Deployment Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Deployment Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Deployment Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £190, 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 259 304 339
Rank change year-on-year +45 +35 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Deployment Engineer 135 53 62
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.74% 0.35% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.38% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 44 46
10th Percentile £151 £151 £149
25th Percentile £173 £184 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £200 £180
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £218 £213 £205
90th Percentile £269 £272 £219
UK median daily rate £190 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 5
10th Percentile £18.81 £18.50 £20.17
25th Percentile £19.89 £19.07 -
Median hourly rate £23.79 £20.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.94% -9.09% +37.76%
75th Percentile £25.11 £68.50 -
90th Percentile £25.15 £97.60 -
UK median hourly rate £22.01 £40.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -44.98% +81.82% +37.76%

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 16,356 13,848 18,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.36% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,052 8,265 12,022
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £591 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,646 795 1,208
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.41 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.08 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Deployment Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Deployment Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Deployment Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Deployment Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deployment Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Deployment Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Deployment Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Deployment Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Deployment Engineer in the UK excluding London

Deployment Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deployment Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Deployment Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Deployment 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 Deployment Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
South East 0 36 £190 -5.00% 5
Midlands -33 25 £200 - 1
North of England -33 25 £190 -1.30% 3
South West +10 23 £265 +35.90% 2
North West -17 16 £173 +2.99% 3
East of England -6 15 £175 +40.00%
West Midlands -32 15 £200 - 1
Scotland +9 10 £188 -
East Midlands -10 10 £200 +5.26%
Yorkshire -37 6 £188 -31.19%
North East - 3 £200 -
Wales +6 2 £285 +42.50%
Northern Ireland -5 2 £215 -
Deployment Engineer
UK

Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Deployment 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 UK excluding London region featuring Deployment Engineer in the job title.

1 116 (85.93%) Windows
2 53 (39.26%) Windows 10
3 46 (34.07%) Active Directory
3 46 (34.07%) SCCM
4 40 (29.63%) Security Cleared
5 36 (26.67%) SC Cleared
6 34 (25.19%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (24.44%) Microsoft
8 25 (18.52%) Customer Service
9 17 (12.59%) Migration
10 14 (10.37%) Application Packaging
11 10 (7.41%) PowerShell
12 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (5.93%) MCSA
13 8 (5.93%) Problem-Solving
14 7 (5.19%) Asset Management
14 7 (5.19%) Microsoft App-V
14 7 (5.19%) MSI
14 7 (5.19%) VBScript
15 6 (4.44%) ITIL
15 6 (4.44%) Workflow
16 5 (3.70%) AdminStudio
16 5 (3.70%) Apple
16 5 (3.70%) InstallShield
16 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
16 5 (3.70%) Software Delivery
17 4 (2.96%) Apple iOS
17 4 (2.96%) Batch Scripting
17 4 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
18 3 (2.22%) Agile

Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.19%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.74%) Azure
2 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
2 1 (0.74%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 7 (5.19%) MSI
2 5 (3.70%) AdminStudio
2 5 (3.70%) InstallShield
General
1 68 (50.37%) Social Skills
2 16 (11.85%) Public Sector
3 11 (8.15%) Legal
4 9 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (2.96%) Banking
5 4 (2.96%) Finance
6 3 (2.22%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.48%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.48%) Retail
8 1 (0.74%) Electronics
8 1 (0.74%) Marketing
8 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.85%) Driving Licence
2 6 (4.44%) Device Driver
2 6 (4.44%) Legacy Applications
3 4 (2.96%) NHS
4 3 (2.22%) iPhone
4 3 (2.22%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.22%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.74%) CMDB
6 1 (0.74%) iPad
6 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 116 (85.93%) Windows
2 53 (39.26%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.96%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.48%) Linux
4 2 (1.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (18.52%) Customer Service
2 17 (12.59%) Migration
3 14 (10.37%) Application Packaging
4 8 (5.93%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (5.19%) Asset Management
6 6 (4.44%) ITIL
6 6 (4.44%) Workflow
7 5 (3.70%) Software Delivery
8 4 (2.96%) Batch Scripting
9 3 (2.22%) Agile
9 3 (2.22%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (2.22%) Data Security
9 3 (2.22%) DevOps
9 3 (2.22%) Inventory Management
9 3 (2.22%) ITSM
9 3 (2.22%) Logistics
9 3 (2.22%) Runbook
9 3 (2.22%) Workflow Management
10 2 (1.48%) Data Migration
10 2 (1.48%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.41%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 36 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (5.93%) MCSA
5 4 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.74%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.74%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.48%) QA
System Software
1 46 (34.07%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.19%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (1.48%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (34.07%) SCCM
2 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.48%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 33 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.70%) Apple
3 3 (2.22%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.48%) Remedy
5 1 (0.74%) Citrix
5 1 (0.74%) SAP
5 1 (0.74%) VMware