IT Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £189 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 156 203
Rank change year-on-year -5 +47 +4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 275 389 402
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.34% 1.63% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.73% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 231 233
10th Percentile £111 £110 £120
25th Percentile £143 £137 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £189 £180 £188
Median % change year-on-year +4.86% -4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £238 £323 £350
90th Percentile £338 £488 £438
UK median daily rate £200 £195 £200
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 75 47
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.16 £12.96
25th Percentile £13.50 £15.54 £14.82
Median hourly rate £17.50 £17.72 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% +1.26% +10.34%
75th Percentile £19.50 £22.36 £19.63
90th Percentile £22.70 £40.25 £20.00
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £17.72 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +1.26% +10.34%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,029 22,515 29,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.22% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,794 20,727
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,162 1,474
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
North of England +11 59 £200 +15.94% 71
South East +4 43 £170 -15.00% 69
Midlands -21 42 £150 -52.38% 58
Scotland +44 40 £200 +21.21% 7
South West +16 37 £200 +14.29% 49
East Midlands -8 32 £150 -52.38% 33
East of England -2 29 £250 +29.87% 24
North West +10 27 £179 -25.31% 37
Yorkshire +15 24 £285 +67.65% 27
Wales +20 23 £145 -3.33% 12
West Midlands +2 10 £200 +29.03% 25
North East +17 8 £175 +27.27% 10
Northern Ireland -1 4 £210 - 2
IT Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 120 (43.64%) Windows
2 87 (31.64%) Microsoft
2 87 (31.64%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (31.64%) Problem-Solving
3 83 (30.18%) Active Directory
4 81 (29.45%) Customer Service
5 59 (21.45%) Social Skills
6 58 (21.09%) Break/Fix
7 50 (18.18%) Windows 10
8 47 (17.09%) Analytical Skills
9 43 (15.64%) Public Sector
10 37 (13.45%) SCCM
11 35 (12.73%) Azure
12 33 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
12 33 (12.00%) Security Cleared
13 31 (11.27%) Analytical Mindset
14 30 (10.91%) Microsoft Exchange
15 28 (10.18%) Microsoft Office
15 28 (10.18%) SC Cleared
16 26 (9.45%) Windows Server
17 20 (7.27%) Degree
17 20 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
17 20 (7.27%) VMware
18 19 (6.91%) ITIL
18 19 (6.91%) LAN
19 18 (6.55%) ServiceNow
20 17 (6.18%) Windows 7
20 17 (6.18%) SharePoint
20 17 (6.18%) A+ Certification
20 17 (6.18%) Manufacturing

IT 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 30 (10.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.18%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.09%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (10.18%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 87 (31.64%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (12.73%) Azure
3 12 (4.36%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.18%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.09%) AWS
5 3 (1.09%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.09%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.36%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.36%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
2 19 (6.91%) LAN
3 16 (5.82%) Firewall
4 14 (5.09%) SAN
4 14 (5.09%) VPN
5 13 (4.73%) DHCP
6 12 (4.36%) Remote Desktop
7 9 (3.27%) DNS
8 7 (2.55%) Internet
8 7 (2.55%) WAN
9 5 (1.82%) Wireless
10 4 (1.45%) Network Security
10 4 (1.45%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.45%) WAAS
10 4 (1.45%) WLAN
11 3 (1.09%) 4G
11 3 (1.09%) Skype
11 3 (1.09%) VLAN
11 3 (1.09%) VoIP
11 3 (1.09%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.09%) Power BI
2 2 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (0.73%) JIRA
General
1 59 (21.45%) Social Skills
2 47 (17.09%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (15.64%) Public Sector
4 17 (6.18%) Manufacturing
5 15 (5.45%) Finance
6 9 (3.27%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.55%) Legal
8 6 (2.18%) Banking
8 6 (2.18%) Electronics
9 4 (1.45%) Marketing
10 3 (1.09%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.09%) Automotive
10 3 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.73%) French Language
11 2 (0.73%) Law
11 2 (0.73%) Military
11 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.73%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (4.73%) Data Centre
2 13 (4.73%) Driving Licence
3 12 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.27%) NHS
5 7 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.18%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.45%) BYOD
8 4 (1.45%) iPhone
8 4 (1.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.09%) Life Science
10 2 (0.73%) CMDB
10 2 (0.73%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.73%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.36%) CCTV
11 1 (0.36%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.36%) PKI
11 1 (0.36%) Smartcard
11 1 (0.36%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 120 (43.64%) Windows
2 50 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 26 (9.45%) Windows Server
4 17 (6.18%) Windows 7
5 16 (5.82%) Apple iOS
6 15 (5.45%) Linux
7 11 (4.00%) Android
8 8 (2.91%) Windows Vista
9 6 (2.18%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.09%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.73%) Unix
12 2 (0.73%) VMS
12 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.36%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (31.64%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (29.45%) Customer Service
3 58 (21.09%) Break/Fix
4 19 (6.91%) ITIL
5 15 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (4.73%) Service Management
7 12 (4.36%) Asset Management
8 10 (3.64%) Inventory Management
8 10 (3.64%) ITSM
8 10 (3.64%) Migration
8 10 (3.64%) Software Deployment
9 8 (2.91%) Mobile Device Management
9 8 (2.91%) Service Delivery
10 7 (2.55%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (2.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (2.18%) Customer Experience
11 6 (2.18%) Project Delivery
12 5 (1.82%) Kalman Filter
12 5 (1.82%) Proactive Monitoring
12 5 (1.82%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.55%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.09%) SQL
3 2 (0.73%) C#
Qualifications
1 33 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 28 (10.18%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.27%) Degree
4 17 (6.18%) A+ Certification
5 13 (4.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.00%) CCNA
6 11 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (2.91%) MCSE
8 7 (2.55%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.82%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.09%) MCP
12 2 (0.73%) HND
12 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.73%) MCDST
13 1 (0.36%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.82%) SLA
2 4 (1.45%) QA
3 3 (1.09%) GAMP
3 3 (1.09%) GxP
4 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.73%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.73%) NCSC
4 2 (0.73%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.36%) COBIT
5 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.36%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (30.18%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.00%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.45%) KVM
4 4 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.45%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 37 (13.45%) SCCM
2 33 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (1.45%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.73%) Terraform
5 1 (0.36%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 87 (31.64%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.27%) VMware
3 18 (6.55%) ServiceNow
4 15 (5.45%) Apple
4 15 (5.45%) Cisco
5 9 (3.27%) Citrix
5 9 (3.27%) Dell
6 7 (2.55%) SAP
7 4 (1.45%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (1.45%) Veeam
8 3 (1.09%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.09%) Juniper
8 3 (1.09%) Meraki
8 3 (1.09%) MobileIron
9 2 (0.73%) 3Com
9 2 (0.73%) Avaya
9 2 (0.73%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.73%) Oracle
9 2 (0.73%) Progress
9 2 (0.73%) Reuters