IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

IT Engineer
England > London

The median IT Engineer daily rate in London is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 293 231
Rank change year-on-year +8 -62 +143
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 103 70 173
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.68% 0.51% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.55% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 45 110
10th Percentile £178 £163 £140
25th Percentile £185 £170 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £220 £230
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £333 £300 £300
90th Percentile £478 £550 £553
England median daily rate £200 £190 £210
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 35
10th Percentile £22.61 £22.27 £13.19
25th Percentile £24.86 £24.18 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.66 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% +30.27% +10.93%
75th Percentile £25.31 - £22.23
90th Percentile £27.33 £26.91 £25.25
England median hourly rate £24.00 £21.59 £18.00
% change year-on-year +11.16% +19.94% +1.58%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 14,124 12,736 17,136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 93.66% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,398 8,197 12,382
10th Percentile £350 £332 £325
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 140 331
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.19 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.66 £19.03
Median hourly rate £34.14 £37.81 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% +32.65% -15.73%
75th Percentile £59.93 £55.25 £48.92
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.95 £65.75
England median hourly rate £31.46 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.11% - -7.03%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in London

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in London over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in London

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer in London over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in London

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 13 February 2026. 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
Live
Jobs
Central London +1 16 £200 -41.61% 12
West London -20 6 £285 +42.50% 1
East London +7 5 £200 - 5
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 February 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 London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 57 (55.34%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (45.63%) Microsoft
2 47 (45.63%) Windows
3 37 (35.92%) Active Directory
4 30 (29.13%) Windows 10
5 22 (21.36%) ServiceNow
6 18 (17.48%) Azure
6 18 (17.48%) Security Cleared
7 17 (16.50%) ITIL
7 17 (16.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (15.53%) ITSM
8 16 (15.53%) SCCM
9 15 (14.56%) Customer Service
9 15 (14.56%) Migration
9 15 (14.56%) SC Cleared
10 12 (11.65%) Dell
10 12 (11.65%) Mac OS
11 11 (10.68%) HP
11 11 (10.68%) SharePoint
12 10 (9.71%) Android
12 10 (9.71%) Cisco
13 9 (8.74%) Apple
13 9 (8.74%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (8.74%) DHCP
13 9 (8.74%) DNS
13 9 (8.74%) DV Cleared
13 9 (8.74%) JIRA
13 9 (8.74%) VPN
14 8 (7.77%) Entra ID

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

Application Platforms
1 11 (10.68%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.91%) Confluence
4 1 (0.97%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (6.80%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 57 (55.34%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (17.48%) Azure
3 8 (7.77%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.83%) PaaS
4 6 (5.83%) SaaS
5 5 (4.85%) AWS
5 5 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.88%) IaaS
6 4 (3.88%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.91%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.91%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.94%) Datadog
8 2 (1.94%) GitHub
8 2 (1.94%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.94%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.97%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.74%) DHCP
1 9 (8.74%) DNS
1 9 (8.74%) VPN
2 8 (7.77%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (6.80%) Wireless
4 6 (5.83%) Firewall
4 6 (5.83%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.88%) SAN
6 3 (2.91%) LAN
6 3 (2.91%) Unified Communications
6 3 (2.91%) WAN
7 2 (1.94%) DMZ
7 2 (1.94%) Internet
7 2 (1.94%) PSTN
7 2 (1.94%) VLAN
8 1 (0.97%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.97%) Intranet
8 1 (0.97%) Modbus
8 1 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.97%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.97%) Power BI
2 1 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (8.74%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) Chocolatey
2 2 (1.94%) GitLab
General
1 42 (40.78%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.45%) Banking
3 12 (11.65%) Finance
4 6 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.85%) Investment Banking
5 5 (4.85%) Law
6 4 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.94%) Automotive
7 2 (1.94%) Front Office
7 2 (1.94%) Legal
7 2 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.97%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.97%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (1.94%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.83%) Driving Licence
1 6 (5.83%) Onboarding
1 6 (5.83%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.85%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.88%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.94%) IoT
4 2 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.94%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.94%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.94%) SCADA
5 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.97%) FMCG
5 1 (0.97%) iPhone
5 1 (0.97%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (45.63%) Windows
2 30 (29.13%) Windows 10
3 12 (11.65%) Mac OS
4 10 (9.71%) Android
5 5 (4.85%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.97%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (16.50%) ITIL
1 17 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (15.53%) ITSM
3 15 (14.56%) Customer Service
3 15 (14.56%) Migration
4 9 (8.74%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (7.77%) User Experience
6 7 (6.80%) Asset Management
7 6 (5.83%) Break/Fix
7 6 (5.83%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (5.83%) Service Management
8 5 (4.85%) Agile
8 5 (4.85%) Change Management
8 5 (4.85%) Coaching
8 5 (4.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (4.85%) DevOps
8 5 (4.85%) Mobile Device Management
8 5 (4.85%) Security Operations
9 4 (3.88%) Analytics
9 4 (3.88%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.77%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.85%) C#
2 5 (4.85%) SQL
3 4 (3.88%) Python
4 2 (1.94%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (17.48%) Security Cleared
2 15 (14.56%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.74%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.91%) Degree
5 2 (1.94%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.97%) CCNA
6 1 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.97%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.97%) MCSE
6 1 (0.97%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.83%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (35.92%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.94%) Docker
4 2 (1.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (16.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (15.53%) SCCM
3 7 (6.80%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (4.85%) WSUS
5 2 (1.94%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.97%) SCOM
6 1 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (45.63%) Microsoft
2 22 (21.36%) ServiceNow
3 12 (11.65%) Dell
4 11 (10.68%) HP
5 10 (9.71%) Cisco
6 9 (8.74%) Apple
7 7 (6.80%) Remedy
8 6 (5.83%) VMware
9 4 (3.88%) Citrix
9 4 (3.88%) Tenable
10 3 (2.91%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (2.91%) Okta
10 3 (2.91%) Sophos
11 2 (1.94%) AppDynamics
11 2 (1.94%) Bloomberg
11 2 (1.94%) CyberArk
11 2 (1.94%) Google
11 2 (1.94%) IBM
11 2 (1.94%) ION Trading
11 2 (1.94%) Reuters