IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Maidenhead

IT Engineer
Berkshire > Maidenhead

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Maidenhead is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Maidenhead 5.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £150 £200 £160
% change year-on-year -25.00% +25.00% +23.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Maidenhead

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Maidenhead. 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 Maidenhead with a recognized job title 18 33 27
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 97.06% 96.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 17 19
10th Percentile £268 £226 £163
25th Percentile £369 £243 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £475 £585 £646
90th Percentile - £589 £707
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.28
25th Percentile - - £15.44
Median hourly rate - - £18.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.35%
75th Percentile - - £21.44
90th Percentile - - £22.83
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.18 £61.80 £56.89
% change year-on-year -47.92% +8.63% +63.04%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidenhead

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Maidenhead

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Maidenhead

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

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

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Maidenhead

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

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

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Maidenhead

For the 6 months to 17 September 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 Maidenhead region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving