IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Guildford

IT Engineer
Surrey > Guildford

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Guildford is £155, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 13 10
Rank change year-on-year -8 -3 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 3.37% 2.63% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.49% 2.63% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £250 £250
Median % change year-on-year -37.86% - -
Surrey median daily rate £200 £219 £276
% change year-on-year -8.57% -20.81% +10.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 86 38 48
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.63% 100.00% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 25 39
10th Percentile £269 £259 £134
25th Percentile £381 £408 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £514 £480
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% +7.08% -16.16%
75th Percentile £519 £588 £663
90th Percentile £541 £600 £738
Surrey median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% -7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 4 0
10th Percentile £23.00 £25.20 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £27.00 -
Median hourly rate £68.50 £28.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +144.64% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £28.50 -
90th Percentile - £29.40 -
Surrey median hourly rate £62.50 £55.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% +12.24% -13.27%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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 Guildford.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Guildford

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

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

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

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

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

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

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, 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 Guildford region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering