IT Engineer Contracts in the South West

IT Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the South West is £135, 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 58 115 127
Rank change year-on-year +57 +12 -3
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 54 42 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.22% 1.31% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.49% 1.41% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 24 25
10th Percentile - £111 £124
25th Percentile £123 £121 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £200 £175
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +14.29% -26.32%
75th Percentile £205 £230 £219
90th Percentile £220 £263 £435
England median daily rate £190 £220 £200
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 8
10th Percentile - £11.98 £13.37
25th Percentile - £12.00 £15.02
Median hourly rate £18.51 £13.68 £18.61
Median % change year-on-year +35.36% -26.53% +6.36%
75th Percentile £18.78 £16.94 £29.63
90th Percentile £20.37 £17.25 £38.11
England median hourly rate £18.94 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +4.44% +2.31% +1.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,546 2,986 3,354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 93.34% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,903 2,516
10th Percentile £220 £208 £263
25th Percentile £386 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 400 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.62 £27.50 £50.62
Median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in the South West

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Gloucestershire - 22 £125 - 17
Bristol +16 14 £200 - 14
Wiltshire +29 10 £220 +10.00% 3
Dorset +4 4 £463 - 11
Devon +14 1 £185 +29.82% 10
Somerset -3 1 - - 6
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

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 South West region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (40.74%) Windows
2 18 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 17 (31.48%) Security Cleared
4 16 (29.63%) SC Cleared
5 13 (24.07%) Windows 10
6 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
7 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (18.52%) Break/Fix
9 8 (14.81%) Driving Licence
9 8 (14.81%) DV Cleared
9 8 (14.81%) Dell
9 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
10 7 (12.96%) ITIL
10 7 (12.96%) Active Directory
10 7 (12.96%) HP
10 7 (12.96%) Software Licensing
10 7 (12.96%) Windows 7
11 6 (11.11%) Ticket Management
11 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
11 6 (11.11%) Service Management
11 6 (11.11%) Asset Management
12 4 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (7.41%) Windows Server
12 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (5.56%) Azure
13 3 (5.56%) Entra ID
13 3 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (5.56%) Service Delivery
13 3 (5.56%) EPoS
14 2 (3.70%) ATM

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (1.85%) Confluence
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.56%) Azure
2 3 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.85%) Azure Stack
3 1 (1.85%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) ATM
2 1 (1.85%) DHCP
2 1 (1.85%) DNS
2 1 (1.85%) Firewall
2 1 (1.85%) NAS
2 1 (1.85%) Network Security
2 1 (1.85%) SAN
2 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.85%) VLAN
2 1 (1.85%) VoIP
2 1 (1.85%) VPN
2 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
General
1 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.70%) Military
5 1 (1.85%) Electronics
5 1 (1.85%) Finance
5 1 (1.85%) Legal
5 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.85%) Marketing
5 1 (1.85%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.56%) EPoS
3 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.85%) PKI
3 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 22 (40.74%) Windows
2 13 (24.07%) Windows 10
3 7 (12.96%) Windows 7
4 4 (7.41%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.85%) Linux
6 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.85%) Rocky
6 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (18.52%) Break/Fix
2 7 (12.96%) ITIL
2 7 (12.96%) Software Licensing
3 6 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 6 (11.11%) Service Management
3 6 (11.11%) Ticket Management
4 4 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (5.56%) Service Delivery
6 2 (3.70%) Customer Service
7 1 (1.85%) Coaching
7 1 (1.85%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (1.85%) Containerisation
7 1 (1.85%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (1.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (1.85%) Network Management
7 1 (1.85%) Performance Metrics
7 1 (1.85%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 1 (1.85%) Security Patching
7 1 (1.85%) Server Building
7 1 (1.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 16 (29.63%) SC Cleared
3 8 (14.81%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.85%) Dell Certification
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 7 (12.96%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.70%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.85%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) Dell
3 7 (12.96%) HP
4 2 (3.70%) Google
4 2 (3.70%) VMware
5 1 (1.85%) Apple
5 1 (1.85%) SAP