IT Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

IT Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 69 124
Rank change year-on-year -20 +55 -24
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 42 103 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.55% 3.05% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 3.22% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 72 33
10th Percentile £120 £135 £122
25th Percentile £145 £154 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £315 £185
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +70.27% +23.33%
75th Percentile £223 £350 £238
90th Percentile £288 £488 £368
England median daily rate £218 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +8.75% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 12
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.16 £14.53
25th Percentile £18.85 £16.68 £14.82
Median hourly rate £20.00 £17.72 £17.60
Median % change year-on-year +12.87% +0.68% +17.33%
75th Percentile £21.88 £22.36 £18.21
90th Percentile £23.75 £40.25 £23.58
England median hourly rate £17.86 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year +0.79% +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,488 3,198 4,784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.70% 95.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,673 2,252 3,504
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £328 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 124 167
10th Percentile £11.86 £12.15 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.07 £14.16
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.18
90th Percentile £52.56 £62.75 £34.70
England median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in the Midlands

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
East Midlands -8 32 £150 -52.38% 33
West Midlands +4 10 £200 +29.03% 23
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (57.14%) Windows
2 14 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
4 9 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
5 8 (19.05%) Windows 7
5 8 (19.05%) Windows Vista
5 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (19.05%) ITIL
5 8 (19.05%) SharePoint
5 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (19.05%) Public Sector
5 8 (19.05%) Customer Service
6 7 (16.67%) Driving Licence
7 6 (14.29%) SCCM
7 6 (14.29%) Apple iOS
7 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
7 6 (14.29%) Windows Server
8 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (9.52%) Linux
9 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
9 4 (9.52%) VMware
9 4 (9.52%) Azure
9 4 (9.52%) Windows 10
9 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 3 (7.14%) Break/Fix
10 3 (7.14%) Hyper-V
10 3 (7.14%) Software Deployment

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 8 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.52%) Azure
3 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.76%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Firewall
1 2 (4.76%) LAN
1 2 (4.76%) VPN
2 1 (2.38%) Network Security
2 1 (2.38%) SAN
2 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (19.05%) Public Sector
2 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (57.14%) Windows
2 8 (19.05%) Windows 7
2 8 (19.05%) Windows Vista
3 6 (14.29%) Apple iOS
3 6 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 4 (9.52%) Linux
4 4 (9.52%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.05%) Customer Service
1 8 (19.05%) ITIL
1 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (7.14%) Break/Fix
3 3 (7.14%) Software Deployment
4 2 (4.76%) Change Management
4 2 (4.76%) Logistics
4 2 (4.76%) Server Management
4 2 (4.76%) Service Management
4 2 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (4.76%) Storage Management
5 1 (2.38%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (2.38%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (2.38%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (2.38%) ITSM
5 1 (2.38%) Migration
5 1 (2.38%) Security Management
5 1 (2.38%) User Experience
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.76%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.38%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.38%) MCP
3 1 (2.38%) MCSE
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 14 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.14%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) VMware
3 3 (7.14%) Apple
3 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.38%) Cisco
4 1 (2.38%) Citrix