Commissioning Engineer Contracts

Commissioning Engineer
UK

The median Commissioning Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 593 -
Rank change year-on-year +75 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Commissioning Engineer 2 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.012% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £58.58 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.58 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Commissioning Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Commissioning Engineer in the UK

Commissioning Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Commissioning Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Commissioning Engineer in the UK

Commissioning Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Commissioning Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Commissioning Engineer in the UK

Commissioning Engineer
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Commissioning Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
UK excluding London +58 1 - - 70
England +52 1 - - 108
North of England - 1 - - 11
North West - 1 - - 8

Commissioning Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Commissioning 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 featuring Commissioning Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Siemens
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce

Commissioning Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Siemens