Technical Engineer Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Technical Engineer
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Technical Engineer daily rate in Shropshire is £440, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.68% - 2.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% - 3.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £418 - £441
25th Percentile £423 - £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.65%
75th Percentile £455 - £469
90th Percentile £456 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £440 £275 £463
% change year-on-year +60.00% -40.54% -38.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 704 160 91
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.78% 95.24% 79.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 109 65
10th Percentile £358 £308 £176
25th Percentile £413 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £470
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -1.60% -2.08%
75th Percentile £532 £537 £519
90th Percentile £627 £549 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 2 0
10th Percentile £20.25 £26.13 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £27.59 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £31.31 -
Median % change year-on-year +67.70% - -
75th Percentile £61.00 £36.30 -
90th Percentile £65.25 £38.53 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £32.50 £24.34 £19.59
% change year-on-year +33.53% +24.25% -2.05%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

Technical Engineer job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Engineer job vacancies in Shropshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Engineer job vacancies in Shropshire

Technical Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Engineer within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. 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
Telford - 5 £440 - 1
Technical Engineer
West Midlands

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 31 July 2026, Technical Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Shropshire region featuring Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 5 (100.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 5 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) Confluence
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 5 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (80.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Atlassian