Junior IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Junior IT Engineer
England > London

The median Junior IT Engineer daily rate in London is £170, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 367 378
Rank change year-on-year -72 +11 +82
Contract jobs requiring a Junior IT Engineer 3 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.015% 0.007% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.008% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £116
25th Percentile £160 - £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 - £125
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.04%
75th Percentile £180 - £133
90th Percentile - - £148
England median daily rate £166 £140 £125
% change year-on-year +18.75% +12.00% +8.70%

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 18,816 12,608 15,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 92.96% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,240 8,489 10,694
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 208 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.98 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.07 £33.29
Median % change year-on-year +29.00% -12.66% -11.24%
75th Percentile £58.75 £49.81 £54.06
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.23 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.48% -43.94% +8.04%

Junior IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior IT Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Junior IT Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Junior IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Junior IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Junior IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 August 2026, Junior 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 Junior IT Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) DHCP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Maintenance
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint

Junior 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Proactive Maintenance
1 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix