IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Exeter

IT Engineer
Devon > Exeter

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Exeter is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 29 29
Rank change year-on-year +12 0 -7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 1.15% 0.85% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 0.87% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £140 £160
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile - - £165
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £158 £140 £160
% change year-on-year +12.50% -12.50% -11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 80 115 132
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 98.29% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 86 119
10th Percentile £173 £324 £345
25th Percentile £210 £402 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £475 £620 £674
90th Percentile £546 £685 £708
Devon median daily rate £400 £475 £575
% change year-on-year -15.79% -17.39% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.76 - -
Median hourly rate £22.84 £12.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +82.72% - -
75th Percentile £22.92 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £22.84 £65.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year -64.86% +67.74% +118.31%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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 Exeter.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Exeter

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

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

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

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

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

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 3 November 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 Exeter region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware