Computer Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Computer Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Computer Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £613, 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 334 388 460
Rank change year-on-year +54 +72 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Computer Engineer 2 11 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.053% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.057% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 1
10th Percentile £526 - -
25th Percentile £547 £139 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £160 £110
Median % change year-on-year +282.81% +45.45% -78.54%
75th Percentile £697 £563 £115
90th Percentile £729 £625 -
UK median daily rate £525 £160 £330
% change year-on-year +228.13% -51.52% -40.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Computer Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Computer Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Engineer in the UK excluding London

Computer Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Computer Engineer in the UK excluding London

Computer Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Engineer in the UK excluding London

Computer Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Engineer in the UK excluding London

Computer Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
South West +44 1 £700 +109.74%
North of England +17 1 £525 +228.13%
North West +17 1 £525 -
Computer Engineer
UK

Computer Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Computer 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 UK excluding London region featuring Computer Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MCSA
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (50.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Video Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) OpenCV
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills

Computer Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OpenCV
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (50.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) MCSA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware