Engineering Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Engineering Manager
England > South East

The median Engineering Manager daily rate in the South East is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 167 204
Rank change year-on-year -18 +37 +34
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 7 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.16% 0.053% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.057% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile £500 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +0.80% -14.89%
75th Percentile £588 - £581
90th Percentile £805 - £728
England median daily rate £625 £750 £640
% change year-on-year -16.67% +17.19% -14.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.95
Median hourly rate - - £63.91
75th Percentile - - £65.86
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £71.27 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +18.78% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,946 3,482 4,724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 92.78% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,557 2,177 3,081
10th Percentile £220 £235 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £675 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 132 236
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.52 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.84
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.09% -19.45% +50.53%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £66.06
90th Percentile £81.20 £73.56 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Engineering Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the South East

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Engineering Manager in the South East

Engineering Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the South East

Engineering Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Engineering Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Thames Valley -9 5 £500 -0.79% 15
Berkshire -11 3 £500 -0.79% 12
Oxfordshire - 2 £900 -
West Sussex - 1 £575 - 6
Hampshire - 1 £525 - 5
Engineering Manager
England

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Engineering Manager 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 South East region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (57.14%) Line Management
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) Business Case
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Matrix Management
3 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
3 2 (28.57%) PMO
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team Management
4 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (14.29%) Ansible
4 1 (14.29%) Avamar
4 1 (14.29%) Business Development
4 1 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
2 1 (14.29%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (57.14%) Line Management
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) Business Case
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Matrix Management
3 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team Management
4 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Avamar
1 1 (14.29%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
1 1 (14.29%) vCenter Server
1 1 (14.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Dell
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Veeam
1 1 (14.29%) VMware