IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

IT Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 32 28
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 5 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 2.62% 1.52% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.99% 1.74% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - £249 £136
25th Percentile £225 £353 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £550 £145
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% +279.31% -30.12%
75th Percentile £288 £581 £170
90th Percentile £295 £585 £211
South West median daily rate £160 £209 £164
% change year-on-year -23.35% +27.48% -18.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £13.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +39.78% -23.81% -11.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 167 172 197
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.43% 86.87% 97.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 112 141
10th Percentile £213 £206 £168
25th Percentile £263 £272 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £649 £599 £625
90th Percentile £715 £649 £715
South West median daily rate £500 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 30
10th Percentile £31.62 £12.50 £32.28
25th Percentile £41.33 £13.25 £39.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +96.72% -41.22% +3.78%
75th Percentile £66.25 £57.81 £64.48
90th Percentile £70.00 £64.38 £65.62
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Somerset

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Somerset

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Somerset

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Yeovil - 4 £250 - 1
IT Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Somerset region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (60.00%) PABX
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (60.00%) Smartphone
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (40.00%) Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) SAP
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow Management

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) PABX
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Smartphone
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) BCP
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) VMware