IT Engineer Contracts in Guildford

IT Engineer
Surrey > Guildford

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Guildford is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 13 18
Rank change year-on-year +4 +5 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 5 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Guildford 11.90% 4.82% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.90% 5.33% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £187 -
25th Percentile - £189 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £195 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% - -
75th Percentile £259 £199 -
90th Percentile £265 £200 -
Surrey median daily rate £256 £200 £225
% change year-on-year +28.13% -11.11% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £28.33 - -
25th Percentile £28.81 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £30.25 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +72.86% - -
75th Percentile £32.31 £18.75 -
90th Percentile £33.18 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £41.36
% change year-on-year +60.00% -57.69% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 42 75 52
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.36% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 67 40
10th Percentile £250 £310 £263
25th Percentile £273 £390 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -2.38% +31.25%
75th Percentile £581 £647 £602
90th Percentile £588 £768 £738
Surrey median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £23.00 - -
25th Percentile £26.50 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - -
75th Percentile - £18.75 -
90th Percentile £30.30 - -
Surrey median hourly rate £25.15 £28.37 £45.00
% change year-on-year -11.33% -36.97% +109.64%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Guildford

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Guildford

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Guildford

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Guildford region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
1 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Softphone

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (20.00%) Softphone
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification