Senior IT Engineer Contracts in England

Senior IT Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior IT Engineer daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 626 730
Rank change year-on-year +99 +104 -116
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Engineer 18 33 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.048% 0.065% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.069% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 34
10th Percentile £375 £261 £193
25th Percentile £413 £267 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £306 £293
Median % change year-on-year +79.59% +4.70% -19.31%
75th Percentile £600 £383 £388
90th Percentile £630 £413 £444
UK median daily rate £550 £288 £293
% change year-on-year +91.30% -1.71% -19.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 0
10th Percentile £16.42 - -
25th Percentile £16.67 - -
Median hourly rate £18.30 £17.72 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% - -
75th Percentile £21.50 £18.46 -
90th Percentile £30.21 £18.93 -
UK median hourly rate £17.79 £17.72 -
% change year-on-year +0.41% - -

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 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Senior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior IT Engineer in England

Senior IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior IT Engineer in England

Senior IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior IT Engineer in England

Senior IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior IT Engineer in England

Senior IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior IT Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior IT Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +112 9 £600 +57.89% 4
North of England +23 4 £400 +18.52% 9
North West +20 4 £400 - 6
South West +24 3 - -
South East +21 1 - - 4
Senior IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (27.78%) Windows
3 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) Customer Service
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (22.22%) VxRail
4 4 (22.22%) Azure
4 4 (22.22%) SLA
5 3 (16.67%) SCCM
5 3 (16.67%) ITIL
5 3 (16.67%) Service Management
5 3 (16.67%) Software Deployment
5 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
6 2 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (11.11%) Terraform
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (11.11%) OneDrive
6 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
6 2 (11.11%) DevOps
6 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 2 (11.11%) Static Application Security Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Inventory Management
6 2 (11.11%) SDLC

Senior 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:

Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (22.22%) Azure
3 2 (11.11%) AWS
3 2 (11.11%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) 4G
1 1 (5.56%) 5G
1 1 (5.56%) DHCP
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) SAN
1 1 (5.56%) VoIP
1 1 (5.56%) WebEx
1 1 (5.56%) Wireless
General
1 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.56%) Automotive
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Cyberattack
1 1 (5.56%) iPad
1 1 (5.56%) NHS
1 1 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 2 (11.11%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.56%) Android
4 1 (5.56%) Linux
4 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Customer Service
2 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (16.67%) ITIL
2 3 (16.67%) Service Management
2 3 (16.67%) Software Deployment
3 2 (11.11%) Agile
3 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
3 2 (11.11%) DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (11.11%) Inventory Management
3 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.11%) SDLC
3 2 (11.11%) SIEM
3 2 (11.11%) Static Application Security Testing
3 2 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (11.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.56%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) C#
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) MCTS
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (22.22%) VxRail
3 3 (16.67%) SCCM
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Apple
2 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Citrix
3 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.56%) MobileIron
3 1 (5.56%) Polycom
3 1 (5.56%) Sparx