IT Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley 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 88 133 141
Rank change year-on-year +45 +8 -15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 14 12 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.93% 0.45% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 0.48% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 4
10th Percentile £150 £134 £230
25th Percentile £185 £143 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £170 £390
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -56.41% +143.75%
75th Percentile £195 £294 £498
90th Percentile £218 £331 £529
South East median daily rate £190 £170 £225
% change year-on-year +11.76% -24.44% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - £14.35
25th Percentile - £16.25 £16.12
Median hourly rate £24.66 £17.50 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% +2.28% -11.12%
75th Percentile - £24.38 £17.26
90th Percentile - £27.75 £17.54
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £17.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +43.71% -1.24% +1.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the Thames Valley

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +39 10 £190 -33.91% 14
Buckinghamshire +13 2 £195 -7.14% 7
Oxfordshire +2 2 £250 +72.07% 8
IT Engineer
South East

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Mobile Device Management
2 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Windows
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (14.29%) OneDrive
5 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 2 (14.29%) Azure
5 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
5 2 (14.29%) ATM
5 2 (14.29%) EPoS
6 1 (7.14%) SLA
6 1 (7.14%) Banking
6 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (7.14%) Degree
6 1 (7.14%) Biotechnology
6 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.14%) SCCM
6 1 (7.14%) Network Security
6 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) Firewall
6 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
6 1 (7.14%) Wireless
6 1 (7.14%) Active Directory

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) OneDrive
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) ATM
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Banking
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) EPoS
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Android
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
2 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Mobile Device Management
2 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Biotechnology
4 1 (7.14%) Break/Fix
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Maintenance
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (7.14%) ITIL
4 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Bash
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) Progress Chef
2 1 (7.14%) Puppet
2 1 (7.14%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Apple
2 1 (7.14%) Dell
2 1 (7.14%) HP