IT Engineer Contracts in Slough

IT Engineer
Berkshire > Slough

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Slough is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 7.04% - 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.46% - 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £161 - -
25th Percentile £176 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - -
75th Percentile £195 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £190 £288 -
% change year-on-year -33.91% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £24.66 - £17.11
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 - £17.11
% change year-on-year - - -2.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Slough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Slough. 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 Slough with a recognized job title 67 74 191
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 97.37% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 55 151
10th Percentile £182 £280 £280
25th Percentile £225 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £538
90th Percentile £633 £600 £625
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - - £16.68
25th Percentile - £11.79 £17.11
Median hourly rate £24.66 £19.90 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +23.95% +3.35% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £65.25 £22.50
90th Percentile - £83.75 £24.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Slough

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Slough

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Slough

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Slough region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) ATM
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) EPoS
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) ATM
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Apple
1 1 (20.00%) Dell
1 1 (20.00%) HP