IT Engineer Contracts in the North East

IT Engineer
England > North East

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the North East is £175 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 49 41
Rank change year-on-year +19 -8 +1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 8 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 2.37% 2.03% 2.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.62% 2.07% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 5
10th Percentile - £106 £126
25th Percentile £163 £114 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £138 £180
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -23.61% +89.47%
75th Percentile £188 £144 -
90th Percentile £204 £153 £245
England median daily rate £215 £213 £195
% change year-on-year +1.18% +8.97% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £11.62
25th Percentile £16.25 - £12.31
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £14.80
75th Percentile £18.75 - £18.03
90th Percentile - - £19.15
England median hourly rate £18.27 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year +3.10% +1.26% +10.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 305 434 506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 97.97% 97.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 331 399
10th Percentile £183 £244 £150
25th Percentile £360 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +13.68% +7.95%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £575
90th Percentile £650 £720 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 3 18
10th Percentile £10.42 £34.70 £12.33
25th Percentile £11.50 £39.88 £14.00
Median hourly rate £14.73 £49.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.95% +188.24% +13.33%
75th Percentile £46.18 £57.75 £19.62
90th Percentile £50.00 £62.70 £30.98
England median hourly rate £34.21 £43.63 £22.29
% change year-on-year -21.59% +95.74% -0.58%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the North East

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the North East

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the North East

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Durham - 5 £175 - 1
Tyne and Wear +20 3 £220 +60.00% 6
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 16 April 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 North East region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
1 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) SCCM

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Break/Fix
1 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft