Engineering Specialist Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Engineering Specialist
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Engineering Specialist daily rate in Ipswich is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
27 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 2.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £675 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 43 42 80
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.73% 82.35% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 21 49
10th Percentile £367 £300 £245
25th Percentile £425 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -10.53% -20.83%
75th Percentile £688 £500 £638
90th Percentile £708 £600 £745
Suffolk median daily rate £413 £388 £475
% change year-on-year +6.45% -18.42% -17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £15.84 - £16.23
25th Percentile £16.36 - £20.31
Median hourly rate £17.46 £70.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -75.06% +152.25% +70.77%
75th Percentile £18.32 - £35.31
90th Percentile £18.68 - £39.48
Suffolk median hourly rate £21.34 £47.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -55.08% +14.46% +135.26%

Engineering Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Engineering Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

Engineering Specialist job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Engineering Specialist Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 27 December 2025, Engineering Specialist 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 Ipswich region featuring Engineering Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Engineering Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared