IT Engineer Contracts in Lancashire

IT Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Lancashire is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 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
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 38
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.02% - 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.16% - 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £172
25th Percentile - - £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £253
Median % change year-on-year - - +94.23%
75th Percentile - - £302
90th Percentile - - £331
North West median daily rate £160 £180 £205
% change year-on-year -11.11% -12.20% +15.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
North West median hourly rate £18.87 £16.10 £16.50
% change year-on-year +17.24% -2.45% -1.49%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 185 191 240
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 89.67% 91.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 71 128
10th Percentile £250 £205 £296
25th Percentile £413 £325 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.04% +0.04%
75th Percentile £588 £626 £625
90th Percentile £671 £740 £688
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 58 54
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.58 £20.37
25th Percentile £23.32 £18.00 £25.75
Median hourly rate £41.06 £40.33 £46.03
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -12.39% +41.65%
75th Percentile £70.16 £46.18 £49.46
90th Percentile £75.79 £76.75 £70.57
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -28.14% +14.60% +35.73%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Lancashire

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

IT Engineer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 21 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Blackpool - 2 - -
Burnley - 1 - -
Lytham St Annes - 1 £175 -
IT Engineer
North West

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 21 August 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 Lancashire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Ticket Management
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) CCNA
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 8
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 8
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ticket Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) VMware