Technical Engineer Contract Job Trends in Telford

Technical Engineer
Shropshire > Telford

The median Technical Engineer daily rate in Telford 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 78 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 0.71% - 2.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% - 3.61%
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 - -
Shropshire median daily rate £440 - £463
% change year-on-year - - -3.65%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 680 140 83
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.18% 95.89% 80.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 104 62
10th Percentile £358 £316 £174
25th Percentile £413 £402 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £485
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -4.64% -3.00%
75th Percentile £529 £537 £519
90th Percentile £627 £549 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £469 £463 £470
% change year-on-year +1.41% -1.60% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 1 0
10th Percentile £45.05 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% - -
75th Percentile £61.00 - -
90th Percentile £65.25 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £52.50 £31.31 -
% change year-on-year +67.70% - -

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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 Telford.

Technical Engineer job vacancy trend in Telford

Technical Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

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

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

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 Telford 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 Telford 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