -15.83% 39
West Midlands -30 35 £250 +25.00% 15
Yorkshire -35 27 £205 -31.67% 31
East Midlands -13 24 £128 -29.17% 10
North East -2 9 £106 -47.00% 6
IT Engineer
UK

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 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 England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 182 (42.82%) Windows
2 138 (32.47%) Microsoft
3 137 (32.24%) Microsoft 365
4 129 (30.35%) Security Cleared
5 125 (29.41%) SC Cleared
6 111 (26.12%) Active Directory
7 99 (23.29%) Windows 10
8 90 (21.18%) Migration
9 85 (20.00%) Customer Service
10 71 (16.71%) Workflow
11 66 (15.53%) Workflow Management
12 61 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
13 45 (10.59%) Asset Management
14 44 (10.35%) Azure
15 40 (9.41%) ServiceNow
16 38 (8.94%) Microsoft Intune
17 35 (8.24%) SCCM
18 34 (8.00%) ITIL
19 32 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
20 27 (6.35%) ITSM
21 26 (6.12%) Android
21 26 (6.12%) TCP/IP
22 25 (5.88%) Firewall
22 25 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 24 (5.65%) Mac OS
24 23 (5.41%) Apple
24 23 (5.41%) Cybersecurity
24 23 (5.41%) DBS Check
24 23 (5.41%) Entra ID
24 23 (5.41%) SharePoint

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

Application Platforms
1 23 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 22 (5.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.24%) Confluence
3 1 (0.24%) IIS
3 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.24%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 137 (32.24%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (10.35%) Azure
3 23 (5.41%) Entra ID
4 20 (4.71%) Google Workspace
5 10 (2.35%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.41%) AWS
6 6 (1.41%) Azure Stack
7 4 (0.94%) SaaS
7 4 (0.94%) Slack
8 3 (0.71%) IaaS
8 3 (0.71%) Mimecast
8 3 (0.71%) PaaS
8 3 (0.71%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.47%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.24%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.12%) TCP/IP
2 25 (5.88%) Firewall
3 21 (4.94%) DNS
4 19 (4.47%) DHCP
4 19 (4.47%) VPN
5 16 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (3.53%) Network Security
7 13 (3.06%) Wireless
8 12 (2.82%) ATM
9 8 (1.88%) LAN
10 7 (1.65%) PABX
10 7 (1.65%) SAN
10 7 (1.65%) WAN
11 6 (1.41%) VLAN
11 6 (1.41%) VoIP
12 3 (0.71%) NAS
13 2 (0.47%) DMZ
13 2 (0.47%) Intranet
13 2 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (0.47%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.94%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.47%) Power BI
3 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.24%) Metadata
3 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 177 (41.65%) Social Skills
2 35 (8.24%) Finance
3 26 (6.12%) Manufacturing
3 26 (6.12%) Public Sector
4 21 (4.94%) Telecoms
5 20 (4.71%) Electronics
5 20 (4.71%) Marketing
6 18 (4.24%) Banking
7 16 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.12%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.88%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.94%) Law
13 3 (0.71%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.71%) Retail
14 2 (0.47%) Automotive
14 2 (0.47%) Front Office
14 2 (0.47%) Legal
14 2 (0.47%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.47%) Middleware
2 1 (0.24%) JSON
2 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.24%) Driving Licence
2 19 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (4.24%) Smartphone
4 16 (3.76%) EPoS
5 13 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.59%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.59%) Operational Technology
7 9 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.41%) iPhone
9 5 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.71%) CCTV
11 3 (0.71%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.71%) Replication
12 2 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.47%) NHS
12 2 (0.47%) SCADA
12 2 (0.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 1 (0.24%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 182 (42.82%) Windows
2 99 (23.29%) Windows 10
3 26 (6.12%) Android
4 24 (5.65%) Mac OS
5 21 (4.94%) Apple iOS
6 17 (4.00%) Windows Server
7 15 (3.53%) Linux
8 6 (1.41%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.71%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.47%) VMS
10 2 (0.47%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (21.18%) Migration
2 85 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 71 (16.71%) Workflow
4 66 (15.53%) Workflow Management
5 61 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (10.59%) Asset Management
7 34 (8.00%) ITIL
8 27 (6.35%) ITSM
9 25 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (5.41%) Cybersecurity
11 22 (5.18%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (4.71%) Digital Marketing
12 20 (4.71%) Programme Management
13 18 (4.24%) Break/Fix
13 18 (4.24%) Logistics
14 14 (3.29%) User Experience
15 12 (2.82%) Service Management
16 10 (2.35%) High Availability
16 10 (2.35%) Ticket Management
17 9 (2.12%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.94%) PowerShell
2 4 (0.94%) SQL
3 3 (0.71%) Python
4 1 (0.24%) Bash
4 1 (0.24%) C
4 1 (0.24%) Java
Qualifications
1 129 (30.35%) Security Cleared
2 125 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.41%) DBS Check
4 10 (2.35%) Degree
4 10 (2.35%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.35%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (1.88%) A+ Certification
5 8 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.41%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.18%) CCNA
7 5 (1.18%) MCSE
8 4 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.24%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.24%) CCNP
10 1 (0.24%) HND
10 1 (0.24%) ISACA
10 1 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.24%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.76%) SLA
2 3 (0.71%) GDPR
3 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 111 (26.12%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.41%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.71%) Firmware
6 1 (0.24%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (8.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (8.24%) SCCM
3 15 (3.53%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.18%) WSUS
5 2 (0.47%) Ansible
5 2 (0.47%) SCOM
5 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.24%) Autotask
6 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 138 (32.47%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.41%) ServiceNow
3 23 (5.41%) Apple
4 22 (5.18%) Cisco
4 22 (5.18%) SAP
5 21 (4.94%) Dell
5 21 (4.94%) HP
5 21 (4.94%) VMware
6 20 (4.71%) Google
7 8 (1.88%) Remedy
8 7 (1.65%) Citrix
9 6 (1.41%) Okta
10 4 (0.94%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.94%) Sophos
11 3 (0.71%) Datto
11 3 (0.71%) Reuters
11 3 (0.71%) Veeam
12 2 (0.47%) Rapid7
12 2 (0.47%) Tenable
12 2 (0.47%) Zscaler
248 IT Engineer jobs in England