Deployment Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Deployment Engineer
England > North of England

The median Deployment Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 170 192
Rank change year-on-year +36 +22 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Deployment Engineer 28 13 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.84% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.30% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 16
10th Percentile £150 £165 £158
25th Percentile £170 £179 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £240 £183
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +31.51% -8.75%
75th Percentile - £248 £228
90th Percentile £212 £300 £280
England median daily rate £200 £225 £190
% change year-on-year -11.11% +18.42% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.04 - -
Median hourly rate £25.08 - £22.00
75th Percentile £25.11 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.08 £12.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +100.60% -43.18% +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,093 4,298 5,373
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 93.19% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,042 2,705 3,761
10th Percentile £231 £263 £280
25th Percentile £369 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% -3.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 401 158
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.07 £14.18
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.53 £17.85
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.77 £29.65
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -29.95% +55.68%
75th Percentile £48.75 £46.18 £49.30
90th Percentile £76.50 £62.50 £66.21
England median hourly rate £29.15 £37.18 £44.77
% change year-on-year -21.60% -16.94% +94.63%

Deployment Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Deployment Engineer in the North of England

Deployment Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Deployment Engineer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Deployment Engineer in the North of England

Deployment Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Deployment Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Deployment Engineer in the North of England

Deployment Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Deployment Engineer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Deployment Engineer in the North of England

Deployment Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Deployment Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
North West +12 14 £185 -22.92% 3
Yorkshire +21 9 £189 - 2
North East - 5 £200 - 1
Deployment Engineer
England

Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, Deployment 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 of England region featuring Deployment Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (75.00%) Windows
2 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 13 (46.43%) SCCM
4 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
5 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 8 (28.57%) Windows 10
6 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (25.00%) Legal
7 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
7 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (14.29%) VPN
9 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
9 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
10 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
11 2 (7.14%) DNS
11 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (7.14%) LAN
11 2 (7.14%) WAN
11 2 (7.14%) DHCP
11 2 (7.14%) Linux
11 2 (7.14%) VBScript
11 2 (7.14%) VB
11 2 (7.14%) VLAN
11 2 (7.14%) Migration
11 2 (7.14%) NHS
11 2 (7.14%) Service Management
11 2 (7.14%) ITSM

Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) VPN
2 2 (7.14%) DHCP
2 2 (7.14%) DNS
2 2 (7.14%) LAN
2 2 (7.14%) Skype
2 2 (7.14%) VLAN
2 2 (7.14%) WAN
2 2 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (3.57%) VSAN
General
1 16 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Legal
3 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) NHS
2 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 21 (75.00%) Windows
2 8 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.14%) Linux
3 2 (7.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (7.14%) Customer Service
2 2 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (7.14%) Disk Encryption
2 2 (7.14%) ITSM
2 2 (7.14%) Migration
2 2 (7.14%) Service Management
3 1 (3.57%) Asset Management
3 1 (3.57%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (3.57%) Configuration Management
3 1 (3.57%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (3.57%) Data Protection
3 1 (3.57%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (3.57%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (3.57%) Order Management
3 1 (3.57%) Software Deployment
3 1 (3.57%) Workflow
3 1 (3.57%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.14%) VB
1 2 (7.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.57%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (46.43%) SCCM
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.57%) Apple
3 1 (3.57%) Dell
3 1 (3.57%) MobileIron
3 1 (3.57%) VMware