The median contractor rate for an IT Engineer was £250 per day in advertised job vacancies in London during the 6 months to 21 May 2022.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title
36,122
22,629
18,675
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
92.87%
92.80%
93.58%
Number of daily rates quoted
26,493
16,325
13,492
10th Percentile
£375
£338
£306
25th Percentile
£465
£425
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£575
£525
£500
Median % change year-on-year
+9.52%
+5.00%
-
75th Percentile
£681
£625
£610
90th Percentile
£775
£700
£700
England median daily rate
£525
£490
£475
% change year-on-year
+7.14%
+3.16%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
412
228
246
10th Percentile
£16.25
£15.51
£13.73
25th Percentile
£22.47
£20.62
£17.31
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£31.18
£25.00
Median % change year-on-year
+12.27%
+24.70%
+23.00%
75th Percentile
£49.38
£52.38
£44.69
90th Percentile
£67.50
£66.50
£55.50
England median hourly rate
£22.50
£21.50
£19.00
% change year-on-year
+4.65%
+13.16%
+2.70%
IT Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
IT Engineer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in London.
IT Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2022.
IT Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in London.
IT Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram in London
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2022.
IT Engineer Contract Job Locations in London
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 London region over the 6 months to 21 May 2022. 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 Contract IT Job Ads
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
IT Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London
For the 6 months to 21 May 2022, IT Engineer contract jobs required the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.
IT Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
