Deployment Engineer
UK
The median Deployment Engineer daily rate in the UK is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 July 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 9 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 357 | 487 | 557 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +130 | +70 | +64 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Deployment Engineer | 185 | 115 | 133 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.57% | 0.27% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.62% | 0.29% | 0.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 147 | 90 | 93 |
| 10th Percentile | £150 | £144 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £175 | £189 | £160 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £223 | £198 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.21% | +12.78% | -1.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £213 | £297 | £225 |
| 90th Percentile | £324 | £414 | £300 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £200 | £199 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +0.63% | -0.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.51 | £13.30 | £17.62 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.74 | £15.63 | £18.20 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.08 | £21.09 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.90% | +5.45% | +6.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.15 | £21.80 | £22.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £22.82 | £22.40 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £15.75 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +59.68% | -25.00% | +12.30% |
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 | 29,729 | 40,327 | 54,100 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.88% | 92.98% | 94.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,953 | 25,977 | 37,572 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £286 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +0.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £494 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -1.20% | +3.31% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,355 | 2,780 | 1,586 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.33 | £16.65 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.32 | £37.50 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.81% | -12.79% | +68.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.75 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.05 | £73.75 | £77.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £39.80 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | +0.50% | +96.64% |
Deployment Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Deployment Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Deployment Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Deployment Engineer.
Deployment Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Deployment Engineer over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.
Deployment Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Deployment Engineer.
Deployment Engineer
Top 17 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 9 July 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 |
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| England | +86 | 140 | £200 | -10.21% | 27 |
| UK excluding London | +98 | 137 | £200 | - | 27 |
| London | +39 | 40 | £200 | -20.00% | 6 |
| North of England | +28 | 31 | £195 | -2.50% | 2 |
| South East | +46 | 25 | £200 | -11.11% | 8 |
| Scotland | +20 | 23 | £188 | -5.97% | 4 |
| South West | +59 | 19 | £200 | - | 8 |
| Midlands | +16 | 19 | £200 | - | 4 |
| West Midlands | +17 | 16 | £200 | - | |
| North West | +4 | 15 | £170 | -15.00% | |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 10 | £190 | - | 2 |
| Wales | - | 10 | £230 | - | |
| East of England | +19 | 7 | £180 | -44.62% | |
| North East | - | 6 | £200 | - | |
| Work from Home | +14 | 5 | £325 | -20.73% | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | -13 | 4 | £200 | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | +1 | 3 | £139 | -21.64% | 4 |
Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 July 2025, Deployment 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 Deployment Engineer in the job title.
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Deployment 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:
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