IT Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

IT Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £145, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 92 80
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 +60
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 39 46 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.78% 1.55% 2.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 1.68% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 60
10th Percentile £123 £120 £150
25th Percentile £124 £130 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £150 £320
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -53.13% +82.86%
75th Percentile £178 £224 £350
90th Percentile £253 £306 £489
England median daily rate £190 £215 £200
% change year-on-year -11.63% +7.50% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 11
10th Percentile £18.17 £11.75 -
25th Percentile £18.51 £18.85 £13.16
Median hourly rate £18.94 £20.00 £16.29
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +22.81% -7.26%
75th Percentile £25.11 £24.18 £19.72
90th Percentile £25.15 - £23.00
England median hourly rate £21.00 £18.29 £17.72
% change year-on-year +14.85% +3.19% +1.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,966 2,743 3,068
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.85% 92.26% 94.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,280 1,809 2,160
10th Percentile £200 £213 £225
25th Percentile £350 £338 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £468 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -1.58% -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £596
90th Percentile £638 £675 £694
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 243 112
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.83 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.06 £14.88
Median hourly rate £22.05 £19.00 £20.65
Median % change year-on-year +16.05% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.78 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.55 £45.00
% change year-on-year -27.31% -12.11% +85.22%

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 17 June 2025.

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
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 17 June 2025. 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
West Midlands +23 22 £158 -21.25% 148
East Midlands -9 17 £126 -15.83% 147
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 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 Midlands region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
3 10 (25.64%) Windows
3 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
3 10 (25.64%) SC Cleared
4 8 (20.51%) Driving Licence
5 7 (17.95%) Degree
5 7 (17.95%) Active Directory
6 6 (15.38%) HP
6 6 (15.38%) Dell
6 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (12.82%) Break/Fix
7 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
7 5 (12.82%) Cisco
8 4 (10.26%) Firewall
8 4 (10.26%) ITIL
8 4 (10.26%) Asset Management
8 4 (10.26%) Ticket Management
8 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (10.26%) Customer Service
9 3 (7.69%) Citrix
9 3 (7.69%) VPN
10 2 (5.13%) SLA
10 2 (5.13%) MCSE
10 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
10 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (5.13%) IBM
10 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (5.13%) NHS
10 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing

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 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) Firewall
2 3 (7.69%) VPN
3 1 (2.56%) ATM
3 1 (2.56%) Broadband
3 1 (2.56%) Ethernet
3 1 (2.56%) LAN
3 1 (2.56%) PSTN
3 1 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.56%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.56%) VLAN
3 1 (2.56%) VoIP
3 1 (2.56%) WAN
3 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.56%) Law
3 1 (2.56%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.13%) NHS
3 1 (2.56%) CCTV
3 1 (2.56%) EPoS
3 1 (2.56%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.56%) iPhone
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.64%) Windows
2 2 (5.13%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.56%) Android
3 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (12.82%) Break/Fix
1 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
2 4 (10.26%) Asset Management
2 4 (10.26%) Customer Service
2 4 (10.26%) ITIL
2 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (10.26%) Ticket Management
3 2 (5.13%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (5.13%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (2.56%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (2.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (2.56%) Continuous Improvement Process
4 1 (2.56%) Design Patterns
4 1 (2.56%) Inventory Management
4 1 (2.56%) Migration
4 1 (2.56%) Project Management
4 1 (2.56%) Push Notifications
4 1 (2.56%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.56%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) C#
1 1 (2.56%) Java
1 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.56%) Python
1 1 (2.56%) Ruby
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 10 (25.64%) SC Cleared
3 7 (17.95%) Degree
4 2 (5.13%) DBS Check
4 2 (5.13%) MCSE
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.56%) CCNA
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.56%) CISSP
5 1 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.56%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 7 (17.95%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) SCCM
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.38%) Dell
2 6 (15.38%) HP
3 5 (12.82%) Cisco
4 3 (7.69%) Citrix
5 2 (5.13%) IBM
5 2 (5.13%) Meraki
5 2 (5.13%) Nexthink
6 1 (2.56%) Openreach
6 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow