Junior Hardware Engineer Contracts in Essex

Junior Hardware Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Junior Hardware Engineer daily rate in Essex is £125, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 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
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Hardware Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 1.04% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £125 - -
East of England median daily rate £125 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 89 223 240
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.49% 94.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 107 140
10th Percentile £181 £250 £205
25th Percentile £313 £322 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £438 £556 £575
90th Percentile £489 £600 £645
East of England median daily rate £490 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 60 19
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.86 £21.04
25th Percentile £14.05 £16.65 £24.62
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.25 £44.53
Median % change year-on-year -37.82% +8.35% +60.79%
75th Percentile £46.60 £78.13 £67.25
90th Percentile £136.00 £80.00 £76.30
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -1.16% +30.30% +88.57%

Junior Hardware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Hardware Engineer in Essex

Junior Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 17 June 2025, Junior Hardware 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 Essex region featuring Junior Hardware Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills

Junior Hardware Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing